اسمٌ سَمَا لَفظُهُ وازدَانَ مَعناهُ

اسمٌ سَمَا لَفظُهُ وازدَانَ مَعناهُ

حَلّاكِ رَبُّكِ بالحُسْنَى وحَلّاهُ

حَلّاكِ رَبُّكِ بالحُسْنَى وحَلّاهُ

A name whose sound rose high and whose meaning grew fair.

A name whose utterance is sublime and whose meaning is beautiful

Your Lord adorned you with the fairest name, and adorned it too.

May your Lord adorn you with goodness and adorn him

مَيمونةٌ أنتِ هذا ما تَخيَّرهُ

مَيمونةٌ أنتِ هذا ما تَخيَّرهُ

لَكِ الذي اختاره مِن خَلقِهِ اللَّهُ

لَكِ الذي اختاره مِن خَلقِهِ اللَّهُ

Maymunah you are—this is what he chose

You are auspicious, this is what He has chosen for you

for you—he whom God chose from His creation.

For you, that which Allah has chosen from His creation

أوفى بَحمزَةَ والعبّاسِ مَجدُهُما

أوفى بَحمزَةَ والعبّاسِ مَجدُهُما

يا أختَ زَوْجَيْهِما والنَّاسُ أَشْباهُ

يا أختَ زَوْجَيْهِما والنَّاسُ أَشْباهُ

Their glory exalted Hamzah and al-Abbas,

He fulfilled the glory of Hamzah and Al-‘Abbas

O sister of their two wives—and people have their peers—

O sister of their two wives, and people are their likes

لأنتِ أكرمُ عند اللَّهِ مَنزلةً

لأنتِ أكرمُ عند اللَّهِ مَنزلةً

يا زَوجَ أحمدَ إذ أعطاكِ إيّاهُ

يا زَوجَ أحمدَ إذ أعطاكِ إيّاهُ

you surely hold a more honored rank before God,

For you are most honorable in the sight of Allah

O wife of Ahmad, since He gave him to you.

O wife of Ahmad when He gave him to you

لم تَعلمي أمَطايا اللَّهِ حاملةٌ

لم تَعلمي أمَطايا اللَّهِ حاملةٌ

منكِ الجلالَ المحلَّى أم مطاياهُ

منكِ الجلالَ المحلَّى أم مطاياهُ

You did not know whether God's mounts were carrying

You do not know, are you carrying the camels of Allah's favors

your adorned majesty, or whether his mounts were.

Or are you carrying his sublime litters?

إلى المدينةِ سِيري في كِلاءتِهِ

إلى المدينةِ سِيري في كِلاءتِهِ

يا طِيبَ مثواكِ إن شارفتِ مَثواهُ

يا طِيبَ مثواكِ إن شارفتِ مَثواهُ

To Medina, journey under His protection.

Go to Medina in his protection

How sweet your abode, if you draw near his abode!

O good is your abode if you near his abode

قرِّي بِبعلِكِ عَيْناً إنّه شَرَفٌ

قرِّي بِبعلِكِ عَيْناً إنّه شَرَفٌ

ما مِثلُهُ شَرَفٌ عالٍ ولا جاهُ

ما مِثلُهُ شَرَفٌ عالٍ ولا جاهُ

Let your eyes rejoice in your husband: it is an honor

Please your husband, he is indeed a nobility

that no lofty honor or prestige can equal.

There is no nobility like it, lofty nor status

أطريْتُ فيكِ وفي المختارِ مُؤمنةً

أطريْتُ فيكِ وفي المختارِ مُؤمنةً

عَزَّتْ بأبلجَ ما تُحْصَى مَزَاياهُ

عَزَّتْ بأبلجَ ما تُحْصَى مَزَاياهُ

In you and in the Chosen One, I extolled a believing woman,

I was delighted in you and in Al-Mukhtar, believing

ennobled by a radiant man whose merits cannot be counted.

Your outstanding merits that cannot be counted bring honor

عِزٌّ يُوطِّدُ للإسلامِ جَانِبَها

عِزٌّ يُوطِّدُ للإسلامِ جَانِبَها

مِنْ جانبِ اللَّهِ مَوْلاها ومَوْلاهُ

مِنْ جانبِ اللَّهِ مَوْلاها ومَوْلاهُ

An honor that, for Islam, fortifies her standing,

An honor that strengthens the side of Islam for it

from God, her Protector and his.

