هَذِهِ جارِيَةٌ قَد أُنشِئت

هَذِهِ جارِيَةٌ قَد أُنشِئت

بِيَدِ السّعْدِ على حُسنِ اِستَقامهْ

بِيَدِ السّعْدِ على حُسنِ اِستَقامهْ

This is a vessel newly built,

This is a ship that has been built

by Fortune’s hand, in beautiful symmetry.

by the hand of good fortune, in fine and upright form.

مِن دُفوفِ المَجدِ وَالعَلياءِ قَد

مِن دُفوفِ المَجدِ وَالعَلياءِ قَد

نَظَمت في حُسنِ سَمتٍ وَوَسامه

نَظَمت في حُسنِ سَمتٍ وَوَسامه

From the planks of glory and high renown has she

From planks of glory and loftiness she has

been fashioned in beauty of bearing and grace.

been fashioned with graceful bearing and beauty.

حَيثُ بانيها حُسَينٌ ذو الحِجى

حَيثُ بانيها حُسَينٌ ذو الحِجى

أَحَدُ الحُذّاقِ مَن يَحوي الشّهامَه

أَحَدُ الحُذّاقِ مَن يَحوي الشّهامَه

For her builder is Hussein, a man of wisdom,

For her builder is Husayn, a man of wisdom,

one of the master craftsmen, possessed of stouthearted mettle.

one of the master craftsmen, endowed with gallantry.

حَيثُما البحرُ كَخَدٍّ بَهِجٍ

حَيثُما البحرُ كَخَدٍّ بَهِجٍ

راقَ حُسناً وَهيَ تَبدو فيهِ شامَه

راقَ حُسناً وَهيَ تَبدو فيهِ شامَه

Wherever the sea, like a radiant cheek,

Wherever the sea, like a radiant cheek,

shines fair, she appears upon it as a beauty mark.

charms with its beauty, she appears upon it as a beauty spot.

فَصَواريها تَسامَت لِلسَّما

فَصَواريها تَسامَت لِلسَّما

فَتَراها لِلسّما صارَت دعامَه

فَتَراها لِلسّما صارَت دعامَه

Her masts soar upward toward the sky,

And her masts have soared toward the sky,

until you see her become a pillar bearing heaven.

so you see her become a pillar for the heavens.

كُلّما سارَت تَراها طاِئراً

كُلّما سارَت تَراها طاِئراً

أَو كَبَرقٍ قَد سَرى بِيَدي اِبتِسامَه

أَو كَبَرقٍ قَد سَرى بِيَدي اِبتِسامَه

Whenever she sails, you see her as a bird,

Whenever she sails, you see her as a bird,

or as lightning coursing forth in the hands of her smile.

or like lightning that has coursed in a smile's hands.

وَلَها الطّورُ وَأَرِّخ توأمٌ

وَلَها الطّورُ وَأَرِّخ توأمٌ

وَعَلَيها كَتبَ اللَّهُ السّلامَه

وَعَلَيها كَتبَ اللَّهُ السّلامَه

Mount Ṭūr is hers—and date her with the word “Twin”;

And al-Ṭūr is her twin—record the date:

and upon her God has inscribed safety.

and upon her God has inscribed safety.