وبيت لبنات الجو

وبيت لبنات الجو

لا يستر من فيه

لا يستر من فيه

And a house for the daughters of the air

The house of daughters of the air

that does not conceal those within it.

Cannot conceal who dwells within-

حفيظ للذي استحفظ

حفيظ للذي استحفظ

لكن لا يواريه

لكن لا يواريه

A guardian of what it is entrusted to keep,

A guardian for the guarded one-

yet it does not hide it.

Yet cannot hide him in its depths.

حكت أعمدة الفضة

حكت أعمدة الفضة

والتبر سواريه

والتبر سواريه

Like pillars of silver

The pillars of silver recounted

and gold were its columns.

and the perfume his bracelets.

فمن مثل قنا الخط

فمن مثل قنا الخط

ثراه وأعاليه

ثراه وأعاليه

So, of the like of al-Khatt’s lances

So who compares to the canal's course-

are its floor and its upper parts.

Its wealth and highest parts?