لَكَ اللَّه مِن شَهمٍ عَزيزٍ ومكرمِ

لَكَ اللَّه مِن شَهمٍ عَزيزٍ ومكرمِ

وَمِن بَطلٍ ساطٍ هزبرٍ وضيغمِ

وَمِن بَطلٍ ساطٍ هزبرٍ وضيغمِ

God bless you, noble man, mighty and honored!

You, with your valor and generosity, are nobly honored,

And what a charging hero, a mighty lion, a fierce lion!

And as a conquering hero, firm and vanquishing foe, exalted.

تَكرّ عَلى الأَعداءِ في كلِّ معركٍ

تَكرّ عَلى الأَعداءِ في كلِّ معركٍ

فَتَحسَبك الأَعدا كَجَيشٍ عرمرمِ

فَتَحسَبك الأَعدا كَجَيشٍ عرمرمِ

You charge against your enemies in every battle,

You attack the enemies in every battle,

So your enemies take you for a vast army.

So they see you as a rumbling, raging army.

تَسلّ عَلى الأَعداءِ عَضباً يَمانياً

تَسلّ عَلى الأَعداءِ عَضباً يَمانياً

وَتَطعنُ في الأعدا بِأَسمر لهذمِ

وَتَطعنُ في الأعدا بِأَسمر لهذمِ

You draw a keen Yemeni sword against your enemies,

You unleash Yemeni wrath upon the foes

And thrust at them with a sharp, brown-shafted spear.

And stab the enemies with a sharp, brown spear.

تَفرّ أُسودُ الغابِ مِنكَ مَخافةً

تَفرّ أُسودُ الغابِ مِنكَ مَخافةً

وَتَندمُ مِن مَلقاكَ أَعظم مندمِ

وَتَندمُ مِن مَلقاكَ أَعظم مندمِ

The lions of the forest flee from you in fear,

The beasts of the forest flee from you in fear,

And regret meeting you with the deepest regret.

And greatly regret having met you.

لِأَنّكَ تَسقيهم مِنَ الرّعبِ جُرعةً

لِأَنّكَ تَسقيهم مِنَ الرّعبِ جُرعةً

كَسمٍّ سَرى فيهِم مبير وَمُعدمِ

كَسمٍّ سَرى فيهِم مبير وَمُعدمِ

For you give them a draught of terror,

For you make them drink a draught of terror

Like poison spreading through them, destroying and annihilating.

Like lethal poison flowing through them, destroying and annihilating.

ذَهبت إِلى مَلقاكَ عَسكر جِلّق

ذَهبت إِلى مَلقاكَ عَسكر جِلّق

تَصولُ عَليهم مِثلَ صولةِ ضَيثمِ

تَصولُ عَليهم مِثلَ صولةِ ضَيثمِ

You went to meet the army of Jilliq,

An arrogant army came to meet you,

Assailing them with the onslaught of a lion,

And you stormed them like a raging wolf.

بِجَيشٍ خَميسٍ كَاللّيوثِ ضَوارِيا

بِجَيشٍ خَميسٍ كَاللّيوثِ ضَوارِيا

لَهُ في اِقتِحامِ الحَربِ أَبلغ مقحمِ

لَهُ في اِقتِحامِ الحَربِ أَبلغ مقحمِ

With an army of five divisions, like ravening lions,

With a brave army like roaring lions,

Its plunge into battle the most forceful.

Most adept at breaching the fray of war.

فَمِن أَسَدٍ ضارٍ وَآخر صائلٍ

فَمِن أَسَدٍ ضارٍ وَآخر صائلٍ

مَضابثه يَوم الوَغى لم تقلّمِ

مَضابثه يَوم الوَغى لم تقلّمِ

Among them are a ravening lion and another charging,

One a vicious lion, the other snarling,

Whose claws on battle day remain unclipped.

Their fangs bared on the day of strife, undeterred.

يَكِرُّ عَلى طِرفٍ أَغرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ

يَكِرُّ عَلى طِرفٍ أَغرَّ مُحَجَّلٍ

أَقبّ وَيعبوب عَتيقٍ وَصلدمِ

أَقبّ وَيعبوب عَتيقٍ وَصلدمِ

He charges on a noble steed, white-blazed and white-socked,

Charging the flank of the heavily armed,

Lean-flanked, swift, purebred, and powerfully built.

Ancient warriors, firmly holding their posts.

وَلاقَيتَ جَيشَ الشّامِ وَالحرب عِنده

وَلاقَيتَ جَيشَ الشّامِ وَالحرب عِنده

تَقومُ عَلى ساقٍ وَتنُّورها حَمي

تَقومُ عَلى ساقٍ وَتنُّورها حَمي

And you faced the army of al-Sham, while war in its midst

You met the Syrian army amidst war,

Raged at full strength, its furnace blazing.

Standing on one leg, the other aflame.

وَأَلقيت في أَحشائِهم كلّ رعبة

وَأَلقيت في أَحشائِهم كلّ رعبة

فَبانَت عَلى أَعضائِهم أمّ ملدمِ

فَبانَت عَلى أَعضائِهم أمّ ملدمِ

And you cast every terror into their entrails,

And you struck terror deep in their ribs,

So Umm Mildam—fever—appeared upon their limbs.

Exposing their limbs in dire distress.

وَأَوقعت فيهِ النّهبَ وَالأَسرَ وَالرّدى

وَأَوقعت فيهِ النّهبَ وَالأَسرَ وَالرّدى

وَحزتَ عَليه مَغنماً أيَّ مَغنَمِ

وَحزتَ عَليه مَغنماً أيَّ مَغنَمِ

And you inflicted plunder, captivity, and death upon it,

You inflicted on them pillage, captivity and havoc,

And won from it spoils—what splendid spoils!

