والقدسُ أَعضلَ داؤه مِن قبلكم

والقدسُ أَعضلَ داؤه مِن قبلكم

فوفيتمُ بشفاءِ ذاكَ المعضلِ

فوفيتمُ بشفاءِ ذاكَ المعضلِ

And Jerusalem's ailment had proved intractable before you.

Jerusalem's malady was intractable before you

So you supplied a cure for that intractable affliction.

Yet you brought healing to that intractability

درجَ الملوكُ على تَمنِّي فتحهِ

درجَ الملوكُ على تَمنِّي فتحهِ

زمناً وغلتهمْ بهِ لم تبللِ

زمناً وغلتهمْ بهِ لم تبللِ

Kings passed on, longing for its conquest,

Kings grew accustomed to longing for its conquest

for a long time, their burning thirst for it unquenched.

For ages, yet their desire was never quenched

وأَتى زمانكمُ فأَمكن آخراً

وأَتى زمانكمُ فأَمكن آخراً

ما قد تعذَّرَ في الزَّمانِ الأَولِ

ما قد تعذَّرَ في الزَّمانِ الأَولِ

And your time came, making possible at last

Then your time came and at last

what had proved impossible in the former age.

What was impossible in the past became possible

ما كان قطُّ ولا يكونُ كفتحكمْ

ما كان قطُّ ولا يكونُ كفتحكمْ

للقدسِ في الماضي ولا المستقبلِ

للقدسِ في الماضي ولا المستقبلِ

Nothing ever was, nor ever will be, like your conquest

Never was there nor will there ever be a conquest like yours

of Jerusalem, in the past or the future.

Of Jerusalem, neither in the past nor the future

أَوجدتمُ منه الذي عَدِمَ الورى

أَوجدتمُ منه الذي عَدِمَ الورى

وفعلتُم في الفتحِ ما لم يفعلِ

وفعلتُم في الفتحِ ما لم يفعلِ

You brought forth from it what mankind had lacked,

You brought into being that which the world knew not

and in conquest you did what had not been done.

And accomplished in this conquest what none had accomplished

أَيدي الملوكِ تقاصرتْ عن مفخرٍ

أَيدي الملوكِ تقاصرتْ عن مفخرٍ

طلتمْ به فبلوا لبعضِ الأَنملِ

طلتمْ به فبلوا لبعضِ الأَنملِ

The hands of kings fell short of a source of glory;

The hands of kings fell short of glorious feats

you rose high through it; they were afflicted—for some fingertips (wording unclear).

You sought and attained what was beyond their grasp

أحييتُم فرعَ الكرامِ ولم يزلْ

أحييتُم فرعَ الكرامِ ولم يزلْ

نصرُ المحقِّ بكم وقهرُ المبطلِ

نصرُ المحقِّ بكم وقهرُ المبطلِ

You revived the branch of the noble, and still endure

You revived the blossom of nobility which had withered

through you the triumph of the just and the subjugation of the unjust.

Victory for the righteous and defeat for the wicked remain through you