لأكرمُ من عيدٍ يروح ويغتدي

لأكرمُ من عيدٍ يروح ويغتدي

كريمٌ به أهل المكارم تقتدي

كريمٌ به أهل المكارم تقتدي

Indeed, more generous than a festival that comes and goes

More generous than any fleeting holiday

Is a generous man whom people of noble deeds emulate.

Is the noble one whose nobility we emulate

يساوي عبادَ اللَه في ظل عدله

يساوي عبادَ اللَه في ظل عدله

فكلٌّ له عيدٌ بنعماه سرمدي

فكلٌّ له عيدٌ بنعماه سرمدي

He treats God's servants equally beneath the shade of his justice;

Equalizing God's servants in the shade of His justice

So everyone has, through his bounty, an everlasting festival.

For each has an eternal holiday in His blessings

هو السيد ابن العظم رئبال قومه

هو السيد ابن العظم رئبال قومه

محمد حمدي المقتفي عدل أحمد

محمد حمدي المقتفي عدل أحمد

He is the lord, Ibn al-Azm, the lion of his people:

He is the master, son of the great, protector of his people

Muhammad Hamdi, who follows the justice of Ahmad.

Muhammad Hamdi, the just, follower of the justice of Ahmad

أميرٌ نداه العذب كالنيل قاطرٌ

أميرٌ نداه العذب كالنيل قاطرٌ

على القادر الريان والعاجز الصدي

على القادر الريان والعاجز الصدي

A prince whose sweet bounty drips like the Nile

A prince whose sweet speech flows like the Nile

Upon the able, well-watered man and the helpless, thirsty one.

Upon al-Qadir, the giver of rain and the helpless needy

تباهت به الأعياد إذ صار عيدها

تباهت به الأعياد إذ صار عيدها

وأهدت له التمداح من كل منشد

وأهدت له التمداح من كل منشد

The festivals gloried in him when he became their festival,

The holidays boast through him, for his holiday became theirs

And offered him praise from every reciter of verse.

And praise poems were gifted to him from every poet

فلا زلت يا مولاي عيداً معظماً

فلا زلت يا مولاي عيداً معظماً

لنا ولعيد النحر في كل مشهد

لنا ولعيد النحر في كل مشهد

So may you ever remain, my lord, a venerated festival

So you remain, my master, a glorious holiday

For us and for the Feast of Sacrifice at every gathering.

For us and for Eid al-Adha wherever we are

تقول لنفس تبغض الشر أرخي

تقول لنفس تبغض الشر أرخي

فحبك فعل الخير عيد محمد

فحبك فعل الخير عيد محمد

You tell a soul that hates evil: record the date;

Say to your soul which hates evil, be at ease

For your love of doing good is Muhammad's festival.

For your love of good is the holiday of Muhammad