يا كعْبَةَ الحُسنِ الّتي

يا كعْبَةَ الحُسنِ الّتي

حَجّي إليْها واعْتمارِي

حَجّي إليْها واعْتمارِي

O Kaaba of beauty, to which

O Kaaba of beauty to which

I make my pilgrimage and my lesser pilgrimage;

I make my pilgrimage and visit

يا جُنّةَ الخُلدِ الّتي

يا جُنّةَ الخُلدِ الّتي

لم ألقَ منها غير نارِ

لم ألقَ منها غير نارِ

O paradise of eternity, from which

O eternal paradise from which

I have encountered nothing but fire;

I have known nothing but fire

يا رَبْرَبَ الحسْنِ الذي

يا رَبْرَبَ الحسْنِ الذي

خضَعَتْ له الأسْدُ الضواري

خضَعَتْ له الأسْدُ الضواري

O herd of beauty's gazelles, before which

O perfection of beauty to which

the ravening lions have bowed;

Even the fierce lions submit

يَهنيكَ عزّك إنّني

يَهنيكَ عزّك إنّني

في قيدِ ذلٍّ وانكسارِ

في قيدِ ذلٍّ وانكسارِ

May your might bring you joy; indeed, I am

Your might brings you honour, while I

in the fetters of humiliation and brokenness.

Am bound in humiliation and defeat

لَو أنَّ لي بكَ قوّةٌ

لَو أنَّ لي بكَ قوّةٌ

لأخذتُ من عَينيك ثاري

لأخذتُ من عَينيك ثاري

If I had strength against you,

If I had any power over you

I would exact my vengeance from your eyes.

I would take my vengeance from your eyes

لكِنْ هواك عليّ جَارَ

لكِنْ هواك عليّ جَارَ

وهدّ أرْكان اصطباري

وهدّ أرْكان اصطباري

But my love for you has oppressed me

But your love reigns over me

and shattered the pillars of my endurance.

And has toppled the pillars of my patience