فَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ قُرْبِ مَزَارِهَا

فَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ بَعْدَ قُرْبِ مَزَارِهَا

شَطَّتْ نَوَاهَا مَا أَمَرَّ نَوَاهَا

شَطَّتْ نَوَاهَا مَا أَمَرَّ نَوَاهَا

So al-Hashimiyya, once near enough to visit,

After being near its tomb, Al-Hashimiyya

The Hashimite, after the closeness of her abode,

is now far away—how bitter parting from her!

Extended its intent wherever it intended.

Has moved far away; how bitter is her departure!

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ لاَ يَزَالُ بِخَاطِرِي

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ لاَ يَزَالُ بِخَاطِرِي

شَوْقٌ يُؤَجِّجُ نَارَهُ ذِكْرَاهَا

شَوْقٌ يُؤَجِّجُ نَارَهُ ذِكْرَاهَا

And for al-Hashimiyya, there remains in my mind

And Al-Hashimiyya continues in my mind

And the Hashimite remains ever in my mind,

a longing whose fire her memory kindles.

A yearning that ignites its fire when I remember it.

A longing whose fire is kindled by her memory.

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ مِنْ سِيَادَةِ حُسْنِهَا

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ مِنْ سِيَادَةِ حُسْنِهَا

تُنْسِي السِّيَادَةَ كُلَّ مَنْ يَنْسَاهَا

تُنْسِي السِّيَادَةَ كُلَّ مَنْ يَنْسَاهَا

And al-Hashimiyya, through her beauty’s supremacy,

And Al-Hashimiyya, from the supremacy of its beauty

And the Hashimite, through the sovereign mastery of her beauty,

makes everyone who forgets her forget supremacy.

Makes one forget all supremacy if one forgets it.

Makes all who forget her forget their own sovereignty.

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ رَبُّنَا يَرْعَاهَا

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ رَبُّنَا يَرْعَاهَا

حَقٌّ عَلَى الأَلْبَابِ أَنْ تَرْعَاهَا

حَقٌّ عَلَى الأَلْبَابِ أَنْ تَرْعَاهَا

And al-Hashimiyya—our Lord watches over her—

And Al-Hashimiyya, may our Lord protect it

And the Hashimite, may our Lord protect her,

must be cherished by discerning minds,

It is right for minds to protect it.

It is a duty upon all minds to cherish her,

وَتَجُولَ فِي أَوْصَافِهَا أَفْكَارُهَا

وَتَجُولَ فِي أَوْصَافِهَا أَفْكَارُهَا

وَتَرُودُ رَوْضَةَ حُسْنِهَا وَبَهَاهَا

وَتَرُودُ رَوْضَةَ حُسْنِهَا وَبَهَاهَا

whose thoughts must roam among her qualities,

And its qualities roam in thoughts

And for their thoughts to wander through her descriptions,

and explore the garden of her beauty and splendor,

And its beauty and splendor circle in the meadow.

And to explore the garden of her beauty and her splendor,

وَتُطَرِّزَ الأَشْعَارَ وَهْيَ أَنِيقَةٌ

وَتُطَرِّزَ الأَشْعَارَ وَهْيَ أَنِيقَةٌ

بِبَدِيعِ يَهْجَتِهَا وَحُسْنِ حُلاَهَا

بِبَدِيعِ يَهْجَتِهَا وَحُسْنِ حُلاَهَا

and embroider verses, elegant as they are,

And it elegantly adorns poetry

And to embroider poems, elegant as they are,

with her wondrous radiance and the beauty of her adornments.

With the wonders of its rhymes and beauty of its wording.

With the marvel of her radiance and the beauty of her adornments.

لُذْنَا عَلَى أَنْ لاَتَ حِينَ لِيَاذِنَا

لُذْنَا عَلَى أَنْ لاَتَ حِينَ لِيَاذِنَا

مِنْ شَوْقِنَا فَقُلُوبُنَا أَضْنَاهَا

مِنْ شَوْقِنَا فَقُلُوبُنَا أَضْنَاهَا

We sought refuge—though it was no time for us to do so—

It is delightful when it gives us permission

We sought refuge, though the time for seeking refuge had passed,

from our longing, for it had worn our hearts out,

Of our longing, so our hearts have become its home.

From our longing, which has utterly exhausted our hearts,

بِحَدِيثِهَا إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ تَلَذُّهُ

بِحَدِيثِهَا إِنَّ الْقُلُوبَ تَلَذُّهُ

فَكََأَنَّهَا شَرِبَتْ بِهِ أَمْوَاهَا

فَكََأَنَّهَا شَرِبَتْ بِهِ أَمْوَاهَا

in talk of her; indeed, hearts delight in it,

With its talk, indeed hearts find it sweet,

In her conversation, for indeed hearts find delight in it,

so it is as though they had drunk water through it.

As if they have quenched their thirst with it.

As if they had drunk their life-giving waters through it.

فَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ ذِكْرُهَا مِنْ طِيبِهِ

فَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ ذِكْرُهَا مِنْ طِيبِهِ

قَدْ طَيَّبَ الأَسْمَاعَ وَالأَفْوَاهَا

قَدْ طَيَّبَ الأَسْمَاعَ وَالأَفْوَاهَا

So al-Hashimiyya’s remembrance, through its fragrance,

Al-Hashimiyya, its mention is of purity

For the Hashimite, her mere mention, through its sweet fragrance,

has indeed perfumed ears and mouths.

It has sweetened the ears and mouths.

Has perfumed both the ears and the mouths.

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ رَوْضَةٌ مَمْطُورَةٌ

وَالْهَاشِمِيَّةُ رَوْضَةٌ مَمْطُورَةٌ

تَجْنِي الْحَيَاةَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَهْوَاهَا

تَجْنِي الْحَيَاةَ لِكُلِّ مَنْ يَهْوَاهَا

And al-Hashimiyya is a rain-watered garden,

And Al-Hashimiyya is an irrigated meadow

And the Hashimite is a garden showered by rain,

harvesting life for everyone who loves her.

That reaps life for all who love it.

Yielding life for everyone who loves her.

وَاهاً لِمَنْ مَلَكَتْ مَجَامِعَ قَلْبِهِ

وَاهاً لِمَنْ مَلَكَتْ مَجَامِعَ قَلْبِهِ

وَاهاً لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَاهاً وَاهَا

وَاهاً لِذَلِكَ ثُمَّ وَاهاً وَاهَا

Ah, for him whose whole heart she has possessed!

Woe to he who has owned the insides of his heart.

Ah, for the one whose heart's core she has possessed,

Ah for that one, then ah, ah!

Woe to that, then woe, woe, woe.

Ah for that! And then again, ah, and ah!