ويذكرني الأمين إذا بَدا لي

ويذكرني الأمين إذا بَدا لي

وقد مُلِّئَت بِهَيبَتِه الصُّدُورُ

وقد مُلِّئَت بِهَيبَتِه الصُّدُورُ

And whenever he appears before me, he calls al-Amīn to mind,

And Al-Amin, when he appears to me, reminds me—

while hearts are filled with awe of him;

while breasts are filled with awe of him—

يُؤَمِّنُ مِن مخاوفِ كُلَّ ثَفرٍ

يُؤَمِّنُ مِن مخاوفِ كُلَّ ثَفرٍ

بدهرٍ فيهِ فُتِّحَت الثُّغُورُ

بدهرٍ فيهِ فُتِّحَت الثُّغُورُ

he makes every frontier safe from peril

as he safeguards every genital opening from fear—

in an age when frontiers have been breached.

of an age when the frontier strongholds were opened.