1. جويريةُ احمدي عُقبَى البناءِ

    بَنَى بكِ خيرُ مَن تحت السّماءِ

    Juwayriyah, give thanks for the outcome of your marriage:

    the best of all beneath the sky has wed you.

  2. بلغتِ به ذؤابة كل عالٍ

    من الشرف الممنّع والسّناء

    Through him you reached the summit of all that is lofty

    in unassailable honor and glory.

  3. وكنتِ لقومك الأدنين يمناً

    يريهم يُمن خير الأنبياء

    And you were a blessing to your closest kin,

    showing them the blessing of the best of prophets.

  4. فكم أسرى فككتِ وكم سبايا

    رددتِ إلى الخدورِ بلا فداء

    How many captive men you freed, and how many captive women

    you restored to their secluded chambers without ransom!

  5. محرِّرةَ الرقاب كفاك فضلاً

    صنيعك بالرجال وبالنساء

    O you who freed necks from bondage, sufficient merit for you

    is your kindness to men and women.

  6. كشفت الضرّ عنهم بعد يأسٍ

    وأحييت الرميم من الرجاء

    You lifted their suffering after despair,

    and brought hope’s decayed remains back to life.

  7. توالى المسلمون على سبيل

    من الكرمِ المحبّب والسّخاء

    The Muslims followed one another along a path

    of endearing generosity and openhandedness.

  8. لأجلك آثروا البُقْيا وقالوا

    علينا العهدُ عهدُ الأوفياء

    For your sake they chose clemency, and said:

    “The pledge binds us—the pledge of the faithful.

  9. أمَنْ وصل النَّبيُّ فكان صهراً

    كمنقطعٍ من الأقوامِ ناء

    Is one whom the Prophet has made his kin by marriage

    like someone cut off and distant among the tribes?

  10. خذوا يا قوم أنفسكم وعودوا

    إلى أوطانكم بعد الجلاء

    Take back your freedom, O people, and return

    to your homelands after exile.”

  11. سَمَوْا بنفوسهم وبني أبيهم

    إلى دين المروءة والإباء

    They raised themselves and their father’s sons

    to the faith of chivalry and noble pride.

  12. ورَدَّ اللَّه غُربتَهم وفازوا

    بنعمته فنعمَ ذوو العلاء

    And God ended their exile, and they won

    His grace—how excellent are those of high rank!

  13. هو الإسلامُ ما للنفس عنه

    إذا ابتغتِ السّلامةَ من غناءِ

    It is Islam: the soul cannot do without it

    if it seeks safety.

  14. نظامُ الأرضِ يدفع كلَّ شرٍّ

    وَطِبُّ القومِ ينزع كلّ داء

    It is the earth’s order, warding off every evil,

    and the people’s medicine, rooting out every disease.

  15. إذا انصرفت شعوب الأرض عنه

    فبشّرْ كلَّ شعبٍ بالشقاء

    If the peoples of the earth turn away from it,

    then give every nation glad tidings of misery.