أُوَدِّعُ حضرَتَكَ العالِيَه

أُوَدِّعُ حضرَتَكَ العالِيَه

وَنَفسِيَ لا دَمعَتي هامِيَه

وَنَفسِيَ لا دَمعَتي هامِيَه

I bid farewell to your exalted presence,

I bid farewell to your sublime presence,

And my soul—not my tear—is streaming.

My soul, not my tears, laments.

وَمَن ذا يُوَدِّعُ هذا الجنابِ

وَمَن ذا يُوَدِّعُ هذا الجنابِ

فَتَهنَؤُهُ بَعده العافِيَه

فَتَهنَؤُهُ بَعده العافِيَه

And who can bid farewell to this noble presence

And who would bid farewell to this excellence -

And enjoy well-being after leaving it?

May health follow him after you.

جنابٌ رَعَيتُ بِهِ جنَّةً

جنابٌ رَعَيتُ بِهِ جنَّةً

قُطوفُ مكارِمِها دانِيَه

قُطوفُ مكارِمِها دانِيَه

A noble presence where I grazed in a garden,

An excellence under which I lived in bliss,

Whose fruits of generosity hang within reach.

Its fruits of nobility ever close.

رَأَيتُ بِهِ فائِضات العلى

رَأَيتُ بِهِ فائِضات العلى

وَعُلِّمتُ ما الهِمَمُ العالِيَه

وَعُلِّمتُ ما الهِمَمُ العالِيَه

There I saw outpourings of greatness,

I saw through it bounties from on high,

And was taught what lofty aspirations are.

And learned what lofty aspirations are.

كَأَنِّيَ بَغدادُ في شَوقِها

كَأَنِّيَ بَغدادُ في شَوقِها

إِلَيكَ وَأَدمُعِها الجارِيَه

إِلَيكَ وَأَدمُعِها الجارِيَه

As though I were Baghdad in her longing

It's as though Baghdad, in her longing for you

For you, and in her flowing tears.

And flowing tears, bids adieu.

وَأَنتَ المرجّى لِاِظفارِها

وَأَنتَ المرجّى لِاِظفارِها

بِآمالِها وَبِآماليه

بِآمالِها وَبِآماليه

And you are the one looked to for fulfilling

You're her hope for attaining her dreams,

Her hopes, and my own.

And my dreams as well.

وَلَو كنتَ تَأذنُ لي في المَسيرِ

وَلَو كنتَ تَأذنُ لي في المَسيرِ

اِذاً سرتُ في جُملَة الحاشِيَه

اِذاً سرتُ في جُملَة الحاشِيَه

And if you would permit me to journey,

If you permit me to depart,

Then I would travel among the retinue.

Then I'll go amidst the procession.

سَبَقتُ جوادَكَ مَدَّ الطَريقِ

سَبَقتُ جوادَكَ مَدَّ الطَريقِ

وَسِرتُ وَفي يَديَ الغاشِيَه

وَسِرتُ وَفي يَديَ الغاشِيَه

I would precede your steed the length of the road,

I'll outpace your steed the length of the road,

And go with the saddle-cover in my hand.

Marching, sword in hand.