حَيّاكِ يا طيبةُ حيّاك

حَيّاكِ يا طيبةُ حيّاك

صوبُ سحابٍ ضاحكٍ باكي

صوبُ سحابٍ ضاحكٍ باكي

May it greet you, O Tayba, may it greet you—

I salute you, O virtuous one, I salute you

the downpour of a laughing, weeping cloud.

Towards clouds of laughing, crying rain

وَلستِ للغيثِ بمحتاجةٍ

وَلستِ للغيثِ بمحتاجةٍ

لأنّه من بعض جدواكِ

لأنّه من بعض جدواكِ

And you have no need of rain,

And you are not in need of rain

for it is part of your bounty.

For it is from some of your overflowing rivers

أَولاكِ ما أغناكِ بحرُ الندى

أَولاكِ ما أغناكِ بحرُ الندى

مولى الوَرى طرّاً ومولاكِ

مولى الوَرى طرّاً ومولاكِ

The sea of generosity bestowed on you what freed you from need:

First of all, the sea of dew has not enriched you

the master of all creation, and your master,

The Lord of mankind, fresh and your Master

مُحمّدٌ أحمدُ شمسُ الهدى

مُحمّدٌ أحمدُ شمسُ الهدى

خيرُ الورى الثاوي بمثواكِ

خيرُ الورى الثاوي بمثواكِ

Muhammad, Ahmad, the sun of guidance,

Muhammad, Ahmed, sun of guidance

the best of creation, dwelling in your abode.

The best of mankind, settled in your dwelling

أَرسلهُ اللَّه إِلى خلقهِ

أَرسلهُ اللَّه إِلى خلقهِ

مطاعَ أفلاكٍ وأملاكِ

مطاعَ أفلاكٍ وأملاكِ

God sent him to His creation,

Allah sent him to His creation

obeyed by celestial spheres and angels.

Obeyed by galaxies and angels

فَأطلقَ التوحيدَ من قيدهِ

فَأطلقَ التوحيدَ من قيدهِ

وَقيّد الشركَ بأشراكِ

وَقيّد الشركَ بأشراكِ

So he freed belief in God's oneness from its fetter,

So he freed monotheism from its shackles

and bound polytheism with snares.

And shackled polytheism with its ties

وَأرشدَ الخلقَ إلى ربّهم

وَأرشدَ الخلقَ إلى ربّهم

بخُلقٍ عبّاسٍ وضحّاكِ

بخُلقٍ عبّاسٍ وضحّاكِ

And he guided creation to their Lord,

And guided creation to their Lord

with a disposition both stern and full of laughter:

With an Abbasid and joyful moral

في السلمِ أَندى من نسيمِ الصبا

في السلمِ أَندى من نسيمِ الصبا

وَفي الوغى أفتكُ فتّاكِ

وَفي الوغى أفتكُ فتّاكِ

in peace, more generous than the east wind's breeze,

In peace, more aromatic than the breeze of the morning

and in battle, the deadliest of slayers,

And in turmoil, most decisive in killing

حتّى غَدا الدينُ به خالصاً

حتّى غَدا الدينُ به خالصاً

مُنزّهاً عن إفكِ أفّاكِ

مُنزّهاً عن إفكِ أفّاكِ

until, through him, the faith became pure,

Until religion became pure through him

untainted by a habitual liar's falsehood.

Safe from the slander of slanderers

حُزتِ بهِ طيبة كلّ العلا

حُزتِ بهِ طيبة كلّ العلا

هنّأهُ اللَّه وهنّاكِ

هنّأهُ اللَّه وهنّاكِ

Through him, Tayba, you attained all the heights of glory.

You were endowed with all sublime virtues through him

May God gladden him, and gladden you.

May Allah gladden him and you