فَمَن جاءَ مُشتاقاً إليهِ أخا وَجدِ

فَمَن جاءَ مُشتاقاً إليهِ أخا وَجدِ

وَخَلفَ ما خلّى من الأهلِ والوُجدِ

وَخَلفَ ما خلّى من الأهلِ والوُجدِ

So whoever comes to it in longing, possessed of ardent yearning,

Whoever comes longing for it, a brother finds

With the family and wealth he left behind him,

And leaves behind what he left of family and love

وقاسى مَشَقّاتِ الطريقِ ولم يَزَل

وقاسى مَشَقّاتِ الطريقِ ولم يَزَل

يُسايرُها ما بينَ غَورٍ إلى نَجدِ

يُسايرُها ما بينَ غَورٍ إلى نَجدِ

And endures the hardships of the road, never ceasing

And endures the hardships of the road and does not stop

To travel along it, from lowland to highland,

Accompanying it between a valley to Najd

ووافى إلى ذاكَ المقامِ الذي غدا

ووافى إلى ذاكَ المقامِ الذي غدا

جِماعَ جميعِ الخيرِ والفخرِ والمجدِ

جِماعَ جميعِ الخيرِ والفخرِ والمجدِ

And reaches that station which has become

And arrives at that place which has become

The gathering place of all goodness, honor, and glory,

The gathering of all good, pride and glory

يُقالُ له أهلاً وسهلاً ومرحَباً

يُقالُ له أهلاً وسهلاً ومرحَباً

بأشرَفِ وفدٍ مرحباً بكَ مِن وَفدِ

بأشرَفِ وفدٍ مرحباً بكَ مِن وَفدِ

Is told: “Welcome, be at ease, and welcome

It is said to him welcome, greetings, blessed is

To the noblest delegation—welcome to you, O delegation!

The most noble delegation, welcome to you from the delegation

أمِنتَ الذي تَخشى وفُزتَ بما تشا

أمِنتَ الذي تَخشى وفُزتَ بما تشا

وفوقَ الذي أمَّلتَهُ حُزتَ من رِفدِ

وفوقَ الذي أمَّلتَهُ حُزتَ من رِفدِ

You are safe from what you fear, and have won what you wish;

You have attained what you feared and won what you desired

And you have gained bounty beyond what you hoped for.

And above what you wished for, you have gained from provision

وأخلَفَ ما أنفَقتَهُ مُتضاعِفاً

وأخلَفَ ما أنفَقتَهُ مُتضاعِفاً

وفَلسُكَ أمسى ألفَ ألفٍ بلا كَدِّ

وفَلسُكَ أمسى ألفَ ألفٍ بلا كَدِّ

And He has repaid what you spent many times over,

And He has reimbursed you manifold what you spent

And your copper coin has become a million, without toil.

And your poverty has become a thousand thousand without hardship

ومَهما دعوتَ اللَهَ حولَ حرامهِ

ومَهما دعوتَ اللَهَ حولَ حرامهِ

أجِبتَ سريعاً دون رَيثٍ ولا ردّ

أجِبتَ سريعاً دون رَيثٍ ولا ردّ

And whenever you call upon God around His sanctuary,

And whatever you invoked Allah around His Sacred House

You are answered swiftly, without delay or refusal.

You were answered quickly without delay or refusal

وإن شَوكَةٌ شاكَتكَ في طُرُقاتِهِ

وإن شَوكَةٌ شاكَتكَ في طُرُقاتِهِ

فلا تَشكُ نلتَ الخُلدَ في جنَّةِ الخُلدِ

فلا تَشكُ نلتَ الخُلدَ في جنَّةِ الخُلدِ

And if a thorn pricks you on its paths,

And if a thorn pricked you on His paths

Then do not complain: you have gained immortality in the Garden of Eternity.

Do not complain, you have attained eternity in the Gardens of Eternity

فتلكَ جزاءٌ للذي بَرَّ حجُّهُ

فتلكَ جزاءٌ للذي بَرَّ حجُّهُ

وساعَدَهُ من رَبِّهِ طالعُ السَعدِ

وساعَدَهُ من رَبِّهِ طالعُ السَعدِ

For that is the reward for one whose pilgrimage is righteous,

For that is the reward of one whose Hajj was righteous

And whom the rising star of good fortune from his Lord has favored.”

And whom was aided by his Lord, the rising of good fortune