يا أَوحد الدَهر في أَصل وَفي حَسَبِ

يا أَوحد الدَهر في أَصل وَفي حَسَبِ

وَمُفرد العَصر في فَضل وَفي أَدَبِ

وَمُفرد العَصر في فَضل وَفي أَدَبِ

O peerless one of the age in lineage and ancestral honor,

O unmatched in lineage and rank of old

And unrivaled one of the era in excellence and refinement,

Peerless in merit and manners untold

هَذا نَجيب بِتقدير العزيز غَدا

هَذا نَجيب بِتقدير العزيز غَدا

مجرّداً عن خدامات بِلا سَبَب

مجرّداً عن خدامات بِلا سَبَب

This Najib, by the Mighty One's decree, has become

Najeeb by decree of the Mighty shall rise

Stripped of his duties for no reason

Unburdened, without cause, devoid of ties

سِوى معاداة وَصلتهم

سِوى معاداة وَصلتهم

لرأفة بهم في خدمة الكُتب

لرأفة بهم في خدمة الكُتب

Except enmity; I had shown them kindness,

Save their enmity that to him clung

Out of compassion for them, in the service of books.

For pitying them in serving the young

فَقابلوا حسن مَعروفي

فَقابلوا حسن مَعروفي

بِقطعه وَأَضاعوا الصدق بِالكذب

بِقطعه وَأَضاعوا الصدق بِالكذب

So they repaid my gracious favor

So my good they rewarded with disregard

By cutting it off, and they ruined truth with lies.

And truth with lies, they went too far

وَبالغوا في الأَذى حَتّى رَموه بِما

وَبالغوا في الأَذى حَتّى رَموه بِما

أَودى بِهِ وَهوَ مَظلومٌ إِلى العطب

أَودى بِهِ وَهوَ مَظلومٌ إِلى العطب

And they went so far in harming him that they accused him of what

Till with that which destroyed him they speared

Brought him, though wronged, to ruin.

While wronged he to evil they steered

وَقَد تَوسل بي مِنهُ إِلَيكَ فَلا

وَقَد تَوسل بي مِنهُ إِلَيكَ فَلا

تَردّ مَجدي بِغَير القَصد وَالأَرَب

تَردّ مَجدي بِغَير القَصد وَالأَرَب

And he has appealed through me to you for deliverance from it, so do not

Through me he implored, let not my glory wane

Send Majdi away without his aim and wish fulfilled.

Guide thou justly, devoid of personal gain

فَأَنتَ غَيث وَإِن الغَيثَ عادته

فَأَنتَ غَيث وَإِن الغَيثَ عادته

يَأتي فَيَروي بَلا وَعدٍ وَلا طَلَب

يَأتي فَيَروي بَلا وَعدٍ وَلا طَلَب

For you are rain, and indeed rain's custom is

For rain thou art, and rain's way is to pour

To come and quench thirst, without promise or request.

Unbidden, unasked evermore

وَمُر بما أَنتَ في هَذا الخُصوص لَهُ

وَمُر بما أَنتَ في هَذا الخُصوص لَهُ

أَهلٌ فَجارك لا يَشقى مَدى الحقب

أَهلٌ فَجارك لا يَشقى مَدى الحقب

And decree, in this matter, whatever you are

Regarding him, do what you ought to do

Worthy to decree; for your protégé never suffers through the ages.

Your grace makes the wicked their days rue

وَاجبر عَلى العيد كسر المُلتجى شَرَفاً

وَاجبر عَلى العيد كسر المُلتجى شَرَفاً

إِلَيكَ يا مُنصفاً في العجم وَالعَرَب

إِلَيكَ يا مُنصفاً في العجم وَالعَرَب

And at Eid, honorably mend the broken spirit of the one seeking refuge

And mend what indignity rent his repute

In you, O you who deal justly with non-Arabs and Arabs.

O you equitable to Arab and mute