لَستُ أَسلو الشادِنَ الأَحوى الأَغَنّا

لَستُ أَسلو الشادِنَ الأَحوى الأَغَنّا

ما شَدا شادٍ عَلى البانِ وَغَنّى

ما شَدا شادٍ عَلى البانِ وَغَنّى

I shall not forget the dark-hued, sweet-voiced young gazelle,

I am not the singer of love songs with a tender voice,

so long as a songbird warbles on the bān tree and sings.

Nor one who sings melodiously over the chord of a lute.

قُلتُ لِلقَلبِ تَجَلَّد وَاِصطَبِر

قُلتُ لِلقَلبِ تَجَلَّد وَاِصطَبِر

قالَ لي كَلّا وَأَنّى لي وَأَنّى

قالَ لي كَلّا وَأَنّى لي وَأَنّى

I told my heart, 'Be steadfast and patient.'

I said to my heart: Have patience and be steadfast,

It said to me, 'No! How could I? How indeed?'

It said: No way! How can I and from where?

صِرتُ مَجنوناً وَيَزدادُ جُنوني

صِرتُ مَجنوناً وَيَزدادُ جُنوني

فيهِ أَضعافاً إِذا ما اللَيلُ جَنّا

فيهِ أَضعافاً إِذا ما اللَيلُ جَنّا

I have become mad, and my madness increases

I became insane and my insanity increases

over him manyfold whenever night descends.

Multifold when the night falls in darkness.

وَبَلائي أَنَّهُ يَجني فَإِن

وَبَلائي أَنَّهُ يَجني فَإِن

جِئتُهُ أَشكو إِلَيهِ يَتَجَنّى

جِئتُهُ أَشكو إِلَيهِ يَتَجَنّى

My affliction is that he wrongs me; and if

And my affliction is that when I complain to it,

I come to him complaining, he brings false charges.

It shies away from me.

اِذبَحِ الدَّنَّ نَديمي وَاِسقِني

اِذبَحِ الدَّنَّ نَديمي وَاِسقِني

دَمَهُ حَتّى أُرى بِالسُكرِ دَنّا

دَمَهُ حَتّى أُرى بِالسُكرِ دَنّا

Slaughter the wine jar, my boon companion, and give me

Slaughter my boon companion and let me drink

its blood, until drunkenness makes me seem a wine jar.

His blood until I see things double through intoxication.

أَدِرِ الكاساتِ صِرفاً إِنّها

أَدِرِ الكاساتِ صِرفاً إِنّها

تَصرِفُ الهَمَّ إِذا ما اِعتَنَّ عَنّا

تَصرِفُ الهَمَّ إِذا ما اِعتَنَّ عَنّا

Pass around the cups of unmixed wine; they

Keep pouring the cups constantly, for they

banish sorrow from us whenever it intrudes.

Distract the worries when we turn away from them.

قَهوَةً تَجعَلُ قُسّاً باقِلاً

قَهوَةً تَجعَلُ قُسّاً باقِلاً

لِسَناها يَسجُدُ القَسُّ يُحَنّا

لِسَناها يَسجُدُ القَسُّ يُحَنّا

Wine that turns Quss into Baqil;

Coffee that makes the bow taut become slack

the priest Yuhanna prostrates himself before its radiance.

Due to its heat, so that the taut bow kneels in humility.

باتَ يَجلو شَمسَ راحٍ قَمَرٌ

باتَ يَجلو شَمسَ راحٍ قَمَرٌ

فَوقَ غُصنٍ في كَثيبٍ يَتَثَنّى

فَوقَ غُصنٍ في كَثيبٍ يَتَثَنّى

A moon spent the night unveiling a sun of wine,

The sun of comfort has risen like a moon

above a branch upon a sand dune, swaying.

Over the branch of a sand dune bending.

وَمَتى اِهتَزَّت لَنا أَعطافُهُ

وَمَتى اِهتَزَّت لَنا أَعطافُهُ

رَقصاً أَثمَرنَ إِحساناً وَحُسنا

رَقصاً أَثمَرنَ إِحساناً وَحُسنا

Whenever his flanks swayed for us

And whenever its limbs swayed to us in a dance,

in dance, they bore excellence and beauty as fruit.

They produced kindness and beauty as fruits.

