أَثَّل المَجد بَينَ رتق وَفَتقِ

أَثَّل المَجد بَينَ رتق وَفَتقِ

فَبَكَينا عَلى رتوقٍ فَتوقٍ

فَبَكَينا عَلى رتوقٍ فَتوقٍ

He rooted glory between mending and sundering,

He established glory amid mending and rending;

Glory was rooted between mending and rending,

so we wept over seams that split again.

So we wept for one who mended and tore apart.

So we wept for the master of mending and rending,

هِيَ ريحُ الحَبيبِ أَيَّتُها الثَك

هِيَ ريحُ الحَبيبِ أَيَّتُها الثَك

لى فَإِن هاجَكِ النَسيمُ فَتوقي

لى فَإِن هاجَكِ النَسيمُ فَتوقي

It is the beloved’s scent, O bereaved

It is the beloved’s scent, O bereaved

It is the scent of the beloved, O be-

woman; if the breeze stirs you, then yearn.

woman; so if the breeze stirs you, then yearn.

-reaved one; if the breeze stirs you, then take heed.