بِكَ اِبتهجت كُلُّ المَدائن وَالقرى

بِكَ اِبتهجت كُلُّ المَدائن وَالقرى

وَأَخصب واديها وَنَعَّم حالَها

وَأَخصب واديها وَنَعَّم حالَها

Through you, all cities and villages rejoiced.

With you all the cities and villages rejoiced

And their valley grew fertile, and their lot was eased.

And its valleys became fertile and its state prospered

وَحَيث عزمت السير بَحراً لِتجتلي

وَحَيث عزمت السير بَحراً لِتجتلي

عُيون الوَرى ما إِن يَروّح بالها

عُيون الوَرى ما إِن يَروّح بالها

And when you resolved to journey by sea, to reveal

And when you decided to travel by sea to appear

To the eyes of humankind what soothes their minds,

Before the eyes of the world, it did not comfort itself

يشاهد مِنكَ البَحر جُوداً أَما دَرى

يشاهد مِنكَ البَحر جُوداً أَما دَرى

بأنَّ مَعاني الجُود مِنكَ اِتِصالها

بأنَّ مَعاني الجُود مِنكَ اِتِصالها

The sea beholds your bounty—did it not know

The sea sees your generosity, though does it know

That generosity in all its forms flows from you?

That the meanings of generosity come from you reaching out

وَإزمير لَما أَن حللت بربعها

وَإزمير لَما أَن حللت بربعها

وَأَغمرتها مالاً وَفضلاً أَهالها

وَأَغمرتها مالاً وَفضلاً أَهالها

And Izmir, when you arrived in her quarters,

And when you stayed in Izmir

And flooded her with wealth and bounty that astounded her,

And showered it with wealth and grace, its people rejoiced

أَتى وابلٌ يحيي المَواتَ بِأَرضها

أَتى وابلٌ يحيي المَواتَ بِأَرضها

وَذَلِكَ إِكراماً لِسعيك لا لها

وَذَلِكَ إِكراماً لِسعيك لا لها

A downpour came, reviving the barren ground in her land,

Rain came reviving the barren lands of it

And that was to honor your endeavor, not her.

And that was to honor your efforts, not for it

يَقول لِسان الشُكر في ذا مؤرِّخاً

يَقول لِسان الشُكر في ذا مؤرِّخاً

سَعيد أَتى إزمير جُود أَتى لَها

سَعيد أَتى إزمير جُود أَتى لَها

The tongue of gratitude says of this, recording the date:

The tongue of gratitude says this date recording it

Sa'id came to Izmir; bounty came to her.

Sa'eed came, generosity came to it