يا مَليك الوَرى وَلَيث الكَتائبْ

يا مَليك الوَرى وَلَيث الكَتائبْ

وَهِزبرَ الشَرى وَغَيث السحائبْ

وَهِزبرَ الشَرى وَغَيث السحائبْ

O king of humankind and lion of the battalions,

O king of the land and lion of armies

And lion of al-Sharā, and rain of the clouds!

Destroyer of evil and rain of clouds

كُنتَ تَحت الثَرى فَمازلتُ أَعلو

كُنتَ تَحت الثَرى فَمازلتُ أَعلو

بِكَ حَتّى عُرفتَ بَين المَواكب

بِكَ حَتّى عُرفتَ بَين المَواكب

You were beneath the earth, and I kept rising

You were under the ground but I kept rising

Through you, until you were known among the processions.

With you until you were known among the processions

فَوشى بي لَدى جَنابك واشٍ

فَوشى بي لَدى جَنابك واشٍ

رام خَفضي كَيما يَنال المآرب

رام خَفضي كَيما يَنال المآرب

Then a slanderer denounced me in your presence,

So he accused me falsely in your noble presence

Seeking to bring me low so he might achieve his aims.

Seeking to lower me so he can attain his goals

وَادّعى أَنني اِختَلَست وَحَسبي

وَادّعى أَنني اِختَلَست وَحَسبي

أَن سهم ادّعائه غَير صائب

أَن سهم ادّعائه غَير صائب

And he claimed that I had embezzled; it is enough for me

And claimed that I had stolen, and it suffices me

That the arrow of his accusation is off the mark.

That the arrow of his claim is not right

وَلَكَم مِن وَقائعٍ غَير هذي

وَلَكَم مِن وَقائعٍ غَير هذي

صارَ فيها نَصيره شرّ كاتب

صارَ فيها نَصيره شرّ كاتب

And how many incidents besides this,

And how many incidents other than this

In which his supporter became the worst of scribes!

Where his supporter was the evilest writer

غرّه ما مَضى وَعَما قَليلٍ

غرّه ما مَضى وَعَما قَليلٍ

يَنجلي أَمره لَماش وَراكب

يَنجلي أَمره لَماش وَراكب

The past deceived him, and before long

Deceived by the past and soon

His affair will become clear to walker and rider.

His matter will be uncovered to observers and riders

وَعلى رَغمه أَعيش عَزيزاً

وَعلى رَغمه أَعيش عَزيزاً

في أَمان مِن غائِلات النَوائب

في أَمان مِن غائِلات النَوائب

And in spite of him, I live in honor,

And despite him I live honored

Safe from the ravages of misfortune.

Safe from the calamities of adversities

وَبما أَشتَهي كَما شئت أَحظى

وَبما أَشتَهي كَما شئت أَحظى

في رِحاب السَعيد رَب المَناقب

في رِحاب السَعيد رَب المَناقب

And I enjoy what I desire, as you wished,

And I enjoy as I wish in the land

In the courts of Saʿīd, lord of noble virtues.

Of the happy Lord of sublime traits

خَلد اللَه ملكه في دِيار

خَلد اللَه ملكه في دِيار

قَد حَباها مِن بَحره بِالمَواهب

قَد حَباها مِن بَحره بِالمَواهب

May God perpetuate his reign in lands

May God make his kingdom eternal in lands

He has endowed with gifts from his sea.

That He has gifted with his ocean of boons

وَبِهِ لَم تَزَل عَلى كُل أَرض

وَبِهِ لَم تَزَل عَلى كُل أَرض

تَتَباهى في شَرقِها وَالمَغارب

تَتَباهى في شَرقِها وَالمَغارب

And through him they still, above every land,

And through him all lands have always

Glory in their east and the western regions,

Boasted in their east and their west

ما بَدَت في سَما العَدالة شَمس

ما بَدَت في سَما العَدالة شَمس

وَتَلاها بَدرٌ أَزال الغَياهب

وَتَلاها بَدرٌ أَزال الغَياهب

As long as a sun appears in the sky of justice,

Since the sun of justice rose

And a full moon follows it, dispelling the darkness.

And the moon that dispelled darkness followed