حي حفلا كزخرف الروض عني

حي حفلا كزخرف الروض عني

بتحايا كالعارض المرجحن

بتحايا كالعارض المرجحن

Greet on my behalf a gathering like a garden's splendor,

O life, you were bright like the adornment of a garden before my eyes

Greet a gathering like the ornamentation of a garden on my behalf,

with greetings like a rain-laden cloud.

With greetings like a swaying branch

With salutations abundant like a heavy, rain-laden cloud.

وتنزل عليه يا شعر روحا

وتنزل عليه يا شعر روحا

مطمئنا في روعه المطمئن

مطمئنا في روعه المطمئن

Descend upon it, O poetry, as a spirit

And poetry descended upon it, O soul

And descend upon it, O poetry, as a spirit,

at peace within its tranquil heart.

Reassured in its reassured spirit

Reassuring within its tranquil awe.

إقتبل أوجه الوجاهة بيضا

إقتبل أوجه الوجاهة بيضا

مشرقات السنا طوالع يمن

مشرقات السنا طوالع يمن

Welcome the faces of distinction, radiant and fair,

You met the faces of the eminent radiantly

Receive the faces of distinction, bright,

shining with light, harbingers of good fortune;

The risings of years, auspicious dawns

Shining with radiance, rising with good omens.

وقلوب الولاء منشرحات

وقلوب الولاء منشرحات

طاهرات من كل ختل وضغن

طاهرات من كل ختل وضغن

and hearts of loyalty, open and glad,

And the hearts of loyalty expanded

And hearts of loyalty, expanded with joy,

pure of every deceit and grudge;

Pure from any deceit and malice

Pure from all treachery and rancor.

وأكف السخاء لم تتعقب

وأكف السخاء لم تتعقب

بأذاة ولم تكدر بمن

بأذاة ولم تكدر بمن

and generous hands that never follow their giving

And the palms of generosity did not follow

And hands of generosity that are not followed

with harm, nor spoil it with reminders of favor;

With harm and were not troubled with disdain

By injury, nor muddied by reminders of favors,

ومزايا علوية من ذمام

ومزايا علوية من ذمام

في سلام وعزة في تأني

في سلام وعزة في تأني

and lofty virtues of faithful obligation,

And Alawite virtues from reins

And lofty virtues of covenant and protection,

in peace, and dignity in measured calm.

In peace and dignity with composure

In peace, and dignity within deliberation.

ثريت في ثرى النفوس كنوزا

ثريت في ثرى النفوس كنوزا

وجلتها السنون من بعد دفن

وجلتها السنون من بعد دفن

Buried as treasures in the soil of souls,

You enriched in the land of souls treasures

Treasures that grew rich in the soil of souls,

the years uncovered them after their burial.

And the years concealed them after burial

And the years polished them after they were buried.

بوركت في رياضكم من فروع

بوركت في رياضكم من فروع

دانيات القطوف نضراء لدن

دانيات القطوف نضراء لدن

Blessed are the branches in your gardens,

You were blessed in your meadows with branches

Blessed are they in your gardens as branches,

their fruits within reach, fresh and supple.

Fresh, tender grape buds

With fruits hanging low, fresh and soft.

مرحبا بالنفوس نشوى بخمر

مرحبا بالنفوس نشوى بخمر

بنت أنس لا بنت كأس ودن

بنت أنس لا بنت كأس ودن

Welcome to souls intoxicated with wine

Welcome to the souls intoxicated with pure wine

Welcome to souls intoxicated with wine,

born of fellowship, not of cup and cask.

Not the daughter of a cup and lowliness

The daughter of intimacy, not the daughter of cup and cask.

مرحبا بالقلوب صحفت كروما

مرحبا بالقلوب صحفت كروما

والتقت في النمو غصنا بغصن

والتقت في النمو غصنا بغصن

Welcome to hearts misread as grapevines,

Welcome to the hearts that cultivated vineyards

Welcome to hearts that have become vineyards,

meeting as they grow, branch with branch.

And the branches met in growth, branch with branch

And met in growth, branch to branch.

ألف الله شملها بعد شت

ألف الله شملها بعد شت

وتلافى غاراتها بعد شن

وتلافى غاراتها بعد شن

God united their company after dispersal,

May God unite them after dispersion

God united their gathering after dispersion,

and redressed their raids after their unleashing.

And reunite their raids after hostility

And rectified their raids after they were launched.

