بَيتٌ عَلى أَرضِ الهُدى وَسَمائِهِ

بَيتٌ عَلى أَرضِ الهُدى وَسَمائِهِ

الحَقُّ حائِطُهُ وَأُسُّ بِنائِهِ

الحَقُّ حائِطُهُ وَأُسُّ بِنائِهِ

A house upon the earth and sky of guidance,

A house on the land of guidance and its skies

Truth is its wall and the foundation of its structure.

Truth is its wall and its foundation

الفَتحُ مِن أَعلامِهِ وَالطُهرُ مِن

الفَتحُ مِن أَعلامِهِ وَالطُهرُ مِن

أَوصافِهِ وَالقُدسُ مِن أَسمائِهِ

أَوصافِهِ وَالقُدسُ مِن أَسمائِهِ

Conquest is among its emblems, and purity among

Victory is among its flags and purity is among

Its qualities, and Jerusalem among its names.

Its attributes, sanctity among its names

تَحنو مَناكِبُهُ عَلى شُعَبِ الهُدى

تَحنو مَناكِبُهُ عَلى شُعَبِ الهُدى

وَتُطِلُّ سُدَّتُهُ عَلى سينائِهِ

وَتُطِلُّ سُدَّتُهُ عَلى سينائِهِ

Its shoulders bend tenderly over the branches of guidance,

Its shoulders incline over the valleys of guidance

And its portal overlooks its Sinai.

And its dome overlooks its Sinai

مَن ذا يُنازِعُنا مَقالِدَ بابِهِ

مَن ذا يُنازِعُنا مَقالِدَ بابِهِ

وَجَلالَ سُدَّتِهِ وَطُهرَ فِنائِهِ

وَجَلالَ سُدَّتِهِ وَطُهرَ فِنائِهِ

Who is it that contests with us the keys to its gate,

Who can dispute us over the reins of its door

And the majesty of its portal and the purity of its courtyard?

The majesty of its dome, and the purity of its courtyard

وَمُحَمَّدٌ صَلّى عَلى جَنَباتِهِ

وَمُحَمَّدٌ صَلّى عَلى جَنَباتِهِ

وَاِستَقبَلَ السَمَحاتِ في أَرجائِهِ

وَاِستَقبَلَ السَمَحاتِ في أَرجائِهِ

And Muhammad prayed within its precincts,

And Muhammad prayed by its sides

And welcomed the gracious faiths within its bounds.

And faced the horizons in its spaces

وَاليَومَ ضَمَّ الناسَ مَأتَمُ أَرضِهِ

وَاليَومَ ضَمَّ الناسَ مَأتَمُ أَرضِهِ

وَحَوى المَلائِكَ مِهرَجانُ سَمائِهِ

وَحَوى المَلائِكَ مِهرَجانُ سَمائِهِ

And today the funeral gathering on its earth has gathered the people,

And today people gathered the mourning place of its land

And the festival in its heaven has assembled the angels.

And the angels inhabited the festival of its skies

يا قُدسُ هَيِّئ مِن رِياضِكَ رَبوَةً

يا قُدسُ هَيِّئ مِن رِياضِكَ رَبوَةً

لِنَزيلِ تُربِكَ وَاِحتَفِل بِلِقائِهِ

لِنَزيلِ تُربِكَ وَاِحتَفِل بِلِقائِهِ

O Jerusalem, prepare a hillock among your gardens

Oh Jerusalem, prepare from your gardens a hill

For the guest of your soil, and celebrate his reception.

For the resident of your soil, and celebrate his arrival

هُوَ مِن سُيوفِ اللَهِ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ

هُوَ مِن سُيوفِ اللَهِ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ

أَو مِن سُيوفِ الهِندِ عِندَ قَضائِهِ

أَو مِن سُيوفِ الهِندِ عِندَ قَضائِهِ

He is one of God's swords—exalted is His majesty—

He is one of the swords of God, His Majesty

Or one of India's swords at his passing.

Or one of the swords of India during his judgement

فَتَحَ النَبِيُّ لَهُ مَناخَ بُراقِهِ

فَتَحَ النَبِيُّ لَهُ مَناخَ بُراقِهِ

وَمَعارِجَ التَشريفِ مِن إِسرائِهِ

وَمَعارِجَ التَشريفِ مِن إِسرائِهِ

The Prophet opened to him the resting place of his Buraq,

The Prophet opened for him the saddle of Al-Buraq

And the stairways of honor from his Night Journey.

And the steps of honor from Al-Isra

بَطَلٌ حُقوقُ الشَرقِ مِن أَحمالِهِ

بَطَلٌ حُقوقُ الشَرقِ مِن أَحمالِهِ

وَقَضِيَّةُ الإِسلامِ مِن أَعبائِهِ

وَقَضِيَّةُ الإِسلامِ مِن أَعبائِهِ

A hero, with the rights of the East among his burdens,

A hero, the rights of the East are from his burdens

And the cause of Islam among his responsibilities.

And the case of Islam is from his duties

لَم تُنسِهِ الهِندُ العَزيزَةُ رِقَّةً

لَم تُنسِهِ الهِندُ العَزيزَةُ رِقَّةً

لِلشَرقِ أَو سَهَراً عَلى أَشيائِهِ

لِلشَرقِ أَو سَهَراً عَلى أَشيائِهِ

Beloved India did not make him forget tenderness

India, the precious, did not forget him

For the East, or vigil over its affairs.

