1. He built it with a mound, its backs seem
From the farthest side blessed summits.
١. وَشَيَّدَها حُدباً تَخالُ ظُهورُها
مِنَ الجانِبِ الأَقصى سَواماً مُبَرَّكا
2. The light of spring and its shade prepared it,
And a day whose goodness is hoped by the blessed.
٢. أَعَدَّ لَها نَورُ الرَّبيعِ وَظِلَّهُ
وَيَوماً يُرَجّى خَيرَهُ مَن تَبَرَّكا
3. The vernal light did not attain its day,
Nor did Arafat after that attain.
٣. فَما أَدرَكَ النَّورُ الرَّبيعي يَومَهُ
وَلا عَرَفات بَعدَ ذلِكَ أَدرَكا