لَقَطَت دُرَّ الأَغاني طَرَفا

لَقَطَت دُرَّ الأَغاني طَرَفا

قَدَمَيهِ وَبِها الأَلبابُ تَغنى

قَدَمَيهِ وَبِها الأَلبابُ تَغنى

The pearls of song were gathered by the tips

It gathered with its feet the pearls of melodies,

of his two feet, and through those songs minds grow rich.

And with them hearts find their joy in singing.

قَسَماً لَو أَنَّنا نَسطيعُ مِن

قَسَماً لَو أَنَّنا نَسطيعُ مِن

طَيَرانٍ طَرَباً مِنهُ لَطِرنا

طَيَرانٍ طَرَباً مِنهُ لَطِرنا

I swear, if we had any power of

By God, if we were able to fly in rapture,

flight from delight in him, we would have flown.

We would have flown in bliss from it.

لَيسَ فينا غَيرُ مَفتونٍ بِهِ

لَيسَ فينا غَيرُ مَفتونٍ بِهِ

طَرِبَت مِنهُ المَطايا حينَ حَنّا

طَرِبَت مِنهُ المَطايا حينَ حَنّا

Not one among us is other than enthralled by him;

Among us there is none but one infatuated with it,

the mounts were enraptured when he crooned.

Even the riding beasts were stirred with yearning at its sight.

أَحورُ الطَّرفِ بَديعٌ حُسنُهُ

أَحورُ الطَّرفِ بَديعٌ حُسنُهُ

فَهوَ حورِيُّ المَعاني فيهِ حِرنا

فَهوَ حورِيُّ المَعاني فيهِ حِرنا

Dark-eyed in his gaze, wondrous in his beauty,

The most beautiful of countenance, its beauty is exquisite,

he is houri-like in his qualities; we are bewildered by him.

For it is the houri of meanings, in it we delighted.

كُلُّ ذي حُسنٍ إِذا قيسَ بِهِ

كُلُّ ذي حُسنٍ إِذا قيسَ بِهِ

كانَ لَفظاً وَهوَ تَحتَ اللَّفظِ مَعنى

كانَ لَفظاً وَهوَ تَحتَ اللَّفظِ مَعنى

Whenever anyone possessing beauty is compared with him,

Anyone beautiful when compared to it

that one is a word, while he is the meaning beneath the word.

Is but words, while it is meaning beneath the words.

فَهوَ مِن شَمسِ الضُحى أَبهى وَإِن

فَهوَ مِن شَمسِ الضُحى أَبهى وَإِن

رَمَقَتهُ عَينُها تَأسِنُ أَسنى

رَمَقَتهُ عَينُها تَأسِنُ أَسنى

He is more splendid than the forenoon sun; and if

It is more radiant than the morning sun, and were

its eye gazes at him, it grows stale—he is more radiant.

Its eye to look at the sun, the sun would be outshone.

يوسُفِيٌّ حُسنُهُ مُتَّخِذٌ

يوسُفِيٌّ حُسنُهُ مُتَّخِذٌ

حَبَّة القَلبِ لَهُ مَأوىً وَسِجنا

حَبَّة القَلبِ لَهُ مَأوىً وَسِجنا

His beauty is Yusuf-like; he has taken

Its beauty is Joseph-like, taking

the heart's core as his dwelling and prison.

The kernel of hearts as its dwelling and prison.

إِنَّ في تَركي هَوى التُركِيِّ لي

إِنَّ في تَركي هَوى التُركِيِّ لي

عَبَثاً حاشايَ مِن ذاكَ وَغَبنا

عَبَثاً حاشايَ مِن ذاكَ وَغَبنا

For me to abandon love for the Turk would be

To abandon my love for the Turk would be

folly—far be it from me—and loss.

A futile act - God forbid such loss and deprivation!

وَسُنوهُ بَلَغَت سَبعاً وَسَبعاً

وَسُنوهُ بَلَغَت سَبعاً وَسَبعاً

فَهوَ كَالبَدرِ سنىً يَسمو وَسِنّا

فَهوَ كَالبَدرِ سنىً يَسمو وَسِنّا

His years have reached seven and seven;

Its years reached seven and seven,

like the full moon, he rises in radiance and age.

So it is like the full moon, lofty and brilliant.

ضَيِّقُ الأَجفانِ مِنهُ اِتَّسَعَت

ضَيِّقُ الأَجفانِ مِنهُ اِتَّسَعَت

طُرقُ الوَجدِ عَلى قَلبي المُعَنّى

طُرقُ الوَجدِ عَلى قَلبي المُعَنّى

His eyelids are narrow, yet through him have widened

The narrowness of eyelids expanded from it

the paths of passion across my tormented heart.

