رمتْك الليالي بأرزائها

رمتْك الليالي بأرزائها

ولم تعتمدْك ولم تعلمِ

ولم تعتمدْك ولم تعلمِ

The nights hurled their calamities at you,

The nights have cast their shadows upon you,

Without deliberately targeting you, and without knowing.

Yet they did not rely on you, nor did they know.

فلمّا درت أن أحداثَها

فلمّا درت أن أحداثَها

عَظُمن على غير مستعظِم

عَظُمن على غير مستعظِم

So when they learned that their afflictions

When they realized their events

Were mighty against one who did not deem them mighty,

Had become too great for the insignificant,

وأنّ مَخاذِمَها نازَلتْكَ

وأنّ مَخاذِمَها نازَلتْكَ

فلاقتكَ أمضَى من المِخْذَمِ

فلاقتكَ أمضَى من المِخْذَمِ

And that their keen-edged swords had engaged you in battle,

And their disasters had befallen you,

And found you sharper than the keen-edged sword,

They found you firmer than granite,

وأجلدَ في الرّزء مِنْ خَطْبها

وأجلدَ في الرّزء مِنْ خَطْبها

وأشجَعَ في الرَّوع من ضَيْغم

وأشجَعَ في الرَّوع من ضَيْغم

And more unyielding in affliction than their own calamity,

And more courageous in adversity than a lion,

And braver in terror than a lion,

They returned their harm as a favor to you,

أعادتْ إساءتَها مِنّةً

أعادتْ إساءتَها مِنّةً

لديك مجلَّلة الأنعُم

لديك مجلَّلة الأنعُم

They turned their ill-treatment into a favor,

Adorned with bounties.

For you, arrayed in blessings,

And they gave you manifold what they had taken,

وأعطتْك أضعافَ ما أفقدتْكَ

وأعطتْك أضعافَ ما أفقدتْكَ

وجاءتْك في زِيِّ مستسلمِ

وجاءتْك في زِيِّ مستسلمِ

And gave you many times what they had made you lose,

And came to you in the guise of one submitting.

And came to you in the guise of one surrendering.

They did not betray you; rather their betrayal

وما غدرتْ بك بل غدرُها

وما غدرتْ بك بل غدرُها

بمُهجتها وهيَ لم تَفهَمِ

بمُهجتها وهيَ لم تَفهَمِ

And they did not betray you; rather, their betrayal

Was of their own temperament, which did not understand.

Was of their own lifeblood, though they did not understand.

Rejoice, O full moon of the horizon,

ليهنِك يا بدرَ أفقِ العُلا

ليهنِك يا بدرَ أفقِ العُلا

وِلادةُ شمسك للأنجم

وِلادةُ شمسك للأنجم

May you be gladdened, O full moon of glory's horizon,

The birth of your sun among the stars,

By your sun's giving birth to the stars.

It came to you, better than one who offers condolences

أتتك به خيرَ من يَعتزي

أتتك به خيرَ من يَعتزي

لمجد وأكرمَ من يَنتمي

لمجد وأكرمَ من يَنتمي

She came to you with him, the best of those who lay claim

For glory, and more honorable than one who belongs.

To glory, and the noblest of those who trace their descent.

It adorns the heights and spreads the dew,

يزينُ العُلا ويَبثّ النَّدَى

يزينُ العُلا ويَبثّ النَّدَى

ويجلو سوادَ الدّجى المظلمِ

ويجلو سوادَ الدّجى المظلمِ

He adorns the heights of honor and scatters bounty,

And clears the darkness of the gloomy night.

And dispels the blackness of the dark night.

You have congratulated it at the rising of the two lucky ones,

فهنّيتَه مَطَلَع الفَرقَدَين

فهنّيتَه مَطَلَع الفَرقَدَين

ومُلِّيتَه مدّةَ الأزلَمِ

ومُلِّيتَه مدّةَ الأزلَمِ

So may you rejoice in him as long as the two Farqad stars rise,

And filled it for the duration of misfortunes.

And may you enjoy him for as long as Time endures.

You still remain in the honor of favors,

ولا زلت في شرف المكرمات

ولا زلت في شرف المكرمات

مكانَ السِّوار من المِعصَم

مكانَ السِّوار من المِعصَم

And may you ever hold, in the glory of noble deeds,

The place of the bracelet on the wrist.

The bracelet's place upon the wrist.

I repay you with praise before deeds,

أكافيكَ بالمدح قبلَ الفعال

أكافيكَ بالمدح قبلَ الفعال

على ودّك الأطيب الأكرم

على ودّك الأطيب الأكرم

I repay you with praise before deeds,

For your most gracious and kindest affection.

For your sweetest, noblest affection.