بِعُلُوِّ جَدِّكَ يَسعَدُ الدَهرُ

بِعُلُوِّ جَدِّكَ يَسعَدُ الدَهرُ

وَإِلى فِخارِكَ يَنتَهي الفَخرُ

وَإِلى فِخارِكَ يَنتَهي الفَخرُ

Through your exalted fortune, time itself rejoices.

With your great ancestry, time becomes auspicious,

And all pride culminates in your glory.

And pride culminates in your honor.

أَقبَلتَ وَالإِقبالُ في قَرَنٍ

أَقبَلتَ وَالإِقبالُ في قَرَنٍ

وَقَدِمتَ يَقدُمُ جَيشَكَ النَصرُ

وَقَدِمتَ يَقدُمُ جَيشَكَ النَصرُ

You came, with good fortune bound to you,

You came at an opportune time,

and you arrived, with victory leading your army.

And your army arrived with victory at hand.

وَتَوَحَّشَت بَغداذُ لا عَدِمَت

وَتَوَحَّشَت بَغداذُ لا عَدِمَت

بِكَ إِنسَها وَتَجَهَّمَ القَصرُ

بِكَ إِنسَها وَتَجَهَّمَ القَصرُ

And Baghdad grew desolate—may she never lose

Baghdad became desolate without you,

her solace in you—and the palace grew grim.

Losing its sociability, and the palace frowned.

لا تَحتَقِر أَمَدَ الفِراقِ لَها

لا تَحتَقِر أَمَدَ الفِراقِ لَها

فَلَساعَةٌ هِيَ عِندَها شَهرُ

فَلَساعَةٌ هِيَ عِندَها شَهرُ

Do not belittle the length of separation for her,

Do not underestimate the duration of separation from it,

for a single hour is a month to her.

For an hour to it is like a month.

أَتُلامُ إِن أَبدَت كَآبَتَها

أَتُلامُ إِن أَبدَت كَآبَتَها

أَرضٌ يَحُلُّ بِغَيرِها القَطرُ

أَرضٌ يَحُلُّ بِغَيرِها القَطرُ

Is she to blame if she reveals her sorrow—

Should I blame it for showing its sorrow?

a land with the rain falling elsewhere?

It is a land that rain falls on through no one else but you.