مشعلkindled مصباحناour lamp منfrom ناركyour fire
مشعل مصباحنا من نارك
عرضناour honor فيin الصونsafekeeping منfrom أستاركyour veils
عرضنا في الصون من أستارك
Our lamp is kindled from your fire.
Our torch's flame from your fire
Our honor is safeguarded by your veils.
Our integrity in your veils' protection
خلقكyour character الطاهرpure فيناamong us رحمةa mercy
خلقك الطاهر فينا رحمة
قويgrew strong الدينthe faith بهthrough it والأمةand the community
قوي الدين به والأمة
Your pure character is a mercy among us.
The Pure created mercy in us through you
Through it, the faith and the community grew strong.
Strengthen the religion and nation through him
طفلناour child علمتهyou taught him حينat the time of الفطامweaning
طفلنا علمته حين الفطام
كلمةthe declaration التوحيدGod's oneness منfrom قبلbefore الكلامspeech
كلمة التوحيد من قبل الكلام
At weaning, you taught our child
We taught our child at weaning
The declaration of God's oneness, before he could speak.
The word of Oneness before speech
صيغwere fashioned منfrom حبكyour love أطوارways لناfor us
صيغ من حبك أطوار لنا
فعلناour deeds أقوالناour words أفكارناour thoughts
فعلنا أقوالنا أفكارنا
From your love our ways were fashioned:
You shaped from your love forms for us
Our deeds, our words, our thoughts.
Made our words, our thoughts, our ideas
برقناour lightning فيin سحبclouds منكfrom you ثوىdwelt
برقنا في سحب منك ثوى
شعshone فيin الأطوادthe mountains والبيدand the deserts طوىtraversed
شع في الأطواد والبيد طوى
Our lightning dwelt in clouds from you;
Flashed for us in clouds where you dwell
It shone among the mountains and traversed the deserts.
Shone in horizons and the dunes folded
ضاءshone دينthe faith الحقtruth منfrom أنفاسكyour breaths
ضاء دين الحق من أنفاسك
وand نماgrew التوحيدmonotheism فيin أحجاركyour laps
و نما التوحيد في أحجارك
The true faith shone through your breath,
The religion of truth shone from your breaths
And monotheism grew in your lap.
And Oneness grew in your stones
ذلكthat العصرage غرورa deceiver ماكرcunning
ذلك العصر غرور ماكر
وعلىand against الأديانthe religions باغan aggressor فاجرwicked
وعلى الأديان باغ فاجر
That age is a cunning deceiver,
That was an age of arrogant deceit
And a wicked aggressor against religions.
Aggressive and disdainful toward religions
عقلهits reason أعمىblind وباللهand in God كفرdisbelieved
عقله أعمى وبالله كفر
كمhow many جهولan ignorant fool فيin شراكsnares قدhas أسرcaptured
كم جهول في شراك قد أسر
Its reason is blind, and it has disbelieved in God.
Its mind was blind and blasphemed God
How many an ignorant fool it has caught in snares!
How many ignorant ones ensnared in idolatry
عينهits eye عينthe eye of وقاحbrazen فاتكa killer
عينه عين وقاح فاتك
بشباكin the nets الهدبthe lashes كمhow many منof هالكone who perishes
بشباك الهدب كم من هالك
Its eye is the eye of a brazen killer.
Its eyes were shameless and sinful
How many perish in the nets of its lashes!
With snares of destruction, how many it ruined
صيدهits prey يحسبthinks حراfree نفسهitself
صيده يحسب حرا نفسه
ميتهits dead victim يزعمfancies قصراa palace رمسهhis grave
ميته يزعم قصرا رمسه
Its prey thinks itself free;
Deeming its prey free game for itself
Its dead victim fancies his grave a palace.
Imagining its corpse a splendid palace
بكthrough you يخضرgrows green غراسplantings الوحدةunity
بك يخضر غراس الوحدة
بكthrough you ينموgrows رأسhead مالwealth الملةthe religious community
بك ينمو رأس مال الملة
Through you, the plantings of unity grow green.
Through you the saplings of Oneness grow green
Through you, the community's capital grows.
Through you the capital of the faith thrives
لاdo not تسيريwalk غيرother than نهجthe way of السلفthe forebears
لا تسيري غير نهج السلف
لاdo not تباليcare بجديabout gain أوor تلفloss
لا تبالي بجدي أو تلف
Take no path but the way of the forebears.
Follow no path but that of the ancestors
Pay no heed to gain or loss.
Heed no loss or gain in my grandfather
احذريbeware فتنةthe seduction of عصرan age مهلكdestructive
احذري فتنة عصر مهلك
وإلىand to صدركyour breast ضميclasp ولدكyour child
وإلى صدرك ضمي ولدك
Beware the seduction of a destructive age,
Beware the lethal strife of this age
And clasp your child to your breast.
And hold your son close to your chest
بعدتhave gone far عنfrom عشهاtheir nest فيin خطرdanger
بعدت عن عشها في خطر
هذهthese الإفراخfledglings لماnot yet تطرfly
هذه الإفراخ لما تطر
They have gone far from their nest and are in danger—
She strayed from her nest in peril
These fledglings that have not yet flown.
While her chicks were still unfledged
فيكwithin you تسموaspires للمعاليto noble heights فطرةan inborn nature
فيك تسمو للمعالي فطرة
فاتبعيso follow الزهراءal-Zahra نعمhow excellent الأسوةthe example
فاتبعي الزهراء نعم الأسوة
Within you, an inborn nature aspires to noble heights;
In you soars the instinct for high ideals
So follow al-Zahra—what an excellent example!
So emulate the excellent example of Fatima
علperhaps غصناa branch منكfrom you يأتيcomes بحسينwith a Husayn
عل غصنا منك يأتي بحسين
فترىso will see النضرةfreshness روضاتgardens ذوينhave withered
فترى النضرة روضات ذوين
Perhaps a branch of yours will bring forth a Husayn,
May a branch from you bring Hussein
So withered gardens will behold freshness.
And you will see the two gardens' splendor
Sol 6.1