1. أَيا صوفِيا حانَ التَفَرُّقُ فَاِذكُري

    عُهودَ كِرامٍ فيكِ صَلّوا وَسَلَّموا

    O Sophia, the time for parting has come; remember

    the days of noble men who prayed and invoked peace within you.

  2. إِذا عُدتِ يَوماً لِلصَليبِ وَأَهلِهِ

    وَحَلّى نَواحيكِ المَسيحُ وَمَريَمُ

    If one day you return to the Cross and its people,

    and Christ and Mary adorn your precincts,

  3. وَدُقَّت نَواقيسٌ وَقامَ مُزَمِّرٌ

    مِنَ الرومِ في مِحرابِهِ يَتَرَنَّمُ

    and bells are rung and a piper rises

    from among the Greeks, chanting in his sanctuary,

  4. فَلا تُنكِري عَهدَ المَآذِنِ إِنَّهُ

    عَلى اللَهِ مِن عَهدِ النَواقيسِ أَكرَمُ

    then do not disown the age of the minarets, for it

    is nobler in God's sight than the age of the bells.

  5. تَبارَكتَ بَيتُ القُدسِ جَذلانُ آمِنٌ

    وَلا يَأمَنُ البَيتُ العَتيقُ المُحَرَّمُ

    Blessed are You! Jerusalem's Holy House is jubilant and safe,

    while the ancient, inviolable House is not safe.

  6. أَيُرضيكَ أَن تَغشى سَنابِكُ خَيلِهِم

    حِماكَ وَأَن يُمنى الحَطيمُ وَزَمزَمُ

    Does it please You that their horses' hooves should overrun

    Your sanctuary, and that the Hatim and Zamzam should be afflicted?

  7. وَكَيفَ يَذِلُّ المُسلِمونَ وَبَينَهُم

    كِتابُكَ يُتلى كُلَّ يَومٍ وَيُكرَمُ

    And how are Muslims brought low, while among them

    Your Book is recited every day and honored?

  8. نَبِيُّكَ مَحزونٌ وَبَيتُكَ مُطرِقٌ

    حَياءً وَأَنصارُ الحَقيقَةِ نُوَّمُ

    Your Prophet is grief-stricken, and Your House bows its head

    in shame, while the champions of truth lie asleep.

  9. عَصَينا وَخالَفنا فَعاقَبتَ عادِلاً

    وَحَكَّمتَ فينا اليَومَ مَن لَيسَ يَرحَمُ

    We disobeyed and rebelled, so You punished us justly,

    and today You have set over us those who show no mercy.