أيها المحتفون بالضاد هذا

أيها المحتفون بالضاد هذا

حرم الضاد في سمو وأمن

حرم الضاد في سمو وأمن

O celebrants of ḍād, this

O you who celebrate Alif, this is the sanctuary of Alif

O you who celebrate the 'Dad' (Arabic), this is

is the sanctuary of ḍād, exalted and secure.

With sublime and security with composure

The sanctuary of the 'Dad' in loftiness and security.

أشرفت منه نحوكم شرفات

أشرفت منه نحوكم شرفات

قائمات على قواعد رزن

قائمات على قواعد رزن

From it, balconies look out toward you,

From it balconies overlooking you were ennobled

Balconies have overlooked you from it,

standing upon firm foundations:

Standing on sturdy foundations

Standing upon firm foundations.

من كهول به دهاة هداة

من كهول به دهاة هداة

وشباب به أعاريب لسن

وشباب به أعاريب لسن

mature men within it, astute guides,

Of elders among them wise guides

From middle-aged men within it, shrewd and guiding,

and youths within it, eloquent Arabs.

And youth among them chivalrous knights

And youth within it, eloquent Arabs.

يتناجون حول بر وتقوى

يتناجون حول بر وتقوى

بين فصل من الخطاب ولحن

بين فصل من الخطاب ولحن

They speak intimately of righteousness and piety,

They confer about righteousness and piety

Conversing secretly about righteousness and piety,

through decisive discourse and melody;

Between a chapter of speech and melody

Between decisive speech and melodious understanding.

ويهيبون بالنفوس إلى ما

ويهيبون بالنفوس إلى ما

يهب الجد من نباهة شأن

يهب الجد من نباهة شأن

and urge souls toward what

And they urge souls to what

And they call upon souls to aspire to what

earnest effort grants of eminence and standing.

Gives the grandfather a lofty status

Seriousness grants of high status.

ساءهم أن شعبهم مستكين

ساءهم أن شعبهم مستكين

لفتور في جسمه مستكن

لفتور في جسمه مستكن

They are grieved that their people are submissive

It saddened them that their people are weak

It grieved them that their people are submissive

to a torpor lurking in its body,

To languor in its weak body

To a lethargy settled deep within their body.

مقفص كالهزار جاد لحونا

مقفص كالهزار جاد لحونا

ليس يدرى أنائح أم مغني

ليس يدرى أنائح أم مغني

caged like a nightingale pouring forth melodies—

Folded like silk, its tones flowed

Caged like a nightingale pouring out melodies,

one cannot tell whether it laments or sings.

Not knowing lamentations or songs

No one knows if he is wailing or singing.

أو غلت فيه والأدلة شتى

أو غلت فيه والأدلة شتى

رادة قلبته ظهرا لبطن

رادة قلبته ظهرا لبطن

Or into it ventured—the proofs are many—

Or it was misled, though the evidence is manifold

Or if misfortunes boiled within, and the evidence is various,

scouts who turned it upside down,

Contrary, it turned its back to its belly

Circular winds turned it inside out.

فأعاضت ثراه جدبا بخصب

فأعاضت ثراه جدبا بخصب

وجزته على النوال بضن

وجزته على النوال بضن

exchanging its soil's fertility for barrenness,

So its fertile land became barren

So they exchanged its soil's fertility for barrenness,

and repaying its generosity with stinginess.

And it punished it for its luck with stinginess

And rewarded it with stinginess instead of generosity.

والعوادي تهد بعد العوادي

والعوادي تهد بعد العوادي

منه هد الفؤوس من كل مبنى

منه هد الفؤوس من كل مبنى

Calamity after calamity tears down

And disasters strike after disasters

And calamities destroy, after calamities,

its every building, like the blows of axes.

From it the axes struck every building

Destroying every building within it like the striking of axes.

يا حماة البلاد يا فتية الضا

يا حماة البلاد يا فتية الضا

د ترى هل لكم من الرأي مغنى؟

د ترى هل لكم من الرأي مغنى؟

O guardians of the land, O youths of ḍād,

O protectors of the country, O youth of Alif

O protectors of the land, O youth of the 'Dad',

tell me, have you any counsel that can avail?

Do you have from opinion a refuge?

Do you think you have any avail in opinion?

سار جيرانكم مع العصر شوطا

سار جيرانكم مع العصر شوطا

ووقفتم ما بين وهم ووهن

ووقفتم ما بين وهم ووهن

Your neighbors have advanced with the age,

Your neighbors have marched with time

Your neighbors have walked a long distance with the times,

while you have stood between delusion and weakness,

While you stand between illusion and weakness

While you stood between illusion and weakness.

