عَبَّاسُ يا خَيْرَ المُلُوكِ عَدَالَةً

عَبَّاسُ يا خَيْرَ المُلُوكِ عَدَالَةً

وَأَجَلَّ مَنْ نَطَقَ امْرُؤٌ بِثَنَائِهِ

وَأَجَلَّ مَنْ نَطَقَ امْرُؤٌ بِثَنَائِهِ

Abbas, O best of kings in justice,

Abbas, O best of kings in justice

And most august of all whom anyone has praised.

And most eloquent of those who praised him

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ الرِّضَا وجَلَوْتَ لِي

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ الرِّضَا وجَلَوْتَ لِي

وَجْهاً قَرَأْتُ البِشْرَ في أَثْنَائِهِ

وَجْهاً قَرَأْتُ البِشْرَ في أَثْنَائِهِ

You bestowed your favor on me and revealed to me

You have given me your approval and revealed

A face in whose features I read gladness.

A face in which I read glad tidings

فاسْلَمْ لِمُلْكٍ أَنْتَ بَدْرُ سَرِيرِهِ

فاسْلَمْ لِمُلْكٍ أَنْتَ بَدْرُ سَرِيرِهِ

وَعِمَادُ قُوَّتِهِ ونَصْرُ لِوائِهِ

وَعِمَادُ قُوَّتِهِ ونَصْرُ لِوائِهِ

So may you live secure for a kingdom—you are the full moon of its throne,

So submit to a kingdom of which you are the full moon of its throne

And the pillar of its strength and the victory of its banner.

And pillar of its strength and aid of its banner

يأَيُّها الصَّادِي إِلى نَيْلِ الْمُنَى

يأَيُّها الصَّادِي إِلى نَيْلِ الْمُنَى

رِدْ بَحْرَ سُدَّتِهِ تَفُزْ بِوَلائِهِ

رِدْ بَحْرَ سُدَّتِهِ تَفُزْ بِوَلائِهِ

O you who thirst for the fulfillment of wishes,

O you who leads to the attainment of wishes

Come to the sea of his court, and you will win his favor.

Repel the sea of its flood and you will win its allegiance

هُوَ ذَلِكَ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي وَرِث الْعُلا

هُوَ ذَلِكَ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي وَرِث الْعُلا

عَنْ نَفْسِهِ شَرَفا وعَن آبائِهِ

عَنْ نَفْسِهِ شَرَفا وعَن آبائِهِ

He is that king who inherited eminence,

He is that king who inherited glory

Through his own nobility and from his forefathers.

From himself and from his forefathers

الْعَدْلُ مِنْ أَخْلاقِهِ والْعِلْمُ مِنْ

الْعَدْلُ مِنْ أَخْلاقِهِ والْعِلْمُ مِنْ

أَوْصافِهِ والْحِلْمُ مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ

أَوْصافِهِ والْحِلْمُ مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ

Justice is among his virtues, and knowledge among

Justice is of his morals, knowledge is of

His qualities, and forbearance among his names.

His attributes, and clemency is of his names

لا غَرْوَ أَنْ جَمَعَ المَحَامِدَ يافِعاً

لا غَرْوَ أَنْ جَمَعَ المَحَامِدَ يافِعاً

وَسَمَا بِهِمَّتِهِ عَلَى نُظَرائِهِ

وَسَمَا بِهِمَّتِهِ عَلَى نُظَرائِهِ

No wonder he gathered praiseworthy virtues while still young,

It is no wonder that he gathered all praise as heir

And rose above his peers through his lofty resolve.

And aimed with his resolve above his peers

فالْعَينُ وَهْيَ صَغِيرَةٌ في حَجْمِها

فالْعَينُ وَهْيَ صَغِيرَةٌ في حَجْمِها

تَسَعُ الفَضَاءَ بِأَرْضِهِ وسَمائِهِ

تَسَعُ الفَضَاءَ بِأَرْضِهِ وسَمائِهِ

For the eye, though small in size,

For the eye, though small in its size

Takes in the expanse, with its earth and sky.

Can encompass the heavens with its earth and skies