صَرَمت حَبلَكَ الغَداةَ نَوارُ

صَرَمت حَبلَكَ الغَداةَ نَوارُ

إِنَّ صَرماً لِكُلِّ حَبلٍ قُصارُ

إِنَّ صَرماً لِكُلِّ حَبلٍ قُصارُ

Nawār severed your bond this morning.

Nawar severed your cord this morning.

Surely severance is every bond’s final end.

Indeed, severance is the end of every cord.

مَن يَكُن سائِلاً فَإِنَّ يَزيداً

مَن يَكُن سائِلاً فَإِنَّ يَزيداً

مَلِكٌ مِن عَطائِهِ الإِكثارُ

مَلِكٌ مِن عَطائِهِ الإِكثارُ

If anyone should ask, then Yazīd indeed

Whoever asks: indeed, Yazid

is a king profuse in his giving.

is a king lavish in his giving.

عَمَّ مَعروفُهُ فَعَزَّ بِهِ الدِيـ

عَمَّ مَعروفُهُ فَعَزَّ بِهِ الدِيـ

ـنُ وَذَلَّت لِمُلكِهِ الكُفّارُ

ـنُ وَذَلَّت لِمُلكِهِ الكُفّارُ

His beneficence spread everywhere; through him reli—

His kindness reached all; through him grew mighty

—gion grew mighty, while unbelievers were humbled beneath his rule.

the faith, and the unbelievers were humbled before his rule.

وَأَقامَ الصِراطَ فابتَهَجَ الـ

وَأَقامَ الصِراطَ فابتَهَجَ الـ

ـحَقُّ مُنيراً كَما أَنارَ النَهارُ

ـحَقُّ مُنيراً كَما أَنارَ النَهارُ

He established the Path, and the—

And he established the path; then rejoiced

—Truth rejoiced, radiant as daylight shines.

the truth, radiant as the day shone.

بَشَرٌ لَو يَدبُّ ذَرٌّ عَلَيهِ

بَشَرٌ لَو يَدبُّ ذَرٌّ عَلَيهِ

كانَ فيهِ مِن مَشيهِ آثارُ

كانَ فيهِ مِن مَشيهِ آثارُ

A mortal—were the tiniest ant to crawl upon him,

Skin: if tiny ants were to crawl upon it,

the traces of its steps would remain upon him.

their footsteps would leave marks upon it.

إِنَّ أَروى إِذا تَذَكَّرَ أَروى

إِنَّ أَروى إِذا تَذَكَّرَ أَروى

قَلبُهُ كادَ قَلبُهُ يُستَطارُ

قَلبُهُ كادَ قَلبُهُ يُستَطارُ

Indeed, Arwā—whenever his heart remembers Arwā,

Indeed, Arwa—whenever Arwa is recalled

his heart—his very heart—is almost sent flying.

by his heart, his heart almost takes flight.