سقى قبر إسماعيل منبجس الحيا

سقى قبر إسماعيل منبجس الحيا

وأرسى هضابَ المزنِ حولَ هضابه

وأرسى هضابَ المزنِ حولَ هضابه

May the outpouring rain water Ismāʿīl’s grave,

May gushing rain water Ismail's grave,

and may the rain clouds moor their hill-like masses around its mounds.

and anchor the hills of rainclouds around his hills.

وعاشَ لنَا ملكٌ نلوذُ بظلِّه

وعاشَ لنَا ملكٌ نلوذُ بظلِّه

ونغفرُ ذنبَ الدهرِ بعد احْتِقابه

ونغفرُ ذنبَ الدهرِ بعد احْتِقابه

May there live for us a king beneath whose shade we shelter,

And may a king live on for us, in whose shade we seek refuge,

for whose sake we forgive Time its sin after it has incurred it.

and we forgive Time its sin after it has committed it.

فما السعد إلاَّ لمحةٌ في جبينه

فما السعد إلاَّ لمحةٌ في جبينه

وما العزُّ إلاَّ وقفةٌ عند بابِه

وما العزُّ إلاَّ وقفةٌ عند بابِه

Good fortune is nothing but a gleam upon his brow,

For good fortune is but a gleam upon his brow,

and glory is nothing but a moment spent standing at his door.

and glory is but a moment's standing at his door.