بُوركت غرفةٌ وبوركَ مَنْ قَا

بُوركت غرفةٌ وبوركَ مَنْ قَا

مَ بها في البِنَا وَمَنْ قد بنَاهَا

مَ بها في البِنَا وَمَنْ قد بنَاهَا

Blessed is this chamber, and blessed the one who

Blessed be a chamber, and blessed be whoever undertook

undertook its construction, and whoever built it.

its construction, and whoever built it.

غُرفةٌ لا ترى مثالا لها في الأرض

غُرفةٌ لا ترى مثالا لها في الأرض

قطعاً سبحانَ مَنْ سَوَّاهَا

قطعاً سبحانَ مَنْ سَوَّاهَا

A chamber whose equal is nowhere to be seen on earth—

A chamber whose equal you will not see on earth,

surely, glory be to Him who fashioned it so perfectly.

certainly—glory be to the One who fashioned it!

فهي تجرى الأنهارُ من تحتها

فهي تجرى الأنهارُ من تحتها

والمسك والندُّ فاحَ مِنْ أَعلاهَا

والمسك والندُّ فاحَ مِنْ أَعلاهَا

Within it, rivers flow from beneath it,

For rivers flow beneath it,

while musk and fragrant nadd waft down from above it.

and musk and aromatic incense wafted from its heights.

فكأنَّ البانينَ قدْ نقلوهَا

فكأنَّ البانينَ قدْ نقلوهَا

مِنْ جنانِ الفردوسِ أو من سمَّاها

مِنْ جنانِ الفردوسِ أو من سمَّاها

It is as though the builders had transported it

It is as though the builders had transported it

from the gardens of Paradise, or from its very heaven.

from the gardens of Paradise, or from the one who named it.

إن عرَتْني الأحزان أو ضقتْ ذرعاً

إن عرَتْني الأحزان أو ضقتْ ذرعاً

من أمورٍ تَزولُ حينَ أَرَاها

من أمورٍ تَزولُ حينَ أَرَاها

If sorrows assail me, or I can bear no more

If sorrows beset me, or my endurance fails

because of troubles, they vanish when I behold it.

because of troubles, they vanish when I see it.

فتناهتْ حُسناً وفاقتْ وراقَت

فتناهتْ حُسناً وفاقتْ وراقَت

واستنارتْ كالشمسِ عند ضُحَاها

واستنارتْ كالشمسِ عند ضُحَاها

Thus it reached perfection in beauty, surpassed all, and charmed,

It reached the utmost beauty, excelled, and delighted,

and shone like the sun at the height of morning.

and shone like the sun in its morning brightness.

فكأني الوالي على بنُ مسعودٍ

فكأني الوالي على بنُ مسعودٍ

بِحسنى أخْلاقهِ أَعْدَاهَا

بِحسنى أخْلاقهِ أَعْدَاهَا

It is as though I—the governor, ʿAli ibn Masʿud—

So I fancy that the governor, Ali ibn Mas‘ud,

had made the beauty of his character contagious to it.

has imbued it with the beauty of his character.

وبناها محمدٌ وعليٌّ

وبناها محمدٌ وعليٌّ

وبشيرٌ تَشَارَكُوا في بِنَاهَا

وبشيرٌ تَشَارَكُوا في بِنَاهَا

Muhammad and ʿAli built it,

And Muhammad and Ali built it,

and Bashir; together they shared in its construction.

and Bashir; they shared in its construction.

عام سبعِ والألفُ مع مائةٍ

عام سبعِ والألفُ مع مائةٍ

تمتْ حساباً والخير في عُقْبَاهَا

تمتْ حساباً والخير في عُقْبَاهَا

In the year one thousand one hundred and seven,

In the year one thousand one hundred and seven,

it was completed by the reckoning—and goodness lies in what follows—

it was completed by the reckoning, with goodness in its aftermath.

في زمانِ الإمام سيف بن سلطا

في زمانِ الإمام سيف بن سلطا

ن سيف مُعْطِى القلوب مُنَاهَا

ن سيف مُعْطِى القلوب مُنَاهَا

in the reign of Imam Sayf ibn Sulṭā—

In the time of Imam Saif ibn Sultan

—n: a sword, the desire of thirst-parched hearts.

Saif, who grants hearts their desires.

يعربيٌّ فَطن أبيٌّ وفىٌّ

يعربيٌّ فَطن أبيٌّ وفىٌّ

فهُو شمسُ الدنيا ونورُ سَنَاهَا

فهُو شمسُ الدنيا ونورُ سَنَاهَا

A Yaʿrubi—astute, high-minded, and loyal—

A Ya‘rubi—discerning, proud-spirited, and faithful,

for he is the sun of the world and the light of its splendor.

for he is the sun of the world and the light of its radiance.