And the paths of love in my troubled heart widened.

ضاقَ مِنهُ كُلُّ شَيءٍ حَسَنٍ

ضاقَ مِنهُ كُلُّ شَيءٍ حَسَنٍ

ضيقُهُ فَاِنظُر فَماً مِنهُ وَجَفنا

ضيقُهُ فَاِنظُر فَماً مِنهُ وَجَفنا

Narrow is every feature of his made lovely

Everything beautiful has been outshined by it

by its narrowness: look at his mouth and eyelid.

So look at a mouth and eyelid made narrow by it.

لَيسَ لِلنّاسِجِ ما يَفعَلُهُ

لَيسَ لِلنّاسِجِ ما يَفعَلُهُ

يغلقُ النَشّاب إِذ يُرهَفُ سَنّا

يغلقُ النَشّاب إِذ يُرهَفُ سَنّا

No weaver can do what he does;

The weaver cannot do what it does -

he locks the arrows fast when their points are honed.

Closing the eyelids when the eyelash is made delicate.

قالَ لي ما لَكَ بي مِن طاقَةٍ

قالَ لي ما لَكَ بي مِن طاقَةٍ

خَف صُدودي إِذ يَخِفُّ الكيسُ وَزنا

خَف صُدودي إِذ يَخِفُّ الكيسُ وَزنا

He told me, 'You have no strength to bear me;

It said to me: You have no power over me,

fear my rejection when your purse grows light.'

Make lighter your assaults when the purse becomes lighter.

قُلتُ إِنَّ اللَهَ لي ثُمَّ سَرا

قُلتُ إِنَّ اللَهَ لي ثُمَّ سَرا

سُنقُرَ القيلَ الَّذي أَغنى وَأَقنى

سُنقُرَ القيلَ الَّذي أَغنى وَأَقنى

I said, 'God is there for me, and then Sara-

I said: God is with me, then I became happy

sunqur, the prince who enriches and endows.'

With the little I gained that enriched and sufficed me.

سَيِّدٌ كَم مِن عِدىً أَفنى وَلَم

سَيِّدٌ كَم مِن عِدىً أَفنى وَلَم

يَرَ مِنهُ أَحَدٌ في الرَّأيِ أَفنا

يَرَ مِنهُ أَحَدٌ في الرَّأيِ أَفنا

A lord—how many enemies he has destroyed! Yet

My lord, how many enemies has it destroyed, yet

no one has found weakness in his judgment.

None saw in it any weakness or frailty!

لَم تَزَل أَنمُلُهُ إِن ضَنَّتِ ال

لَم تَزَل أَنمُلُهُ إِن ضَنَّتِ ال

سُحبُ يَوماً بِالحَيا تُحسَبُ مُزنا

سُحبُ يَوماً بِالحَيا تُحسَبُ مُزنا

His fingertips remain—should the

Its claws were always sharp, so if the

clouds one day withhold rain—reckoned rain clouds.

Clouds were miserly one day, they were thought to be booty.

لَم يَكُن مِنهُ لَدى الهَيجاءِ حِصنٌ

لَم يَكُن مِنهُ لَدى الهَيجاءِ حِصنٌ

نَتَّقيهِ فَلِهَذا عَنهُ جُضنا

نَتَّقيهِ فَلِهَذا عَنهُ جُضنا

Against him in battle there was no fortress

With it there was no fortress for the audacious

to shelter us from him; thus we swerved away from him.

That we feared, so we distanced ourselves from it.

يوسِعُ الأَعداءَ بِالسَيفِ وَبِال

يوسِعُ الأَعداءَ بِالسَيفِ وَبِال

رُمحِ في يَومِ الوَغى ضَرباً وَطَعنا

رُمحِ في يَومِ الوَغى ضَرباً وَطَعنا

He heaps upon his enemies, with the sword and the

It destroys the enemies with the sword and

spear on battle's day, blows and thrusts.

Spear on the day of battle with blows and stabs.

قالَتِ الشُجعانُ هَذا المَوتُ بَأساً

قالَتِ الشُجعانُ هَذا المَوتُ بَأساً

لا يَلُمنا لائِمٌ إِن عَنهُ حِصنا

لا يَلُمنا لائِمٌ إِن عَنهُ حِصنا

The brave men said, 'This is death in its might;

The brave said: "This death is terrible,

let no one blame us if we flee from him.'