تحت شتى القوى تقاسون منها

تحت شتى القوى تقاسون منها

 ما تقاسون من أذى وتجني؟

ما تقاسون من أذى وتجني؟

beneath sundry powers, suffering at their hands

Under various powers you suffer from them

Under various powers, enduring from them

all that you suffer of harm and injustice?

What you suffer from harm and collect?

What you endure of harm and oppression?

أين منكم مهابة وانتصاف؟

أين منكم مهابة وانتصاف؟

أم سكنتم إلى احتقار وغبن؟

أم سكنتم إلى احتقار وغبن؟

Where are your dignity and redress?

Where is your awe from you and vindication?

Where is your dignity and justice?

Or have you resigned yourselves to contempt and unfair treatment?

Or have you settled into contempt and injustice?

Or have you settled into contempt and fraud?

لا تقولوا .. هان الجدود فهنا

لا تقولوا .. هان الجدود فهنا

ساء نشئ له بهم سوء ظن

ساء نشئ له بهم سوء ظن

Do not say, 'Our forebears were abased, so we were abased.'

Do not say...the ancestors failed, for here

Do not say: 'The ancestors were weak, so we are weak;'

Wretched is a generation that thinks so ill of them.

An upbringing that caused them ill thoughts

Bad is the generation that has a poor opinion of them.

في «تلمسان» في «بجاية» في (تيهر

في «تلمسان» في «بجاية» في (تيهر

ت) في «القلعة» ازدهى كل فن

ت) في «القلعة» ازدهى كل فن

In Tlemcen, in Béjaïa, in Tahert,

In Tlemcen, in Béjaïa, in Tiaret

In Tlemcen, in Bejaia, in Tahert,

in al-Qal'a, every art flourished,

In Ghardaia, every art prospered

In the Citadel (Qalaa), every art flourished.

يوم كانت مهاجر الشرق والغر

يوم كانت مهاجر الشرق والغر

ب مثابا كمعهد وكحصن

ب مثابا كمعهد وكحصن

when they were havens for East and West,

When they were the East and West's refuge

The day they were the destination of East and West,

places of return, like a school and a fortress;

Like an institute and fortress

A gathering place serving as both institute and fortress.

وعليها من الملوك ذوي العز

وعليها من الملوك ذوي العز

ة والبأس، كل سهران فطن

ة والبأس، كل سهران فطن

and over them were kings possessed of might

And upon it were mighty honorable kings

And upon them were kings of glory

and valor, each watchful and discerning.

Every vigilant, prudent lord

And might, every vigilant, astute one.

دعموا البر دعموا البحر بالأعـ

دعموا البر دعموا البحر بالأعـ

ـلام من منشئات مدن وسفن

ـلام من منشئات مدن وسفن

They fortified the land, fortified the sea with landmarks

They supported righteousness, supported the sea with flags

They supported the land, they supported the sea with nota-

of the cities and ships they built.

From the structures of cities and ships

-bles, builders of cities and ships.

ومشوا في مناكب الأرض صيدا

ومشوا في مناكب الأرض صيدا

بين جرارة ملائك جن

بين جرارة ملائك جن

They strode over the shoulders of the earth, proud and lofty,

And they walked on the saddles of the earth hunting

They walked the shoulders of the earth proudly,

amid vast hosts of angels and jinn,

Between fierce angels and jinn

Between armies vast as angels and jinn.

يزعون الشعوب رأيا ورعيا

يزعون الشعوب رأيا ورعيا

ويسوسونها بحكم وإذن

ويسوسونها بحكم وإذن

directing peoples through judgment and care,

They guided the nations with opinion and shepherding

Governing nations with wisdom and care,

and governing them by decree and permission.

And ruled them with wisdom and permission

And leading them with judgment and authority.

ثم نيطوا من الظروف بمخز

ثم نيطوا من الظروف بمخز

وأحيطوا من الصروف بمخنى

وأحيطوا من الصروف بمخنى

Then circumstances bound them to disgrace,

Then they were tied by circumstances with constriction

Then they were attached by circumstances to disgrace,

and the turns of fate enclosed them in ruin.

And surrounded by conditions with affliction

And surrounded by the vicissitudes of time with destruction.

وطوتهم يد الزمان كما تطـ

وطوتهم يد الزمان كما تطـ

ـوي يد الكاتب الكتاب وتثني

ـوي يد الكاتب الكتاب وتثني

Time's hand folded them away, as

And the hand of time folded them

And the hand of time folded them just as folds

a writer's hand folds and refolds a document.