Kindness to the East, or staying up for its affairs

وَقِباؤُهُ نَسجُ الهُنودِ فَهَل تُرى

وَقِباؤُهُ نَسجُ الهُنودِ فَهَل تُرى

دَفَنوا الزَعيمَ مُكَفَّناً بِقَبائِهِ

دَفَنوا الزَعيمَ مُكَفَّناً بِقَبائِهِ

And his robe is woven by Indians; I wonder whether

And his burial shroud is Indian fabric. So do you see

They buried the leader shrouded in his robe.

They buried the leader shrouded in his robes?

النيلُ يَذكُرُ في الحَوادِثِ صَوتَهُ

النيلُ يَذكُرُ في الحَوادِثِ صَوتَهُ

وَالتُركُ لا يَنسونَ صِدقَ بَلائِهِ

وَالتُركُ لا يَنسونَ صِدقَ بَلائِهِ

The Nile remembers his voice in times of crisis,

The Nile remembers his voice in events

And the Turks do not forget the sincerity of his striving.

And the Turks do not forget the sincerity of his affliction

قُل لِلزَعيمِ مُحَمَّدٍ نَزَلَ الأَسى

قُل لِلزَعيمِ مُحَمَّدٍ نَزَلَ الأَسى

بِالنيلِ وَاِستَولى عَلى بَطحائِهِ

بِالنيلِ وَاِستَولى عَلى بَطحائِهِ

Tell the leader Muhammad: grief has descended

Say to leader Muhammad, sorrow has descended

Upon the Nile and taken possession of its plain.

Upon the Nile and seized its plains

فَمَشى إِلَيكَ بِجَفنِهِ وَبِدَمعِهِ

فَمَشى إِلَيكَ بِجَفنِهِ وَبِدَمعِهِ

وَإِلى أَخيكَ بِقَلبِهِ وَعَزائِهِ

وَإِلى أَخيكَ بِقَلبِهِ وَعَزائِهِ

So it walked to you with its eyelid and its tears,

So he walked to you with his eyelids and his tears

And to your brother with its heart and its consolation.

And to your brother with his heart and consolations

اِجتَزتَهُ فَحواكَ في أَطرافِهِ

اِجتَزتَهُ فَحواكَ في أَطرافِهِ

وَلَوِ اِنتَظَرتَ حَواكَ في أَحشائِهِ

وَلَوِ اِنتَظَرتَ حَواكَ في أَحشائِهِ

You crossed it, so it embraced you at its edges;

You bid him farewell so farewell surrounded him

And had you waited, it would have embraced you within its inward parts.

And if you had waited, farewell would be in his guts

وَلَقَد تَعَوَّدَ أَن تَمُرَّ بِأَرضِهِ

وَلَقَد تَعَوَّدَ أَن تَمُرَّ بِأَرضِهِ

مَرَّ الغَمامِ بِظِلِّهِ وَبِمائِهِ

مَرَّ الغَمامِ بِظِلِّهِ وَبِمائِهِ

And indeed it had grown accustomed to your passing through its land

He was accustomed to passing through its land

As a cloud passes, with its shade and its water.

Like the clouds passing with their shadows and rain

نَم في جِوارِ اللَهِ ما بِكَ غُربَةٌ

نَم في جِوارِ اللَهِ ما بِكَ غُربَةٌ

في ظِلِّ بَيتٍ أَنتَ مِن أَبنائِهِ

في ظِلِّ بَيتٍ أَنتَ مِن أَبنائِهِ

Sleep beside God; you are no stranger

Sleep near God, there is no loneliness for you

In the shade of a house of which you are a son.

In the shade of a house you are one of its children

الفَتحُ وَهوَ قَضِيَّةٌ قُدسِيَّةٌ

الفَتحُ وَهوَ قَضِيَّةٌ قُدسِيَّةٌ

يا طالَما ناضَلتَ دونَ لِوائِهِ

يا طالَما ناضَلتَ دونَ لِوائِهِ

Conquest, itself a sacred cause—

O Victory, it is a holy cause

Oh, how long you struggled in defense of its banner!

You have long struggled under its banner

أَفتى بِدَفنِكَ عِندَ سَيِّدَةِ القُرى

أَفتى بِدَفنِكَ عِندَ سَيِّدَةِ القُرى

مُفتٍ أَرادَ اللَهَ مِن إِفتائِهِ

مُفتٍ أَرادَ اللَهَ مِن إِفتائِهِ

Your burial in the mistress of cities was decreed

A jurist decreed your burial near the Lady of Villages

By a mufti who sought God through his ruling.

A jurist who wanted God's decree from his verdict

بَلَدٌ بَنوهُ الأَكرَمونَ قُصورُهُم

بَلَدٌ بَنوهُ الأَكرَمونَ قُصورُهُم

وَقُبورُهُم وَقفٌ عَلى نُزَلائِهِ

وَقُبورُهُم وَقفٌ عَلى نُزَلائِهِ

A city whose most generous sons' palaces

A country whose noblest people, their homes

And graves are endowed for its guests.

And their graves are endowments for its guests

قَد عِشتَ تَنصُرُهُ وَتَمنَحُ أَهلَهُ

قَد عِشتَ تَنصُرُهُ وَتَمنَحُ أَهلَهُ

عَوناً فَكَيفَ تَكونُ مِن غُرَبائِهِ

عَوناً فَكَيفَ تَكونُ مِن غُرَبائِهِ

Indeed, you lived supporting it and granting its people

You lived supporting it and aiding its people

Aid—so how could you be among its strangers?

So how can you be one of its strangers?