إِن تَرُم مجداً وَفَخرا

إِن تَرُم مجداً وَفَخرا

وَاِقتِداراً مُستَمِرّا

وَاِقتِداراً مُستَمِرّا

If you seek glory and pride,

If you seek glory and pride

And enduring power,

And power that's steady and wide

وَإِذا ما شِئتَ تَحيا

وَإِذا ما شِئتَ تَحيا

مُطلقَ الأَجنُحِ حُرّا

مُطلقَ الأَجنُحِ حُرّا

And if ever you wish to live

And if you wish your life to be

With wings unfettered, free,

Free as a bird in liberty

فَوقَ أَطباقِ الأَثيرِ

فَوقَ أَطباقِ الأَثيرِ

جَنبَ أَبراجِ البدورِ

جَنبَ أَبراجِ البدورِ

Above the layers of the ether,

Above the ethereal spheres

Beside the towers of the full moons,

Beside the lofty towers and piers

وَعَلى مَرأى الضَميرِ

وَعَلى مَرأى الضَميرِ

إِبنِ لِلنَّفسِ مقرّا

إِبنِ لِلنَّفسِ مقرّا

And in the sight of conscience,

And in the conscience's sight

Build a dwelling for the soul.

Build your soul a home of light

إِتبَعيني يا فَتاتي

إِتبَعيني يا فَتاتي

وَاِبخلي بِالعبراتِ

وَاِبخلي بِالعبراتِ

Follow me, my girl,

Follow me, my maiden fair

And be sparing with your tears;

Be sparing of your tears and care

فَمراراً قَد بَكينا

فَمراراً قَد بَكينا

تَحتَ أَقدامِ الحَياةِ

تَحتَ أَقدامِ الحَياةِ

For time and again we have wept

For oft have we wept before

Beneath the feet of life.

Beneath the feet of life so sore

إِنَّ مِن دَمعِ العَذارى

إِنَّ مِن دَمعِ العَذارى

مَلكُ الطهر اِستعارا

مَلكُ الطهر اِستعارا

Indeed, from the tears of virgins

Of the virgins' tears, behold

The angel of purity has borrowed;

The angel of purity took hold

فَحَرامٌ أَن يُوارى

فَحَرامٌ أَن يُوارى

في تُرابِ الكائِناتِ

في تُرابِ الكائِناتِ

So it is forbidden that they be buried

So it's a sin that they should spill

In the dust of creation.

In the dust of earthly ill

نَحنُ في عُمرِ الشَبابِ

نَحنُ في عُمرِ الشَبابِ

نَحنُ في عَهدِ التَصابي

نَحنُ في عَهدِ التَصابي

We are in the years of youth,

In the springtime of our youth

We are in the days of youthful frolic,

In the era of love and truth

وَأَرى آمالَ قَلبي

وَأَرى آمالَ قَلبي

تَتَلاشى كَالضَبابِ

تَتَلاشى كَالضَبابِ

And I see my heart's hopes

I see my heart's bright dreams

Fading away like mist.

Vanish like the mist, it seems

إِتبَعيني إِتبَعيني

إِتبَعيني إِتبَعيني

فَدُموعي وَجُفوني

فَدُموعي وَجُفوني

Follow me, follow me;

Follow me, follow me

For my tears and my eyelids

My tears and eyelids built tranquility's abode

شَيَّدَت قَصرَ السُكونِ

شَيَّدَت قَصرَ السُكونِ

فَوقَ أَطباقِ السحابِ

فَوقَ أَطباقِ السحابِ

Have built the palace of stillness

Above the layers of cloud

Above the layers of clouds.

Since the people saw my decay

مُذ رَأى الناسُ هُزالي

مُذ رَأى الناسُ هُزالي

وَجُمودي المُتَوالي

وَجُمودي المُتَوالي

Ever since people saw my gauntness

And my stillness day by day

And my unceasing immobility,

They laughed at me and said

ضَحِكوا مِنّي وَقالوا

ضَحِكوا مِنّي وَقالوا

هُوَ يَحيا في الخَيال

هُوَ يَحيا في الخَيال

They have laughed at me and said:

He lives his life in his head

"He lives in fantasy."

If they but knew my song's intent

لَو دَروا مَعنى نَشيدي

لَو دَروا مَعنى نَشيدي

لَرَأوني اِبنَ الخلودِ

لَرَأوني اِبنَ الخلودِ

Had they known the meaning of my song,

They'd see me as eternity's child

They would have seen me as a son of immortality,

And see the body of the world

وَرَأوا جِسمَ الوجودِ

وَرَأوا جِسمَ الوجودِ

يَتَمَشّى لِلزَوالِ

يَتَمَشّى لِلزَوالِ

And seen the body of existence

Walking toward decay and rot

Walking toward extinction.

Follow me, follow me

إِتبَعني إِتبَعني

إِتبَعني إِتبَعني

فَدُموعي وَجُفوني

فَدُموعي وَجُفوني

Follow me, follow me;

My tears and eyelids built tranquility's abode

For my tears and my eyelids

Above the layers of cloud

شَيَّدَت قَصرَ السُكونِ

شَيَّدَت قَصرَ السُكونِ

فَوقَ أَطباقِ السَحابِ

فَوقَ أَطباقِ السَحابِ

Have built the palace of stillness

Above the layers of clouds.