As the scribe's hand folds the book and bends

The hand of the scribe the book, bending it shut.

فإذا العيش حالك مثل ليل

فإذا العيش حالك مثل ليل

وإذا الربع موحش مثل سجن

وإذا الربع موحش مثل سجن

Then life was dark as night,

So life became like a miserable night

So behold, life is pitch black like night,

and the homestead desolate as a prison;

And the countryside lonely like a prison

And behold, the dwelling is desolate like a prison.

وإذا الأرض قفرة وإذا الجو معـ

وإذا الأرض قفرة وإذا الجو معـ

ـمى تظله سحب حزن

ـمى تظله سحب حزن

the earth was barren, and the sky

And the earth is barren and the air blind

And behold the land is barren, and behold the air is blin-

was obscured beneath clouds of sorrow.

Its shadow clouded by sorrow

-ded, shadowed by clouds of sorrow.

وتقضى ملك الجدود فلم يبـ

وتقضى ملك الجدود فلم يبـ

ـق بأيدي البنين غير التمني

ـق بأيدي البنين غير التمني

The forefathers' dominion passed away, and nothing remained

And the kingdom of ancestors passed, leaving

The kingdom of the ancestors has passed, and there remains

in their sons' hands but wishful longing.

In the hands of sons nothing but wishes

In the hands of the sons nothing but wishing.

يا لمجد مضيع غير مجد

يا لمجد مضيع غير مجد

عض كف عليه أو قرع سن

عض كف عليه أو قرع سن

Alas for squandered glory! It avails nothing

Oh lost glory other than glory

Oh for a lost glory! It is useless

to bite one's hand over it or gnash one's teeth.

That bit a palm or knocked a tooth

To bite a hand over it or gnash a tooth in regret.

قف معي بالجزائر اليوم واسبر

قف معي بالجزائر اليوم واسبر

غور أحوالها بعين وأذن

غور أحوالها بعين وأذن

Stand with me in Algeria today and plumb

Stand with me in Algiers today and probe

Stand with me in Algeria today and probe

the depths of its condition with eye and ear.

Its conditions with an observant eye and ear

The depth of its conditions with eye and ear.

تجد الطفل في الأزقة يلهو

تجد الطفل في الأزقة يلهو

والفتى يشرب الخمور ويزني

والفتى يشرب الخمور ويزني

You will find the child playing in the alleys,

You find the child playing in the alleys

You find the child in the alleyways playing,

and the young man drinking wine and fornicating.

And the youth drinking wines and committing adultery

And the young man drinking wine and sinning.

تجد الطفلة اليتيمة تشقى

تجد الطفلة اليتيمة تشقى

تحت خدر تنوء أو تحت

تحت خدر تنوء أو تحت

You will find the orphaned girl in misery,

You find the orphan girl suffering

You find the orphan girl suffering,

weighed down in seclusion, or beneath

Under numbness, stooping or crouching

Burdened under a veil, or under

خدنأو لدى البيض نصروها وقالوا

خدنأو لدى البيض نصروها وقالوا

أكرمتها يد المسيح بحضن

أكرمتها يد المسيح بحضن

a lover—or among the whites, who made her Christian and said,

And though the whites have helped her and said

A lover, or with the Whites who Christianized her and said:

'The hand of Christ has honored her with an embrace.'

The hand of Christ has honored her with an embrace

'The hand of Christ has honored her with an embrace.'

ولو أن الرجال منار جال

ولو أن الرجال منار جال

لم يفتها تزوج وتبني

لم يفتها تزوج وتبني

Had the men among us been truly men,

Had men of dignity passed by her

If the men had been guiding lights,

marriage and adoption would not have eluded her.

She would have married and been adopted

Marriage and building a family would not have passed her by.

ما على خرد الجزإئر غيرا

ما على خرد الجزإئر غيرا

ن ولا بالحدود والاي معنى

ن ولا بالحدود والاي معنى

No jealous guardian watches over Algeria's maidens,

Algeria's children have no other

There is no jealous protector over the virgins of Algeria,

nor is anyone mindful of the prescribed limits and verses.

Meaning or borders or law of any meaning

Nor is there concern for limits or divine verses.

والنيابات أسفرت عن مآس

والنيابات أسفرت عن مآس

بل مواس تحدها كالمسن

بل مواس تحدها كالمسن

The representative bodies have revealed tragedies,

And the parliaments have uncovered tribulations

And the representations unveiled tragedies,

rather, razors they sharpen like a whetstone:

Not consolations that challenge them like years

Rather, razors sharpened like a whetstone.

