ياO أيهاyou الملكthe king المصنورthe victorious (apparent misspelling) منfrom يمنYemen
يا أيها الملك المصنور من يمن
والمبتنيand the builder for himself نسباa lineage غيرother than الذيthe one that انتسباhe traced his descent to
والمبتني نسبا غير الذي انتسبا
O victorious king from Yemen,
O you the adorned king from Yemen
And builder of a lineage other than the one he descends from,
And whose lineage is unlike what they claimed
بغزوةthrough a campaign فيin قلوبthe hearts of الشركidolatry راتعةgrazing freely
بغزوة في قلوب الشرك راتعة
بينamid المناياdeaths تناغيit murmurs playfully to السمرthe tawny lances والقضباand the swords
بين المنايا تناغي السمر والقضبا
Through a campaign grazing freely in the heartlands of idolatry,
With an invasion in the hearts of polytheism raging
Amid deaths, murmuring to tawny lances and swords.
Between the times, the night and dawn vie
أماdo ... not? ترىyou see العينthe spring تجريit flows فوقover مرمرهاits marble
أما ترى العين تجري فوق مرمرها
زهواproudly فتجريand so it makes flow علىover أحسائهاits water-holding hollows الطرباrapture
زهوا فتجري على أحسائها الطربا
Do you not see the spring flowing over its marble,
Do you not see the spring flowing above its marble
Proudly, making rapture flow over its water-holding hollows?
With glory, so it flows over its banks exultantly
أجرَيتَهَاyou made it flow فطماand so overflowed الزاهيal-Zāhī; the resplendent one بجريتهاwith its flow
أجرَيتَهَا فطما الزاهي بجريتها
كماjust as طَمَوتَyou surged high فَسُدتَand so you became lord of العُجمَthe non-Arabs والعَرَباand the Arabs
كما طَمَوتَ فَسُدتَ العُجمَ والعَرَبا
You made it flow, and al-Zāhī overflowed with its flow,
You made it flow, so it flooded the blooming valley with its flowing
Just as you surged high and became lord of non-Arabs and Arabs.
Just as you vanquished, so the non-Arabs and Arabs were corrupted