هُو يَومٌ وما أُبرِّئ نفسِي

هُو يَومٌ وما أُبرِّئ نفسِي

كَم أدِيبٍ قد لاذَ فيه بِنَاد

كَم أدِيبٍ قد لاذَ فيه بِنَاد

It is a day—and I do not absolve myself—

It is a day when I do not absolve myself

when many a man of letters has sought refuge in a club.

How many learned men have taken refuge in it from despair

هُوَ يومٌ تَصافَح الشعبُ فيه

هُوَ يومٌ تَصافَح الشعبُ فيه

بقلوبٍ تَحِنُّ قبل الأيَادي

بقلوبٍ تَحِنُّ قبل الأيَادي

It is a day when the people clasped hands,

It is a day when the people shake hands in it

with hearts that yearn before hands meet.

With hearts that yearn before the hands

هوَ يومٌ لمَهرجَانِه أَه

هوَ يومٌ لمَهرجَانِه أَه

دَت بَنيها حواضِرٌ وبَوَادي

دَت بَنيها حواضِرٌ وبَوَادي

It is a day to whose festival were offered

It is a day for its festival, ah

the sons of cities and desert lands.

Its cities and valleys have come together for it

هو يومٌ به السُّرورُ تَجلَّى

هو يومٌ به السُّرورُ تَجلَّى

هاتِ كأس السُور إنَّا صَوَادِ

هاتِ كأس السُور إنَّا صَوَادِ

It is a day on which joy shone forth.

It is a day in which joy was manifested

Bring the cup of festivity; we are thirsty.

Bring the cup of wine, we are the hunters

هذه آيةُ الولاء تَعَالَى

هذه آيةُ الولاء تَعَالَى

صَوتُها في الإنشاءِ والإنشادِ

صَوتُها في الإنشاءِ والإنشادِ

This is a sign of allegiance; high has risen

This is the verse of allegiance being sublime

its voice in composition and recitation.

Its voice in prose and poetry

فُوفودٌ قد أقبلَت بقلُوب

فُوفودٌ قد أقبلَت بقلُوب

فهىَ قبلَ الأجسَام ذاتُ احتشَادِ

فهىَ قبلَ الأجسَام ذاتُ احتشَادِ

For delegations have come with hearts,

Delegations came with hearts

and these gather before their bodies.

So they are before the bodies, the ones with gathering

مُلِئَت غِبطةً ونشرا فجَاءت

مُلِئَت غِبطةً ونشرا فجَاءت

عَبقاتٍ مثلَ الزُهُور النَّوادِي

عَبقاتٍ مثلَ الزُهُور النَّوادِي

Filled with delight and fragrance, they came,

Filled with happiness and blossoming, so they came

fragrant as dew-fresh flowers.

Like aromatic flowers in the meadows

والبلادُ ازدهت ومادت تُحَاكِي

والبلادُ ازدهت ومادت تُحَاكِي

لِعُروشٍ في خََطوِها المُتَهَادِي

لِعُروشٍ في خََطوِها المُتَهَادِي

And the land grew splendid and swayed, imitating

And the countries were adorned and extended to emulate

thrones in its gently swaying gait.

Thrones in their advancing procession

وقُدُودُ الأعلاَمِ تَختالُ في أي

وقُدُودُ الأعلاَمِ تَختالُ في أي

دِي سَرَاةٍ على مُتونٍ جِيَاد

دِي سَرَاةٍ على مُتونٍ جِيَاد

And the banners' forms sway proudly in the hands

The standards of flags swagger in any

of nobles on the backs of steeds.

Armies on the backs of steeds

رَفرفَت فوقَهنَّ راياتُ عِزٍّ

رَفرفَت فوقَهنَّ راياتُ عِزٍّ

رائحاتٌ من النَّسيمِ غَوَاد

رائحاتٌ من النَّسيمِ غَوَاد

Banners of glory fluttered above them,

Above them waved banners of glory

wafting with the breeze, evening and morning.

Scents from the breeze blowing

مَلِكٌ بالتُقَى تزوَّد مُذ شَب

مَلِكٌ بالتُقَى تزوَّد مُذ شَب

ب وتَقوَى الإلهِ أعظمُ زادِ

ب وتَقوَى الإلهِ أعظمُ زادِ

A king who has taken piety as provision since he grew

A king equipped with piety since his youth

to manhood—and fear of God is the greatest provision.

And piety of God is the greatest provision

ذو أيَادٍ أعظِم بها من أيَادٍ

ذو أيَادٍ أعظِم بها من أيَادٍ

ومَبَادٍ أكرِم بها مِن مَبَادي

ومَبَادٍ أكرِم بها مِن مَبَادي

Possessed of benefactions—how great those benefactions!

With hands greater than any hands

And principles—how noble those principles!

And principles more generous than any principles

وبهِ ازدانَ عرشُ ملكٍ ويزدَا

وبهِ ازدانَ عرشُ ملكٍ ويزدَا

نُ نفيسُ العقودِ بالأجيَادِ

نُ نفيسُ العقودِ بالأجيَادِ

And through him a royal throne was adorned, just as

And through it the throne of a kingdom was adorned and will continue to be adorned

precious necklaces are adorned by necks.

The most precious decades with the generous