كاذبات البروق من كل خب

كاذبات البروق من كل خب

يعد الناس باطلا ويمني

يعد الناس باطلا ويمني

deceitful flashes of lightning from every deceiver

Like the lies of lightning in every discourse

False lightning flashes from every deceiver

who makes the people empty promises and feeds their hopes.

Promising the people falseness and wishes

Promising people falsehoods and raising hopes.

والمشاريع، والشرائع، والآ

والمشاريع، والشرائع، والآ

داب، والكتب، والنهى، في تعنى

داب، والكتب، والنهى، في تعنى

And projects, laws, and literature,

And the projects, laws, manners, books, and prohibitions

And projects, laws, and literatures,

books and reason—all in distress.

Have no meaning

And books, and intellects, are in suffering.

ومن اللسن في المجامع والأقـ

ومن اللسن في المجامع والأقـ

ـلام في الصحف شر طعم وطعن

ـلام في الصحف شر طعم وطعن

And from tongues in assemblies, and pens

And from the tongues in forums and pens in the press

And from the tongues in assemblies and the pe-

in the newspapers, come the foulest bait and attacks.

Evil taste and accusation

-ns in newspapers comes the worst taste and defamation.

وفشا الدجل فالولاية دعوى

وفشا الدجل فالولاية دعوى

كل ذي سبحة تطول وذقن

كل ذي سبحة تطول وذقن

Charlatanry has spread: sainthood is the claim

And pretense spread so every holder of a rosary

Charlatanism has spread, for sainthood is but a claim

of everyone with a long rosary and a beard.

With a long beard and chin claimed to be governor

Made by everyone with a long rosary and beard.

وغلا القوم في الولي فظنوا

وغلا القوم في الولي فظنوا

أنه كالإله يغني ويقني

أنه كالإله يغني ويقني

They exaggerated the saint's powers and thought

And the people went too far with the saint, thinking

The people went to extremes regarding the saint, thinking

that, like God, he enriches and bestows possessions.

He is like a god who enriches and provides

That he is like the Deity, enriching and possessing.

وأبوا كوثر العلوم عطاشا

وأبوا كوثر العلوم عطاشا

طمعا في ورود علم لدني

طمعا في ورود علم لدني

Thirsty, they spurned knowledge's Kawthar,

And they refused the river of knowledge thirstily

They refused the abundant river of sciences, thirsty,

hoping to drink from divinely bestowed knowledge.

Hoping for the watering of partial knowledge

Coveting the arrival of mystical knowledge.

ضاق موسى بعلم صاحب موسى

ضاق موسى بعلم صاحب موسى

بله بله أتوا بإفك وأفن

بله بله أتوا بإفك وأفن

Moses chafed at the knowledge of Moses' companion;

Moses felt constricted by the knowledge of Moses' companion

Moses was constrained by the knowledge of Moses' companion,

let alone fools, who brought falsehood and folly!

No no, they came up with superstition and perversity

Let alone these—they brought only falsehood and stupidity.

وتنادوا فبدعوا مصلحيهم

وتنادوا فبدعوا مصلحيهم

ومتى كان مصلح غير سني؟

ومتى كان مصلح غير سني؟

They called to one another and branded their reformers religious innovators—

And they called each other, thus innovating their reformers

They called out and accused their reformers of heresy,

when was a reformer ever not a follower of the Sunnah?

And when was a reformer other than traditional?

And when was a reformer ever anything but a Sunni?

أيها المسلمون طال بنا الكر

أيها المسلمون طال بنا الكر

ب فهل لانفراجه من تسني؟

ب فهل لانفراجه من تسني؟

O Muslims, our distress has lasted long;

O Muslims, our ship has long been sinking, is there a way to patch it?

O Muslims, the distre-

is there any prospect of its relief?

God forbid a people seeking His grace should drown

-ss has lasted long for us, so is there a way to relief?

حاش لله أن يغر بشعب

حاش لله أن يغر بشعب

مستجير بلطفه مستجن

مستجير بلطفه مستجن

Far be it from God to deceive a people

Revere God among them and guide the lost

Far be it from God to deceive a people

seeking refuge and shelter in His kindness.

Among them who lost the path to the Garden of Eden

Seeking refuge in His kindness, hidden in His protection.

