أمِصباحَ هذا الدين بعدَ نبيّنا

أمِصباحَ هذا الدين بعدَ نبيّنا

ومَن نُورهُ في الشرقِ والغربِ ساطعُ

ومَن نُورهُ في الشرقِ والغربِ ساطعُ

O lamp of this faith after our Prophet,

O lamp of this faith after our Prophet,

you whose light shines throughout East and West;

and you whose light shines in the East and the West,

ومَن إنْ مشَى تَرْنو النَّواظِرُ نحوَهُ

ومَن إنْ مشَى تَرْنو النَّواظِرُ نحوَهُ

ومَن قَولُه تُصغي إليهِ المسامعُ

ومَن قَولُه تُصغي إليهِ المسامعُ

you who, when you walk, draw every gaze toward you,

and you toward whom eyes gaze when you walk,

and at whose words all ears incline;

and you to whose words ears listen intently,

ومَن إنْ تَوارَى جسمُه عاشَ ذكرُهُ

ومَن إنْ تَوارَى جسمُه عاشَ ذكرُهُ

وكان اسمُه ما خرَّ للَّهِ راكعُ

وكان اسمُه ما خرَّ للَّهِ راكعُ

you whose body may pass from sight, yet whose memory lives,

and you whose memory lives on if your body passes from sight,

whose name endures as long as anyone bows before God—

and whose name endures as long as a worshipper bows down to God—

أتَرضَى لقلبٍ أنتَ فيه مُصوَّرٌ

أتَرضَى لقلبٍ أنتَ فيه مُصوَّرٌ

ومَن هو سَيفٌ في يمينِكَ قاطعُ

ومَن هو سَيفٌ في يمينِكَ قاطعُ

would you let my heart, where your image is engraved,

would you allow a heart in which you are portrayed,

and one who is a keen sword in your right hand,

and one who is a keen sword in your right hand,

بأن يشتكي داءً وأنتَ دَواؤهُ

بأن يشتكي داءً وأنتَ دَواؤهُ

وأنتَ له بُرْءٌ منَ الداءِ نافعُ

وأنتَ له بُرْءٌ منَ الداءِ نافعُ

suffer an illness when you are its medicine,

to complain of illness, while you are its remedy,

when you are its effective cure from disease?

and you are its effective cure for the illness?