No critic can blame us if we distanced ourselves from it."

وَهوَ لَو يَأمُرُنا يَوماً لَهُ

وَهوَ لَو يَأمُرُنا يَوماً لَهُ

بِسُجودٍ لَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا

بِسُجودٍ لَسَمِعنا وَأَطَعنا

And if one day he commanded us to offer him

And if it ordered us one day to bow down to it

prostration, we would hear and obey.

In prostration, we would listen and obey.

فَبِهِ قامَ عِمادُ الدينِ في

فَبِهِ قامَ عِمادُ الدينِ في

مِصرَ وَالشامِ وَكَم أَطَّدَ رُكنا

مِصرَ وَالشامِ وَكَم أَطَّدَ رُكنا

Through him religion's pillar stood firm in

So the pillars of religion stood firm in

Egypt and al-Sham; how many pillars he fortified!

Egypt and Syria, and how many pillars it strengthened!

تَتَأَتّى الطَّيرُ مِنهُ غَزوَةً

تَتَأَتّى الطَّيرُ مِنهُ غَزوَةً

فَتُوافي الجَيشَ مِن هَنَّا وَهَنَّا

فَتُوافي الجَيشَ مِن هَنَّا وَهَنَّا

The birds seek a campaign from him,

Birds would come to it on raids

then come to the army from here and there.

And meet the army from here and there.

سَل بِهِ عَكَّةَ وَالمَرجَ وَقَد

سَل بِهِ عَكَّةَ وَالمَرجَ وَقَد

دَفَنَ الأَعداءَ في الخَندَقِ دَفنا

دَفَنَ الأَعداءَ في الخَندَقِ دَفنا

Ask Acre and al-Marj about him; he has

It conquered Acre and Marj and

buried the enemies thoroughly in the trench.

Buried the enemies in the moat with burial.

فَكَأَنَّ القَومَ لَمّا ساقَهُم

فَكَأَنَّ القَومَ لَمّا ساقَهُم

ساقَهُم لِلنَّحرِ يَومَ النَحرِ بُدنا

ساقَهُم لِلنَّحرِ يَومَ النَحرِ بُدنا

It was as though, when he drove the people,

So it was as if when it brought them

he drove sacrificial camels to slaughter on the Day of Sacrifice.

It brought them to slaughter on the day of slaughter as sacrificial animals.

أَورَدَ الراياتِ صُفراً طَعنُهُ

أَورَدَ الراياتِ صُفراً طَعنُهُ

وَبِهِ أُصدِرنَ في الهَيجاءِ دُكنا

وَبِهِ أُصدِرنَ في الهَيجاءِ دُكنا

His thrusting brought the banners in yellow;

Its piercing stab turned the banners yellow,

through it they were sent out darkened amid battle.

And with it palaces were built in audacity.

فَهوَ يَنحو الحَربَ وَهوَ اِسمٌ وَفِعلٌ

فَهوَ يَنحو الحَربَ وَهوَ اِسمٌ وَفِعلٌ

وَسِواهُ الحَرفُ إِذ جاءَ لِمَعنى

وَسِواهُ الحَرفُ إِذ جاءَ لِمَعنى

He makes for war, both noun and verb,

So it turns to war, and it is a name and a verb,

while all others are particles, there only for a meaning.

While the rest are particles when they come for a meaning.

وَقَليلٌ لسَراسُنقُرَ في ال

وَقَليلٌ لسَراسُنقُرَ في ال

مُلكِ أَن يُعطى أَقاليمَ وَمُدنا

مُلكِ أَن يُعطى أَقاليمَ وَمُدنا

It is little enough for Sarasunqur in the

And how little it is for Saracen to be given

realm to be granted provinces and cities.

Provinces and cities in the kingdom!

فارِسٌ لَولا جُمودُ الدَّمِ في

فارِسٌ لَولا جُمودُ الدَّمِ في

سَيفِهِ أَجرى بِهِ في البَرِّ سُفنا

سَيفِهِ أَجرى بِهِ في البَرِّ سُفنا

A knight—had blood not congealed upon

A horseman - had it not been for the stagnancy of blood

his sword, he would have sailed ships with it over land.

In his sword he would have sailed with it in the land as ships.

