أَبَى الْقَصْرُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَحُوزَ الْعُلاَ قَسْراً

أَبَى الْقَصْرُ إِلاَّ أَنْ يَحُوزَ الْعُلاَ قَسْراً

وَأَنْ يَبْنِيَ الْمَجْدَ التَّلِيدَ بِهِ قَصْرَا

وَأَنْ يَبْنِيَ الْمَجْدَ التَّلِيدَ بِهِ قَصْرَا

The palace insists on seizing the heights of glory by force,

The palace refused to do anything but acquire the heights by force

The palace refused all but to seize the heights by force,

And on building within it a palace of age-old glory.

And build lasting glory as its castle

And to build a palace of ancient glory therein;

فَإِنْ فَاتَهُ الْمَاءُ الْمُفَجَّرُ مِنْ صَفَا

فَإِنْ فَاتَهُ الْمَاءُ الْمُفَجَّرُ مِنْ صَفَا

فَفِيهِ مِيَاهُ الْفَضْلِ قَدْ فُجِّرَتْ بَحْرَا

فَفِيهِ مِيَاهُ الْفَضْلِ قَدْ فُجِّرَتْ بَحْرَا

For if it lacks water made to gush from smooth rock,

If the gushing waters missed it

So if it lacks water gushing from solid rock,

Then within it the waters of bounty have been made to gush forth as a sea.

Then in it are the waters of merit that have been unleashed as a sea

Within it, the waters of grace have burst forth as a sea.