أَلاَLo! عِمْfare well صَبَاحَاًin the morning أَيُّهَاO الرَّبْعُthe dwelling وَاسْلَمِand remain safe
أَلاَ عِمْ صَبَاحَاً أَيُّهَا الرَّبْعُ وَاسْلَمِ
وَدُمْand abide فِيin جِوَارِthe protection of اللهِGod غَيْرَnot مُذَمَّمreproached
وَدُمْ فِي جِوَارِ اللهِ غَيْرَ مُذَمَّم
Lo, may your morning be pleasant, O dwelling, and may you be safe.
And abide in God's protection, free from reproach.
وَلاَand may not عَدِمَتْlack أَرْجَاؤُكَyour precincts النُّورَthe light إِنَّهَاindeed they are
وَلاَ عَدِمَتْ أَرْجَاؤُكَ النُّورَ إِنَّهَا
مَطَالِعُrising places أَقْمَارِيmy moons وَآفَاقُand horizons أَنْجُمِيmy stars
مَطَالِعُ أَقْمَارِي وَآفَاقُ أَنْجُمِي
And may your precincts never lack light, for they are
The rising places of my moons and the horizons of my stars.
إِذَاif نَسِيَforgot النَّاسُthe people الْعُهُودَthe pledges وَأَغْفَلُواand they grew heedless
إِذَا نَسِيَ النَّاسُ الْعُهُودَ وَأَغْفَلُوا
فَعَهْدُكَthen my pledge to you فِيin قَلْبِيmy heart وذِكْرِكَand remembrance of you فِيin فَمِيmy mouth
فَعَهْدُكَ فِي قَلْبِي وذِكْرِكَ فِي فَمِي
If people forget their pledges and grow heedless,
Then my pledge to you is in my heart, and your remembrance on my lips.
وَإِنِّيand indeed I وَإِنْeven though أَزْمَعْتُI resolved عَنْكَaway from you لطِيَّةfor a journey
وَإِنِّي وَإِنْ أَزْمَعْتُ عَنْكَ لطِيَّة
وَقَوَّضْتُand I dismantled رَحْلِيmy camp عَنْكَaway from you دُونَwithout تَلَوُّمِlingering
وَقَوَّضْتُ رَحْلِي عَنْكَ دُونَ تَلَوُّمِ
And though I have resolved on a journey away from you,
And struck my camp to leave you without lingering,
فَقَلْبِيso my heart لَكَis yours الْبَيْتُthe House الْعَتِيقُancient مَقَامُهُits abode
فَقَلْبِي لَكَ الْبَيْتُ الْعَتِيقُ مَقَامُهُ
وَشَوْقِيَand my longing إِحْرَامِيmy ihram (pilgrimage consecration) وَدَمْعِيَand my tears زَمْزَمِيmy Zamzam (sacred well)
وَشَوْقِيَ إِحْرَامِي وَدَمْعِيَ زَمْزَمِي
My heart is yours; its abode is the Ancient House,
And my longing is my ihram, and my tears my Zamzam.
Sol 6.1