لعمري لقد جردت في القدس عزمة

لعمري لقد جردت في القدس عزمة

معربة الأوصاف عالية المبْنى

معربة الأوصاف عالية المبْنى

By my life, you have indeed unsheathed a resolve in Jerusalem,

By my life, in Jerusalem you have shown resolve

eloquent in its qualities, lofty in its structure.

Expressive in description, lofty in structure

يشيّد بعد المسجد الطهر سوقه

يشيّد بعد المسجد الطهر سوقه

فقد شَمِل الأقصى نوالك والأدنى

فقد شَمِل الأقصى نوالك والأدنى

Its market is being built after the holy mosque;

It rebuilds after the mosque its pure market

for your bounty has embraced the farthest—al-Aqsa—and the nearest.

For the Aqsa has been included, your gift both near and far