يا سيف دولةِ دين اللَه دُم أبدا

يا سيف دولةِ دين اللَه دُم أبدا

وعش برغم الأعادي عيشةً رغدا

وعش برغم الأعادي عيشةً رغدا

O Saif al-Dawla—sword of the realm of God's faith—endure forever,

O Sword of the State of God's Religion, may you forever endure,

And live, despite your enemies, a life of ease.

And live, despite the enemies, a life of comfort secure.

هل أذهَلَ الناسَ إلا خيمةٌ سقَطَت

هل أذهَلَ الناسَ إلا خيمةٌ سقَطَت

من المكارِمِ حتى ألقت العمدا

من المكارِمِ حتى ألقت العمدا

Did anything astonish the people but a tent that fell,

Did anything amaze the people but a tent that came to fall,

Overwhelmed by your noble deeds, until it cast down its poles?

From weight of noble virtues, till it cast down its pillars all?

خرَّت لوجهكَ نحو الأرض ساجدةً

خرَّت لوجهكَ نحو الأرض ساجدةً

كما يَخِرُّ لوجهِ اللَه مَن سجَدا

كما يَخِرُّ لوجهِ اللَه مَن سجَدا

It fell toward the earth, prostrate before your face,

It fell before your countenance, prostrating to the sod,

As one who prostrates falls before the face of God.

Just as a worshiper falls down before the Face of God.