تركت امتداح العالمين ولذت من

تركت امتداح العالمين ولذت من

مدائح خير الخق بالعروة الوثقا

مدائح خير الخق بالعروة الوثقا

I forsook praising all mankind and took refuge, through

I left praising the worlds, and took pleasure in

Praises of the best of creation, in the firmest handhold.

Praising the best of creation with firm handle

سأجعلُها كهفى وحصنى وملجئي

سأجعلُها كهفى وحصنى وملجئي

لعلى بالأمداح أستوجب العتقا

لعلى بالأمداح أستوجب العتقا

I shall make them my cave, my fortress, and my refuge,

I will make it my cave, my fortress and my refuge

Perhaps through these praises I shall merit deliverance.

Perhaps through praise I may deserve emancipation

وأشدو بها في كل ناد مرددا

وأشدو بها في كل ناد مرددا

أطارح في شجوى واشجاني الورقا

أطارح في شجوى واشجاني الورقا

And I sing them in every gathering, repeating them,

And chant it in every club repeating

Exchanging songs with gray doves in my sorrow and grief.

I shed my leaves in yearning and my branches in ecstasy

وأنتشق الأرواح من نحو يثرب

وأنتشق الأرواح من نحو يثرب

فتأرج لي نفحا وتعبق لي نشقا

فتأرج لي نفحا وتعبق لي نشقا

And I inhale the breezes from the direction of Yathrib,

And breathe in spirits from the direction of Yathrib

So they waft fragrance to me and perfume the air I breathe.

Sending me a breeze and leaving me a fragrance

قرارة من أضحى ملاذاً وملجأ

قرارة من أضحى ملاذاً وملجأ

وتربة من في المجد قد أحرز السبقا

وتربة من في المجد قد أحرز السبقا

The resting place of him who became a haven and refuge,

A settlement for one who became a refuge and asylum

And the soil of him who has won first place in glory.

And soil for one who attained precedence in glory

لثمنا بأوهام العقول ترابها

لثمنا بأوهام العقول ترابها

على نأينا والوجد يغلبنا شوقا

على نأينا والوجد يغلبنا شوقا

We kissed its dust in the imaginings of our minds,

For the price of our imaginations' soil

Despite our distance, while passion overwhelms us with longing.

Is our remoteness, while passion overwhelms us with longing

إذا ما سرى من نحو طيبة بارق

إذا ما سرى من نحو طيبة بارق

نكاد من الأشواق نعتنق البرقا

نكاد من الأشواق نعتنق البرقا

Whenever a lightning flash travels by night from the direction of Taybah,

Whenever lightning flashes from the direction of Taybah

We almost embrace the lightning out of longing.

We almost embrace the lightning bolt out of passion

فمن شيق تصلى جوانحه لظى

فمن شيق تصلى جوانحه لظى

ومن واله أكباده قطعت خفقا

ومن واله أكباده قطعت خفقا

So some yearn, their ribs burning in flame,

So some hearts flap their wings out of ardor

And some are distraught, their livers torn apart by throbbing.

And some livers' pulsations are cut off in fervor

فأجسادنا بالغرب تعتنق الأسى

فأجسادنا بالغرب تعتنق الأسى

وأرواحنا راحت بأشواقنا شرقا

وأرواحنا راحت بأشواقنا شرقا

So our bodies in the West embrace sorrow,

Our bodies in the West embrace sorrow

And our souls have gone east with our longings.

While our spirits went to the East in longing

قطعت زماني بالتذكر والأسى

قطعت زماني بالتذكر والأسى

بلا عيشة تصفو ولا دمعة ترقا

بلا عيشة تصفو ولا دمعة ترقا

I have spent my time in remembrance and sorrow,

My life is severed by reminiscence and sorrow

Without a life that grows serene or a tear that ceases to flow.

Without serene living or tears that flow

لئن قطعتني عن بلوغي لقبره

لئن قطعتني عن بلوغي لقبره

قواطع تضميني بأسهمها رشقا

قواطع تضميني بأسهمها رشقا

If indeed I have been kept from reaching his grave

If distances have cut me off from reaching his grave

By hindrances that wound me with volleys of their arrows,

With arrows that pierce me with his arrows' perforations

فمالي من حول سوى الدمع والأسى

فمالي من حول سوى الدمع والأسى

عسى منجد السباق يعقبني لحقا

عسى منجد السباق يعقبني لحقا

Then I have no power save tears and sorrow;

I have nothing around me but tears and sorrow

May the helper of those ahead grant me the chance to catch up.

Hopefully the foremost will follow me closely