1. لو كان للنُّوروزِ لمّا أتى

    فمٌ ولفظٌ مٌعرِبٌ أو لِسانْ

    If Nowruz, when it came, had

    a mouth and eloquent speech, or a tongue,

  2. ناداك أنت العِيد يا عِيدَ مَن

    عَيَّد والنَّوْروز والمِهرَجان

    it would hail you: "You are the festival, O festival of those

    who celebrate, and of Nowruz and Mihrjan!"

  3. لو جَلَّ عن قَدْرِ الْعِيانِ امرُؤٌ

    لِلفضلِ ما نالك مِنّا العِيان

    If a man were exalted beyond the reach of sight

    through merit, our gaze would not reach you.

  4. أوتيتَ في المَهدِ العُلا والنَّدَى

    وخصّك اللهُ بحسْنِ البيانْ

    In the cradle you were granted eminence and generosity,

    and God distinguished you with eloquent speech.

  5. فما عسى يُحصِيهِ فيك الثنا

    وأنتَ عالي القَدْرِ عن كلّ شان

    What, then, could praise recount of you,

    when your stature is exalted above every rank?

  6. يا حُسنَ ما أَصبحَ يسمو بِه

    يا صفوةَ الرّحمانِ مِنك الحَنان

    How lovely is that through which now rises—

    O chosen of the Merciful—the compassion that comes from you!

  7. قد سافرتْ فيك بمَدْحي الورى

    وغرّدتْ فيك بشِعري القِيانْ

    People have journeyed with my praise of you,

    and songstresses have warbled my verses in your praise.

  8. وسالمتْني منذ نَوَّهْت بي

    سودُ الرّزايا وخُطوبُ الزمان

    And since you extolled me, they have made peace with me—

    the dark calamities and the trials of time.

  9. لا زلتَ تَبقى قاهِراً لِلعِدا

    بالغَ ما أمّلتَ عالي المكان

    May you ever remain victorious over your foes,

    attaining what you hoped for, exalted in station.