يا سميَّ الذي فَداهُ من الذبح

يا سميَّ الذي فَداهُ من الذبح

إلهُ السما بذبحٍ عظيمِ

إلهُ السما بذبحٍ عظيمِ

O namesake of him who was ransomed from slaughter

O one whose name was ransomed from slaughter

By the God of heaven with a mighty sacrifice,

God of heaven in great sacrifice

والحفيظُ العليمُ مَن في هداهُ

والحفيظُ العليمُ مَن في هداهُ

نابَ عن جدِّه الحفيظِ العليم

نابَ عن جدِّه الحفيظِ العليم

And watchful, learned one, who in his guidance

The vigilant knower is the guide for those in His care

Stood in for his watchful, learned grandfather:

Who turned from his ancestors, the vigilant knower

جئت يا فرع هاشمٍ أجتني منك

جئت يا فرع هاشمٍ أجتني منك

سجاياً طابت كطيبِ الأروم

سجاياً طابت كطيبِ الأروم

I came, O scion of Hashim, to gather from you

I came to you, O Hashimite branch, to gather from you

Virtues sweet as the sweetness of the roots.

Good traits, aromatic like perfume

فعدتني عن المرامِ عوادٍ

فعدتني عن المرامِ عوادٍ

جَلَبتها يدُ الزمانِ اللئيم

جَلَبتها يدُ الزمانِ اللئيم

Then misfortunes kept me from my aim,

Yet you turned me from my hopes, recurring

Brought by the hand of ignoble Time.

Brought by the hand of foul time

حجبت بيننا شكاتُك يا بدرُ

حجبت بيننا شكاتُك يا بدرُ

فكم لي من نظرةٍ في النجوم

فكم لي من نظرةٍ في النجوم

Your illness set a veil between us, O full moon;

Your sorrows obscured you from me, O full moon

How often, then, have I gazed at the stars!

So I have many a glance at the stars

لستَ أنت السقيمَ لكنَّ قلبي

لستَ أنت السقيمَ لكنَّ قلبي

يا شفاك الإِلهُ عينُ السقيمِ

يا شفاك الإِلهُ عينُ السقيمِ

You are not the ailing one; rather, my heart

You are not the sick one, but my heart is

—oh, may God heal you!—is the truly ailing one.

O your healing, God is the eye of the sick