فِطرٌ بِهِ كادَ قَلبُ الدَهرِ يَنفَطِرُ

فِطرٌ بِهِ كادَ قَلبُ الدَهرِ يَنفَطِرُ

إِذ بَشَّرَت بِمَعالي مَجدِكَ الفِطَرُ

إِذ بَشَّرَت بِمَعالي مَجدِكَ الفِطَرُ

An Eid al-Fitr at which the heart of Time nearly burst,

A dawn, by which the heart of time almost cracked,

when innate natures heralded the heights of your glory.

When the dawn heralded the glories of your grandeur.

يا مالِكاً أَضحَتِ الدُنيا تَتيهُ بِهِ

يا مالِكاً أَضحَتِ الدُنيا تَتيهُ بِهِ

وَالصَومُ وَالفِطرُ وَالأَعيادُ تَفتَخِرُ

وَالصَومُ وَالفِطرُ وَالأَعيادُ تَفتَخِرُ

O sovereign in whom the world has come to take pride,

O King, the world has become lost through it,

and fasting, Eid al-Fitr, and the festivals boast!

And fasting, dawn, and holidays take pride.

أَضحى وُجودُكَ في الدُنيا وَجودُكَ لي

أَضحى وُجودُكَ في الدُنيا وَجودُكَ لي

عيداً جَديداً بِهِ يَستَبشِرُ البَشَرُ

عيداً جَديداً بِهِ يَستَبشِرُ البَشَرُ

Your presence in the world and your generosity to me have become

Your existence in the world and your existence for me

a new feast in which humankind rejoices.

Has become a new holiday, by which humankind rejoices.

فَالعيدُ مُنتَظِرٌ في العامِ واحِدَةً

فَالعيدُ مُنتَظِرٌ في العامِ واحِدَةً

وَجودُ كَفِّكَ عيدٌ لَيسَ يُنتَظَرُ

وَجودُ كَفِّكَ عيدٌ لَيسَ يُنتَظَرُ

For the feast is awaited once a year,

The holiday is expected once a year,

and your hand's bounty is a feast that needs no waiting.

While the palm of your hand is an unawaited holiday.

لَو يَنطِقُ العيدُ بِالإِنصافِ قالَ لَنا

لَو يَنطِقُ العيدُ بِالإِنصافِ قالَ لَنا

لِيَهنِكُم بِالمَليكِ الصالِحِ الظَفَرُ

لِيَهنِكُم بِالمَليكِ الصالِحِ الظَفَرُ

If the feast spoke fairly, it would say to us:

If the holiday could speak with fairness, it would tell us:

“May you rejoice in gaining the righteous king!”

"May the kind, successful King make you victorious."

مَلكٌ سَما ذِكرُهُ بَينَ المُلوكِ وَما

مَلكٌ سَما ذِكرُهُ بَينَ المُلوكِ وَما

بَنى لَهُ الذِكرَ إِلّا الصارِمُ الذَكرُ

بَنى لَهُ الذِكرَ إِلّا الصارِمُ الذَكرُ

A king whose renown soared among kings; and nothing

A King whose fame amongst kings - and none

built his renown but the keen, hard-tempered sword.

Built fame for him but the sharp sword.

سَهلُ الخَلائِقِ ما في خُلقِهِ شَرَسٌ

سَهلُ الخَلائِقِ ما في خُلقِهِ شَرَسٌ

لِلوارِدينَ وَلا في خَدِّهِ صَعَرُ

لِلوارِدينَ وَلا في خَدِّهِ صَعَرُ

Gentle of disposition, with no harshness in his character

Gentle of manners, nothing harsh in his nature

toward those who come to him, nor a haughty tilt of his cheek.

Towards visitors, no ruggedness on his cheek.

لا يَعرِفُ العُذرَ عَن إِسعافِ ذي أَمَلٍ

لا يَعرِفُ العُذرَ عَن إِسعافِ ذي أَمَلٍ

يَوماً وَلَكِنَّهُ يُعطي وَيَعتَذِرُ

يَوماً وَلَكِنَّهُ يُعطي وَيَعتَذِرُ

He knows no excuse for withholding aid from one who hopes,

He knows no excuse for not helping one hopeful

ever; yet he gives and apologizes.

A day, but he gives and apologizes.

مِن آلِ أُرتُقٍ الصيدِ الأُلى رَتَقوا

مِن آلِ أُرتُقٍ الصيدِ الأُلى رَتَقوا

فَتقَ العُلى بَعدَما حالَت بِها الغِيَرُ

فَتقَ العُلى بَعدَما حالَت بِها الغِيَرُ

Of the proud family of Artuq, who stitched shut

From the family of flawless noble game, they climbed

the rent in glory after fortune's reversals had changed it.

So the heights clung after others separated from them.

هُمَ المُلوكُ الأَلى يُكسى الزَمانُ بِهِم

هُمَ المُلوكُ الأَلى يُكسى الزَمانُ بِهِم

عِزّاً وَتَخفى مُلوكُ الأَرضِ إِن ظَهَروا

عِزّاً وَتَخفى مُلوكُ الأَرضِ إِن ظَهَروا

They are the kings through whom Time is clothed

They are the flawless Kings, time is clothed through them

in glory, and earth's kings vanish when they appear.

With glory, and earth's kings disappear if they appear.

المُنعِمونَ وَلَكِن قَبلَما سُئِلوا

المُنعِمونَ وَلَكِن قَبلَما سُئِلوا

وَالصافِحونَ وَلَكِن بَعدَما قَدَروا

وَالصافِحونَ وَلَكِن بَعدَما قَدَروا

They bestow favors, but before they are asked,

The benefactors, but before being asked,

and grant pardon, but after gaining power.

And the forgivers, but after assessing.

يا اِبنَ المُلوكِ الأَلى دانَ الزَمانُ لَهُم

يا اِبنَ المُلوكِ الأَلى دانَ الزَمانُ لَهُم

لَمّا اِستَقاموا مَعَ الباري كَما أُمِروا

لَمّا اِستَقاموا مَعَ الباري كَما أُمِروا

O son of the kings to whom Time submitted

O son of flawless Kings, time submitted to them

when they acted uprightly toward the Creator, as they were commanded:

When they stood straight with God as they were ordered.

لا فَضلَ لي في نِظامي دُرَّ وَصفِكُمُ

لا فَضلَ لي في نِظامي دُرَّ وَصفِكُمُ

بِقيمَةِ الدُرِّ لا بِالسُلكِ يُعتَبَرُ

بِقيمَةِ الدُرِّ لا بِالسُلكِ يُعتَبَرُ

I deserve no credit for stringing the pearls of your praise;

I have no merit in the prose of your description

it is judged by the pearls' value, not by the thread.

By the prose’s worth, not by the string it is threaded on.

لَم تَزهُ صَنعَتُهُ إِلّا بِصُنعِكُمُ

لَم تَزهُ صَنعَتُهُ إِلّا بِصُنعِكُمُ

تَزهو الخَمائِلُ أَنّى يَهطِلُ المَطَرُ

تَزهو الخَمائِلُ أَنّى يَهطِلُ المَطَرُ

Its artistry bloomed only through your beneficence;

Its artistry did not shine except by your making -

the groves flourish wherever the rain pours down.

Ornaments shine however the rain pours.