1. سَقى اللَه تلك الدار هامية القطر

    مَدى الدَهر ما ناحَ المطوق وَالقمري

    May God water that abode with pouring rain,

    For all time, as long as the ring-necked dove and turtledove mourn.

  2. وَعم دياراً قَد عَفى الآن رَسمها

    عَلى أَنَّها في الناس طيبة الذكرِ

    And may He drench dwellings whose traces have now faded,

    Though their memory is sweet among the people.

  3. وَأحيا بِهِ رَوض العشارة كُلما

    تَحدر دَمع مِن جُفون عَلى صَدرِ

    And may He revive with it the garden of al-‘Asharah, whenever

    Tears flow down from eyelids onto a breast.

  4. عَلَيها سَلام اللَه ما اخضر مورق

    وَفاحَ الشَذا مِن شعبِها الطَيب العطرِ

    Upon it be God's peace, as long as a leafy tree grows green,

    And fragrance wafts from its sweet, scented valley.

  5. وَروح أَقواما هُناكَ قبابهم

    لَقَد ضربت حَقاً عَلى المَجد وَالفَخرِ

    And may He grant repose to people whose pavilions there

    Have truly been pitched upon glory and pride.

  6. حَموا بشفار البيض وَالسُمر حوزة

    بمثلهم تَسمو عَلى البيض وَالسُمرِ

    They defended, with the edges of bright swords and tawny spears, a domain

    Which, through their like, rises above the fair-skinned and the dark-skinned.

  7. غيوث إِذا أعطوا ليوث إِذا سَطوا

    بحار أَياديهم تَفوق عَلى البَحرِ

    Rain showers when they give, lions when they strike;

    Seas—their bounties surpass the sea.

  8. من النَفر السامين في آل حمير

    يَخوضون نار الحَرب بِالضمر الشقرِ

    Of the exalted company in the house of Himyar,

    They plunge into war's fire on lean chestnut steeds.

  9. فُروع تيقنا بأن أصولها

    مِن الباسِقات الطَلع وَالسادة الغرِ

    Branches whose roots we know for certain

    Are of lofty palms in blossom and illustrious lords.

  10. فَمنهم إمام الفَضل وَالعلم وَالتُقى

    أَبو طالب الحَربي ذو المد وَالجَزرِ

    And among them is the imam of virtue, knowledge, and piety,

    Abu Talib al-Harbi, possessed of flood and ebb;

  11. وَمَولى الوَرى عُثمان ذو النور وَالهُدى

    وَسُلطان أَهل الكَشف في ذَلِكَ العَصرِ

    And humankind's master, ‘Uthman, endowed with light and guidance,

    And sovereign of the people of mystical unveiling in that age;

  12. مُشيد أَركان الشَريعة وَالتُقى

    وَمحكم دين اللَهِ في النَهي وَالأَمرِ

    Builder of the pillars of sacred law and piety,

    And upholder of God's religion in prohibition and command,

  13. وَجَوهَرة قَد ضَمها صدف الثَرى

    فَيا أَسَفي حُزناً عَلى الكَوكَب الدري

    And a jewel already enfolded by the earth's shell.

    Ah, my sorrow, grieving for that brilliant star!

  14. وَيا لَهفي شَوقاً عَلى الطَلعة الَّتي

    بِها طَلعت شَمس المَعارف وَالسرِ

    And oh, my anguish, longing for that countenance,

    Through which rose the sun of knowledge and mystery.

  15. وَلاحَت عَلى الأَكوان لَمعة نورها

    فَفاقَت عَلى الشَمس المُنيرة وَالبَدرِ

    And the gleam of its light shone upon the worlds,

    So it outshone the radiant sun and the full moon.

  16. حبى اللَه عثمان التَقي برحمة

    مجللة تَهمو عَلى ذَلك القَبرِ

    May God favor pious ‘Uthman with mercy,

    All-enveloping, pouring down upon that grave.

  17. وَصَلى إلهي كُلَما انهل مدمع

    عَلى صَحن خَد من جوى الوَجد وَالحرِ

    And may my God send blessings, whenever a tearful eye overflows

    Onto a cheek's surface, from longing's anguish and burning heat,

  18. عَلى المُصطفى المُختار مِن خَير عنصر

    وَآل وَأصحاب مَحوا شَوكة الكفرِ

    Upon the Chosen One, selected from the finest stock,

    And his family and companions, who wiped out unbelief's might.

  19. كَذاك سَلام من حسين يَسوقه

    إِلَيهِ الصبا المَعروف بِالفَتح وَالنَصرِ

    Likewise, a greeting of peace from Husayn, borne

    To him by the east wind, known for conquest and victory.