أَسَدُ الدينِ مَتى ما بارَزَ ال

أَسَدُ الدينِ مَتى ما بارَزَ ال

أُسدَ قَهقَرنَ عَلى الأَعقابِ جُبنا

أُسدَ قَهقَرنَ عَلى الأَعقابِ جُبنا

Asad al-Din—whenever he challenges the

The lion of faith - whenever it confronted a

lions, they retreat on their heels in cowardice.

Lion, the lion retreated in fright.

ما رَمى الأَعداءَ إِلا خِلتَهُ

ما رَمى الأَعداءَ إِلا خِلتَهُ

مَلَكاً يَرمي بِشُهبِ القَذفِ جَنَّا

مَلَكاً يَرمي بِشُهبِ القَذفِ جَنَّا

He never shoots at the enemies without my imagining him

It never shot at the enemies

an angel pelting jinn with shooting stars.

Except that its empty quiver made it an angel shooting stars.

مَن مُجيري مِن زَمانٍ غادِرٍ

مَن مُجيري مِن زَمانٍ غادِرٍ

غادَرَ اللُسنَ مِنَ الإِفلاسِ لُكنا

غادَرَ اللُسنَ مِنَ الإِفلاسِ لُكنا

Who will shelter me from a treacherous age

Who can protect me from a treacherous time

that has left the eloquent tongue-tied through poverty?

That betrayed tongues from destitution as a refuge?

قَلبُهُ قاسٍ فَما يَرجِعُ عَن

قَلبُهُ قاسٍ فَما يَرجِعُ عَن

قَلبِهِ لي حَيثُما كُنتُ المِجَنّا

قَلبِهِ لي حَيثُما كُنتُ المِجَنّا

Its heart is hard; it never refrains from

Its heart is harsh, so it does not go back on

turning its shield against me, wherever I am.

Its heart wherever I sought protection frightened.

لَومُهُ أَعدى كِراماً فَغَدَوا

لَومُهُ أَعدى كِراماً فَغَدَوا

في نَداهُم يُخلفونَ الظَنَّ ضَنّا

في نَداهُم يُخلفونَ الظَنَّ ضَنّا

Its reproach infected generous men, so they became

Blaming it is more harmful than benefaction, so they

stingy in their bounty, betraying expectation.

Became, in its hospitality, contrary to expectation stingy.

وَ سَراسُنقُرَ باقٍ جودُهُ

وَ سَراسُنقُرَ باقٍ جودُهُ

فَلِذا عُجنا عَلَيهِ حينَ جُعنا

فَلِذا عُجنا عَلَيهِ حينَ جُعنا

And Sarasunqur's generosity endures,

Yet Saracen's generosity remains,

so we turned aside to him when we grew hungry.

So we were kneaded to it when we were threshed.

غَلِقَت فيهِ رُهُوني فَانبَرى

غَلِقَت فيهِ رُهُوني فَانبَرى

لي فَتّاكاً فَما أَفتَكَ رَهنا

لي فَتّاكاً فَما أَفتَكَ رَهنا

My pledges became forfeit with him, so he stepped forth

My pledges were locked into it, so it engaged

for me, a ruthless killer—how deadly a pledge!

For me as a redeemer, and did not fail to recover any pledge.

فَرَضَ المَنسوخَ مِن آيِ النَدى

فَرَضَ المَنسوخَ مِن آيِ النَدى

أَسَدُ الدينِ وَسَنّاهُ وَسَنّا

أَسَدُ الدينِ وَسَنّاهُ وَسَنّا

The abrogated verses of bounty were made binding

Saracen imposed the abrogated verse of favor,

by Asad al-Din, who exalted and ordained them.

The lion of faith, and made it valid and binding.

يَهَبُ الإِبلَ المنيفاتِ الذُرى

يَهَبُ الإِبلَ المنيفاتِ الذُرى

وَأَكاديشَ وَبَغلاتٍ وَحُصنا

وَأَكاديشَ وَبَغلاتٍ وَحُصنا

He gives away camels with towering humps,

It gives pregnant she-camels as gifts and

and workhorses, mules, and stallions.

Mules and fine steeds.

مِن سَراةِ التُركِ يَهوى كَسبَهُ ال

مِن سَراةِ التُركِ يَهوى كَسبَهُ ال

حَمدَ بِالمالِ هوَى قَيسٍ لِلُبنى

حَمدَ بِالمالِ هوَى قَيسٍ لِلُبنى

One of the foremost Turks, he loves earning

From the elite of the Turks it loves to earn

praise through wealth as Qays loved Lubna.

