بَنَيْتُمْ علَى تَقْوًى مِن اللَّهِ مَسْجِداً

بَنَيْتُمْ علَى تَقْوًى مِن اللَّهِ مَسْجِداً

وَخَيْرُ مَبَاني العَابِدينَ المَسَاجِدُ

وَخَيْرُ مَبَاني العَابِدينَ المَسَاجِدُ

You built a mosque upon reverence for God,

You built on piety from God a mosque,

and mosques are the finest buildings of worshippers.

And the best buildings of worshippers are mosques.

فَقُلْ في طِرازٍ مُعْلَمٍ فَوقَ بِرْكَةٍ

فَقُلْ في طِرازٍ مُعْلَمٍ فَوقَ بِرْكَةٍ

علَى حُسْنهِ الزَّاهِي لها البَحرُ حَاسِدُ

علَى حُسْنهِ الزَّاهِي لها البَحرُ حَاسِدُ

So speak of an embroidered border above a pool,

So say in a known decoration above a blessing,

for its radiant beauty, the sea envies the pool.

For its apparent beauty the sea is envious of it.

لَها حُلَلٌ شَتَّى وَلكِنْ طِرازُها

لَها حُلَلٌ شَتَّى وَلكِنْ طِرازُها

مِن الجامعِ المَعْمُورِ بِاللَّهِ وَاحِدُ

مِن الجامعِ المَعْمُورِ بِاللَّهِ وَاحِدُ

It has varied robes, yet its embroidered border

It has various beautiful features, but its decoration

from the mosque, kept flourishing by God, is but one.

Is from the populated mosque of God the One.

هُوَ الجَامِعُ الإحْسانَ والحُسْنَ والذي

هُوَ الجَامِعُ الإحْسانَ والحُسْنَ والذي

أَقَرَّ لهُ زَيْدٌ وَعَمْرٌو وَخالِدُ

أَقَرَّ لهُ زَيْدٌ وَعَمْرٌو وَخالِدُ

It is the mosque that unites beneficence and beauty, and whose merit

It is the mosque of benevolence, beauty and which

Zayd, Amr, and Khalid have acknowledged.

Zayd, Amr and Khalid approved of.

وَقَدْ صَافَحَتْ شُهْبَ الدُّجَى شُرفاتُهُ

وَقَدْ صَافَحَتْ شُهْبَ الدُّجَى شُرفاتُهُ

فَما هِيَ بَيْنَ الشُّهْبِ إلاَّ فَرَاقِدُ

فَما هِيَ بَيْنَ الشُّهْبِ إلاَّ فَرَاقِدُ

And its battlements have shaken hands with the stars of night,

The darkness' meteors have shaken hands with its balconies,

so among the stars they are but Farqad stars.

So it is not between the meteors except asleep.

وَقَدْ أَرشَدَ الجِيرانَ عَالي مَنَارِهِ

وَقَدْ أَرشَدَ الجِيرانَ عَالي مَنَارِهِ

فَلا حَائِر عَنْهُ ولا عَنهُ حَائِدُ

فَلا حَائِر عَنْهُ ولا عَنهُ حَائِدُ

And the lofty top of its minaret has guided the neighbors,

Its high minaret has guided the neighbors,

so none are at a loss about it, and none turn away from it.

So no one is lost from it and no one is deviating from it.

وَنَالَتْ نواقِيسَ الدِّياراتِ وَجْمَةٌ

وَنَالَتْ نواقِيسَ الدِّياراتِ وَجْمَةٌ

وَخَوْفٌ فَلَمْ يُمْدَدْ إليهن سَاعِدُ

وَخَوْفٌ فَلَمْ يُمْدَدْ إليهن سَاعِدُ

And dismay seized the bells of the monasteries,

The bells of neighborhoods got a painful cry,

and fear, so no arm was stretched toward them.

And fear, so no arms were extended to them.

تَبكَّى عليهنَّ البَطاريقُ في الدُّجَى

تَبكَّى عليهنَّ البَطاريقُ في الدُّجَى

وَهُنَّ لَدَيْهمْ مُلْقَياتٌ كَواسِدُ

وَهُنَّ لَدَيْهمْ مُلْقَياتٌ كَواسِدُ

The patriarchs lamented over them in the darkness,

The patriarchs cried over them in the darkness,

while they lay with them, cast aside and unsold.

And they are before them discarded like pillows.

بِذا قَضَتِ الأَيامُ مابَيْنَ أَهْلِها

بِذا قَضَتِ الأَيامُ مابَيْنَ أَهْلِها

مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ

مَصَائِبُ قَوْمٍ عِنْدَ قَوْمٍ فَوَائِدُ

Thus have the days decreed among their people:

With this the days have fulfilled what is between its people,

One people's misfortunes are another people's gains.

The calamities of a people with another people are benefits.