أرقبوا الله فيه واهدوا حيارى

أرقبوا الله فيه واهدوا حيارى

منه ضلوا سبيل جنة عدن

منه ضلوا سبيل جنة عدن

Be mindful of God in caring for them, and guide the bewildered

And make the knot of creed firm in religion, strengthen it

Fear God regarding them, and guide the confused ones

among them who have lost the path to the Garden of Eden.

From every rupture and strife

Among them who have lost the path to the Garden of Eden.

واعزموا عقدة العقيدة في الد

واعزموا عقدة العقيدة في الد

ين تقوها من كل فتق وفتن

ين تقوها من كل فتق وفتن

Bind firmly the knot of belief in religion,

Yes, the reward of jihad is with soul, wealth, and say to the rich: I mean you

And firm up the knot of doctrine in religion,

and guard it from every breach and trial.

For the comfort of Algeria is in the comfort of its guardian

Protect it from every tear and sedition.

نعم أجر الجهاد بالنفس والما

نعم أجر الجهاد بالنفس والما

ل وقل للغني: إياك أعني

ل وقل للغني: إياك أعني

How fine the reward for striving with life and wealth!

Leave injustice in complaining of doom, for in my view, its time has passed or it is as if it never was

Excellent is the reward of Jihad with soul and wealth,

And say to the rich man, 'You are the one I mean.'

And seek your right to a just living, do not lean towards cruelty or cowardice

And say to the rich man: 'I mean you.'

إنما راحة الجزائر في راحة حر

إنما راحة الجزائر في راحة حر

يسدي العطاء ويسني

يسدي العطاء ويسني

Algeria's ease lies only in a free man's palm,

Raise your voice with it and die for it, do not despair even if a thousand centuries pass

The comfort of Algeria is only in the comfort

who extends his giving and gives abundantly.

The scream of truth in the ears causes rupture

Of a free man who bestows giving and elevates it.

وذروا الحيف في التشكي من الحـ

وذروا الحيف في التشكي من الحـ

ـف فعهدي به انقضى أو كأني

ـف فعهدي به انقضى أو كأني

And shun injustice when complaining of injustice;

Like an arrow filling the air flexibly

And abandon injustice in complaining of hard-

for my dealings with it are over—or so it seems to me.

So peace unto peace, peace on truth

-ship, for my covenant with it has ended, or so I feel.

وابتغوا حقكم من العيش عدلا

وابتغوا حقكم من العيش عدلا

لا تميلوا لقسوة أو لجبن

لا تميلوا لقسوة أو لجبن

Seek your rightful share of life with justice;

And no ruin from a minaret or pillar

And seek your right to life with justice;

incline neither to cruelty nor to cowardice.

And peace on peace on the pure

Do not incline toward cruelty or cowardice.

ارفعوا صوتكم به واستميتوا

ارفعوا صوتكم به واستميتوا

فيه لا تيأسوا ولو ألف قرن

فيه لا تيأسوا ولو ألف قرن

Raise your voice for it and fight to the death

On goodwill, consent, and rapprochement

Raise your voice with it and be willing to die

for it; never despair, though a thousand centuries pass.

And peace be upon you and the delegation

For it; do not despair, even for a thousand centuries.

صرخة الحق في المسامع تنقض

صرخة الحق في المسامع تنقض

ض، كسهم ملء الفضاء مرن

ض، كسهم ملء الفضاء مرن

The cry of right swoops upon the ears,

And what it contained of majesty and beauty

The cry of truth swoops down upon the ears,

like an arrow ringing across the breadth of space.

Like a resounding arrow filling the expanse.

فسلام إلى سلام على الحقـ

فسلام إلى سلام على الحقـ

ـق، ولا دك من منار وركن

ـق، ولا دك من منار وركن

So peace upon peace upon the right,

So peace, upon peace, upon the Tru-

and may no beacon or pillar be razed.

-th, and may no beacon or pillar be razed.

وسلام على السلام على الصفو

وسلام على السلام على الصفو

على البشر والرضى والتدني

على البشر والرضى والتدني

And peace upon peace, upon serenity,

And peace upon peace, upon clarity,

upon cheer, contentment, and drawing near;

Upon joy, contentment, and drawing near.

وسلام عليكموا وعلى الحفـ

وسلام عليكموا وعلى الحفـ

ـل وما ضم من جلال وحسن

ـل وما ضم من جلال وحسن

and peace upon you and upon this gathering,

And peace be upon you and upon the gather-

and all the majesty and beauty it contains.

-ing, and all the majesty and beauty it embraces.