Praise through wealth like Qays's love for Lubna.

فَهوَ مِن مَرتَبَةِ السُلطانِ في ال

فَهوَ مِن مَرتَبَةِ السُلطانِ في ال

ملكِ أَضحى قابَ قَوسَينِ وَأَدنى

ملكِ أَضحى قابَ قَوسَينِ وَأَدنى

He is, from the sultan's rank in the

So it has the station of sultan in the

realm, now two bow-lengths away, and nearer still.

Kingdom, becoming a bow or closer.

يُسعَدُ الشامُ مَتى حَلَّ بِهِ

يُسعَدُ الشامُ مَتى حَلَّ بِهِ

وَيُعاني إِن نَأى هَوناً وَوَهنا

وَيُعاني إِن نَأى هَوناً وَوَهنا

Al-Sham rejoices whenever he settles there,

Syria is fortunate whenever it settles in it

and, if he goes far away, suffers abasement and weakness.

And suffers if it distances itself disgraced and weak.

لَم تَخَف مِنهُ بَنو الآمالِ إِذ

لَم تَخَف مِنهُ بَنو الآمالِ إِذ

يَغمُرُ القَومَ بِفَيضِ المَنِّ مِنّا

يَغمُرُ القَومَ بِفَيضِ المَنِّ مِنّا

Those born of hope never feared him, for

The people of hopes did not fear poverty from it

he floods the people among us with overflowing bounty.

When it overwhelms the people with abundant favors from us.

يا سَراسُنقُرَ خُذها مِدحَةً

يا سَراسُنقُرَ خُذها مِدحَةً

حُسنُها أَورَثَ مَن عاداكَ حُزنا

حُسنُها أَورَثَ مَن عاداكَ حُزنا

O Sarasunqur, accept this praise-poem;

O Saracen, take this as a eulogy -

its beauty has brought sorrow to those who oppose you.

Its beauty inherited grief in whoever was your enemy.

بِشرُهُ يَسري بِيُسرٍ بَعدَ عُسرٍ

بِشرُهُ يَسري بِيُسرٍ بَعدَ عُسرٍ

وَبِيُمنٍ مِن نَدى يُمناهُ يُمنا

وَبِيُمنٍ مِن نَدى يُمناهُ يُمنا

His smiling welcome spreads ease after hardship,

Give him glad tidings - ease follows hardship

and blessing upon blessing from his right hand's bounty.

With blessings from the dew of favors that gratified him.

لَيسَ يَخشى في دِمَشقَ الفَقرَ مَن

لَيسَ يَخشى في دِمَشقَ الفَقرَ مَن

أَسَدُ الدينِ بِها يَقناهُ قَنّا

أَسَدُ الدينِ بِها يَقناهُ قَنّا

No one in Damascus fears poverty whom

Whoever is supported by the lion of faith in Damascus

Asad al-Din keeps there as his slave.

Will not fear poverty, as it enriches him with riches.

سامِعوها أَشبَهوا صوفِيَّةً

سامِعوها أَشبَهوا صوفِيَّةً

رَقَصاً مِنهُم إِذا الشاهِدُ غَنّا

رَقَصاً مِنهُم إِذا الشاهِدُ غَنّا

Its hearers resembled Sufis,

Those who heard it resembled whirling dervishes

in their dancing when the beloved sang.

Dancing when the witness sang.

قُل لَها أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِالَّتي

قُل لَها أَهلاً وَسَهلاً بِالَّتي

كَم إِلَينا قَطَعَت سَهلاً وَحَزنا

كَم إِلَينا قَطَعَت سَهلاً وَحَزنا

Say to it, 'A warm welcome to the one

Say to it: Greetings and welcome to her

that has crossed so many plains and rugged lands to reach us!'

Who has often traversed long distances and sorrows to reach us.

وَاِسمُ وَاِسلَم وَاِبقَ وَاِغنَم أَبَداً

وَاِسمُ وَاِسلَم وَاِبقَ وَاِغنَم أَبَداً

تَتَمَلا فَوقَ ما قَد تَتَمَنّى

تَتَمَلا فَوقَ ما قَد تَتَمَنّى

And rise high, be safe, endure, and prosper forever,

Say hello, goodbye, stay, enjoy forever,

enjoying far more than you might wish.

Fulfilling beyond what you may wish for.