طموح أهل المجد لا ينتهي

طموح أهل المجد لا ينتهي

فهل لكم صوب العُلا مطمح

فهل لكم صوب العُلا مطمح

The ambition of the glorious never ends.

The aspirations of the glorious never end

Do you, then, aspire toward the heights?

So do you have ambitions towards the heights?

لكم مع الماضي دمٌ مُعْرِقٌ

لكم مع الماضي دمٌ مُعْرِقٌ

وأحرفٌ بيضاء لا تُمسح

وأحرفٌ بيضاء لا تُمسح

You share deeply rooted blood with the past,

You have with the past, blood that is shed

and white letters that are never erased.

And white letters that cannot be erased

وفارسٌ رجلاه في خفقِها

وفارسٌ رجلاه في خفقِها

روائع الأنغام تستملح

روائع الأنغام تستملح

And a horseman whose legs, as they beat,

And a knight whose legs tremble for it

are wondrous melodies to be savored.

Masterpieces of melodies that entice

ما اهتز حبل السَّرجِ من تحته

ما اهتز حبل السَّرجِ من تحته

ولا عرفنا مُهره يجمح

ولا عرفنا مُهره يجمح

The saddle cord never shook beneath him,

No saddle girth has shaken under him

nor did we ever know his colt to bolt.

Nor have we known his stallion to stamp

فتوحه لغزٌ وصولاته

فتوحه لغزٌ وصولاته

حِصنٌ من الأسرار لا يفتح

حِصنٌ من الأسرار لا يفتح

His conquests are a riddle, and his charges

His conquests are an enigma and his assaults

a fortress of secrets that is never opened.

A fortress of secrets that cannot be opened

مُحجَّلٌ مثل صباح الهوى

مُحجَّلٌ مثل صباح الهوى

مغررٌ مستوفِزٌ مفصِح

مغررٌ مستوفِزٌ مفصِح

White-stockinged like the morning of love,

Adorned like the dawn of love

white-blazed, poised to spring, eloquent.

Deceitful, provocative, eloquent

فكيف تخبو النار في زنده

فكيف تخبو النار في زنده

وزنده نَزَّاعة تقدح

وزنده نَزَّاعة تقدح

How, then, can the fire die down in his flint,

So how can the fire be extinguished in his tinder

while his flint fiercely tears out sparks?

When his tinder is a flint that kindles

يا سيدي أكبرتنا جهلاً

يا سيدي أكبرتنا جهلاً

أسرارَنا أسرارُنا تفضح !

أسرارَنا أسرارُنا تفضح !

My lord, in ignorance you thought us great;

O my lord, we were greatly ignorant

our secrets expose our secrets!

Our secrets, our secrets are exposed!

نغلي بما يجري لنا ما لنا

نغلي بما يجري لنا ما لنا

ذنبٌ بما في عمقنا ننضح

ذنبٌ بما في عمقنا ننضح

We boil at what befalls us; we bear no

We boil with what happens to us, what is ours

guilt for what we exude from our depths.

A sin with what is in our depths we sprinkle

يا سيدي مُرٌّ صريح الهوى

يا سيدي مُرٌّ صريح الهوى

إنّ الهوى من طبعه يجرح

إنّ الهوى من طبعه يجرح

My lord, unvarnished love is bitter;

O my lord, the love is frank

indeed, love wounds by its very nature.

Indeed, love is of a nature that wounds

اليوم بانت أنها لعبةٌ

اليوم بانت أنها لعبةٌ

أبطالها يمشون ما فتَّحوا

أبطالها يمشون ما فتَّحوا

Today it became clear that it is a game;

Today it is clear that it is a game

its heroes walk on, having opened nothing.

Its champions walk without opening

فليسقط الأبطال في عرضهم

فليسقط الأبطال في عرضهم

وليسقط الجمهور والمسرح

وليسقط الجمهور والمسرح

So let the heroes fall in their performance,

So let the champions fall in their honor

and let the audience and the theater fall.

And let the crowds and theater fall

رمادنا يا سيدي خامدٌ

رمادنا يا سيدي خامدٌ

لكنَّ فيه جمرةً تذبح

لكنَّ فيه جمرةً تذبح

Our ash, my lord, is cold,

Our ashes, O my lord, are dormant

but within it is an ember that slaughters.

But in them an ember that slaughters

يكبو كريم الخيل لا ينثني

يكبو كريم الخيل لا ينثني

عن غاية من أجلها يضبح

عن غاية من أجلها يضبح

A noble steed stumbles, but does not turn aside

The generous stallion does not waver

from the goal for whose sake it pants.

From a goal for which he wakes up

والفارس المقدام قد يُبتلى

والفارس المقدام قد يُبتلى

وزلَّة الأبطال لا تقدح

وزلَّة الأبطال لا تقدح

And the valiant horseman may be tried,

And the brave knight may be tested

and the heroes' misstep does not discredit them.

But the slip of heroes does not detract

إذا استطاب البذلَ كفُّ امرئ

إذا استطاب البذلَ كفُّ امرئ

فكل بندٍ عنه يمسح

فكل بندٍ عنه يمسح

If a man's hand finds giving sweet,

If self-sacrifice is honorable, one's palm

then every entry against him is erased.

Then every tie from it is wiped