From the side of Allah, her Master and his Master

ما انفَكَّ يتَّخِذُ الأصهارَ يجعلهم

ما انفَكَّ يتَّخِذُ الأصهارَ يجعلهم

لِدينِهِ الهادمُ البانِي ودُنْياهُ

لِدينِهِ الهادمُ البانِي ودُنْياهُ

He never ceased taking kinsmen by marriage, putting them

He did not stop taking in-laws and making them

at the service of his faith and his worldly life—he who tears down and builds.

For his religion, the destroyer and builder of this world

سياسةٌ ما رَمَى الطَّبُّ اللَّبيبُ بها

سياسةٌ ما رَمَى الطَّبُّ اللَّبيبُ بها

إلا أصابَ بإذنِ اللَّهِ مَرماهُ

إلا أصابَ بإذنِ اللَّهِ مَرماهُ

A policy with which the skilled, discerning man never took aim

A policy that the skillful doctor did not aim with

without hitting his mark, by God's leave.

Except he hit, by the will of Allah, his target

وقُوّةٌ لرسولِ الله شائعةٌ

وقُوّةٌ لرسولِ الله شائعةٌ

بين القبائلِ يرعاها وتَرعاهُ

بين القبائلِ يرعاها وتَرعاهُ

And strength for God's Messenger, widespread

And a strength for the Messenger of Allah spreading

among the tribes: he protects it, and it protects him.

Among the tribes, he shepherds it and it shepherds him

وسنَّةٌ لبني الإسلامِ يَشرعُها

وسنَّةٌ لبني الإسلامِ يَشرعُها

والخيرُ أجمعُ شرعٌ من سجاياهُ

والخيرُ أجمعُ شرعٌ من سجاياهُ

And a practice he ordains for the children of Islam,

And a tradition for the children of Islam that he legislates

and all goodness is law drawn from his character.

And all goodness is a law from his qualities

همْ أسرةٌ في ظلالِ اللَّهِ واحدةٌ

همْ أسرةٌ في ظلالِ اللَّهِ واحدةٌ

تَمضي على الحقِّ تَرجوه وتخشاهُ

تَمضي على الحقِّ تَرجوه وتخشاهُ

They are one family beneath God's shade,

They are a household under the shades of Allah, united

walking in truth, hoping in Him and fearing Him.

Proceeding on the truth, hoping for it and fearing it

لا تَعرِفُ الرُّشدَ إلا في شَرائِعِهِ

لا تَعرِفُ الرُّشدَ إلا في شَرائِعِهِ

ولا تَرَى الخيرَ إلا في وَصَاياهُ

ولا تَرَى الخيرَ إلا في وَصَاياهُ

They know right guidance only in His laws,

It does not know righteousness but in His laws

and see goodness only in His commandments.

And it does not see good but in His commandments

دِينُ الألَى يُؤثرونَ العزَّ مَنزلةً

دِينُ الألَى يُؤثرونَ العزَّ مَنزلةً

ما كانَ أَهْوَنَ دُنيا النَّاسِ لولاهُ

ما كانَ أَهْوَنَ دُنيا النَّاسِ لولاهُ

The faith of those who choose honor as their station—

The religion of glory, they prefer honor

how paltry people's worldly life would be without it!

The affairs of people were not insignificant because of it

لكلِّ شعبٍ بِناءٌ ليس يُمسِكُهُ

لكلِّ شعبٍ بِناءٌ ليس يُمسِكُهُ

شيءٌ إذا نام عنه مَن تَولّاهُ

شيءٌ إذا نام عنه مَن تَولّاهُ

Every people has an edifice that cannot be upheld

For every nation there is a structure holding it

by anything, if its caretaker sleeps heedless of it.

Nothing can hold it if he who took care of it sleeps

لولا الأواصِرُ والأرحامُ ما التأمتْ

لولا الأواصِرُ والأرحامُ ما التأمتْ

مِنه الصُّدوعُ ولا انضمَّتْ شَظَاياهُ

مِنه الصُّدوعُ ولا انضمَّتْ شَظَاياهُ

Without bonds and kinship, there would be no mending

Were it not for the bonds and relations, its cracks would not unite

of its cracks, nor any joining of its shards.

And its fragments would not join together