حَمدْتُ إِلهي مُخْلِصاً إذْ تَبَلَّجَتْ

حَمدْتُ إِلهي مُخْلِصاً إذْ تَبَلَّجَتْ

غَياباتُ ذاكَ اللَّيْلِ عنْ وَضحِ الفَجْرِ

غَياباتُ ذاكَ اللَّيْلِ عنْ وَضحِ الفَجْرِ

I praised my God sincerely when there parted

I thanked my God sincerely as the darknesses

the deep darkness of that night, revealing dawn's brightness.

Of that night gave way to the brightness of dawn.

وأيْقَنْتُ أنَّ اللّهَ ذا العرشِ لمْ يُضِعْ

وأيْقَنْتُ أنَّ اللّهَ ذا العرشِ لمْ يُضِعْ

دُعائي وأنَّ الكَسْرَ يُعْقَبُ بالجَبْرِ

دُعائي وأنَّ الكَسْرَ يُعْقَبُ بالجَبْرِ

And I knew for certain that God, Lord of the Throne, had not let

And I knew that God on His throne did not neglect

my prayer go to waste, and that breaking is followed by mending.

My prayer, and that every loss is followed by gain.

فإنْ يَكُ صبري أحْرَضتنْي هُمومُهُ

فإنْ يَكُ صبري أحْرَضتنْي هُمومُهُ

فَصبْري الذي أفْضى بنفسي إلى الشُّكْرِ

فَصبْري الذي أفْضى بنفسي إلى الشُّكْرِ

So if the cares of my patience have wasted me away,

If worries embittered my patience,

then my patience is what brought my soul to gratitude.

My patience led me to gratitude.

حَمَى اللّهُ نجْمَ الدِّينِ مُجْتمعَ العُلى

حَمَى اللّهُ نجْمَ الدِّينِ مُجْتمعَ العُلى

مَدَى الدَّهْرِ والأيام مِن نِوَبِ الدَّهرِ

مَدَى الدَّهْرِ والأيام مِن نِوَبِ الدَّهرِ

May God protect Najm al-Din, in whom all glories meet,

May God protect the star of faith and highest aspirations

for all time and all days, from time's calamities.

For all time, from the turns of fate.

فثَمَّ الحِمى والمُرْهَفاتُ ذَليلَةٌ

فثَمَّ الحِمى والمُرْهَفاتُ ذَليلَةٌ

وثَمَّ النَّدى والغادِياتُ بِلا قَطْرِ

وثَمَّ النَّدى والغادِياتُ بِلا قَطْرِ

For there is sanctuary, while keen-edged swords are humbled,

So protection remains, and humbled are aggressions;

and there is bounty, while the morning clouds bring no rain.

So remains freshness, and gone are aridities.