أَهلاً بزائرنا الكريم ومرحبا

أَهلاً بزائرنا الكريم ومرحبا

فلقد كسا اقطارنا زهرَ الرُبَى

فلقد كسا اقطارنا زهرَ الرُبَى

Welcome to our noble visitor, welcome!

Welcome, our honored guest, and greetings!

For he has clothed our lands in the blossoms of the hills—

For your presence has adorned our lands like spring's blossoms.

مولًى من السادات شرَّف أَرضنا

مولًى من السادات شرَّف أَرضنا

فازال عنها من سناهُ الغيهبا

فازال عنها من سناهُ الغيهبا

A lord among the nobles, who has honored our land,

A noble lord has graced our soil,

And with his radiance dispelled its deep darkness.

And dispelled from it the darkness of absence.

سُرت بهِ وزهت لديهِ كأنما

سُرت بهِ وزهت لديهِ كأنما

أَهدى لساحتها السحاب الصيِّبا

أَهدى لساحتها السحاب الصيِّبا

It rejoiced in him and flourished in his presence, as though

It rejoiced at his coming, and bloomed before him,

The clouds had bestowed abundant rain upon its grounds.

As though clouds had rained goodness upon its expanse.

هودُوقُ ورتمبرجَ ذو الشرف الذي

هودُوقُ ورتمبرجَ ذو الشرف الذي

ملأَ المشارقَ صِيتُهُ والمغربا

ملأَ المشارقَ صِيتُهُ والمغربا

He is the Duke of Württemberg, a man of honor whose

Duke Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, so esteemed,

Fame has filled the East and the West.

Whose fame has filled both East and West.

قد زارَ مدرسةً بهِ طرِبت ولا

قد زارَ مدرسةً بهِ طرِبت ولا

عجبٌ بزَورةِ مثلهِ أَن تَطرَبا

عجبٌ بزَورةِ مثلهِ أَن تَطرَبا

He has visited a school that rejoiced in him, and no

He visited a school, and it swooned with joy -

Wonder that it should rejoice at a visit from one like him.

No wonder that a place would thrill at such a visit!

ولوَ أنَّها ملكت لساناً أنشدت

ولوَ أنَّها ملكت لساناً أنشدت

أَهلاً بزائرنا الكريم ومرحبا

أَهلاً بزائرنا الكريم ومرحبا

And if it had a tongue, it would recite:

If only it had a voice to recite:

Welcome to our noble visitor, welcome!

"Welcome, our honored guest, and greetings!"