And gained great spoils - what spoils!

وَقَد سُقتَ كَالأَغنامِ أَسراهُ كُلَّهم

وَقَد سُقتَ كَالأَغنامِ أَسراهُ كُلَّهم

إِلى عَكّة الفيحاء ذات التّقدّمِ

إِلى عَكّة الفيحاء ذات التّقدّمِ

And indeed you drove all its captives like sheep

Herding all their captives like sheep

To spacious Acre, endowed with preeminence,

To Aqaba, with its advancing glory.

بِأَنفاسِ لَيثِ الغابِ قسورة الشّرى

بِأَنفاسِ لَيثِ الغابِ قسورة الشّرى

وَنَجدة أُسدِ الغابِ مِن كلِّ محتمي

وَنَجدة أُسدِ الغابِ مِن كلِّ محتمي

By the breaths of the forest lion, the mighty lion of Shara,

With the breath of the lion of the forest, valorous Qusura,

And the valor of the forest lions, every stalwart defender—

And the help of the lion of the forest against all aggressors.

أَجلَّ وَزير في الأَنامِ جَميعِهم

أَجلَّ وَزير في الأَنامِ جَميعِهم

لَهُ العِزّ كَالعَلياءِ وَاللّهِ يَنتَمي

لَهُ العِزّ كَالعَلياءِ وَاللّهِ يَنتَمي

The most exalted vizier among all mankind,

Greatest statesman among all people,

To whom honor, like lofty rank, belongs—by God!

With honor like the loftiest, and God as his ally.

أَخو المَجدِ عبد اللَّه شَمس ذَوي العلى

أَخو المَجدِ عبد اللَّه شَمس ذَوي العلى

وَعزّهم حَقّاً بِدونِ تَوهُّمِ

وَعزّهم حَقّاً بِدونِ تَوهُّمِ

Glory's brother, Abdullah, sun of the exalted,

Brother of glory, Abdullah sun of the exalted,

And truly their honor, beyond any doubt.

Their pride truly, without presumption.

أَدامَ لَهُ التّأييدَ وَالنّصر ربُّهُ

أَدامَ لَهُ التّأييدَ وَالنّصر ربُّهُ

وَظُفِّر مِن أَعداه في كلِّ ضيغمِ

وَظُفِّر مِن أَعداه في كلِّ ضيغمِ

May his Lord sustain his support and victory,

May his Lord continue to grant him victory and triumph

And may he triumph over every fierce lion among his foes.

And make him victorious over all enemies.

وَأُبتَ إِلى عكّاء ذا الآن غانماً

وَأُبتَ إِلى عكّاء ذا الآن غانماً

وَأَنتَ قَرير العَين بادي التبسّمِ

وَأَنتَ قَرير العَين بادي التبسّمِ

And now you have returned to Acre bearing spoils,

You have now returned to Aqaba triumphantly

And you are serene of eye, your smile plain to see,

While you, the delight of eyes, smile serenely.

بِمَوكبِ عزٍّ لا يَكونُ مِثالُهُ

بِمَوكبِ عزٍّ لا يَكونُ مِثالُهُ

بِبشرِ محيّا ضاءَ باسم مبسمِ

بِبشرِ محيّا ضاءَ باسم مبسمِ

In a procession of honor without equal,

With a glorious procession unmatched before,

With a cheerful face aglow, its mouth smiling.

Radiant with a smile that glows and dazzles.

وَقالَت لَكَ الأَكوانُ بِالصّفوِ وَالهَنا

وَقالَت لَكَ الأَكوانُ بِالصّفوِ وَالهَنا

قَدِمتَ عَلى عكّاء في خَيرِ مقدمِ

قَدِمتَ عَلى عكّاء في خَيرِ مقدمِ

And all creation said to you in serenity and joy:

The cosmos hailed you with purity and joy:

Your coming to Acre is the finest of arrivals!

"You have come to Aqaba at the best time!"

أُهنّيكَ فيما نِلتَ يا مَجدَ سؤددٍ

أُهنّيكَ فيما نِلتَ يا مَجدَ سؤددٍ

بِدُرِّ قَصيدٍ بِالبَديعِ منظّمِ

بِدُرِّ قَصيدٍ بِالبَديعِ منظّمِ

I congratulate you on what you won, O glory of nobility,

I congratulate you on what you obtained, O glory everlasting,

With pearls of verse strung with rhetorical art.

With a pearl of a poem, ingeniously composed.

وَدُم في حِفاظِ اللَّه جَلَّ جَلالهُ

وَدُم في حِفاظِ اللَّه جَلَّ جَلالهُ

بِعِزٍّ وَإِكرامٍ يَدومانِ وَاِسلمِ

بِعِزٍّ وَإِكرامٍ يَدومانِ وَاِسلمِ

And remain in God's keeping—exalted be His majesty—

Remain in God's protection, Majestic is He,

With enduring glory and honor, and remain safe,

With lasting honor and bounty, and peace!

مَدى الدّهرِ ما غَنَّت مطوّقة الرّبى

مَدى الدّهرِ ما غَنَّت مطوّقة الرّبى

وَأَبدَت مِنَ التّغريدِ أَحلى الترنُّمِ

وَأَبدَت مِنَ التّغريدِ أَحلى الترنُّمِ

For all time, as long as the hills' collared dove sings,

As long as the meadowlark sings her song,

And pours forth the sweetest melody in its warbling.

Trilling the sweetest melodies.