عمّانُ كمْ ضاقتْ بلادٌ بالوَرى

عمّانُ كمْ ضاقتْ بلادٌ بالوَرى

ووَسعْتِ يا صَدْرًا تعمَّدَ بالسَّما

ووَسعْتِ يا صَدْرًا تعمَّدَ بالسَّما

Amman, how many lands have grown too narrow for humankind,

O Amman, how the lands have narrowed with people

And you made room, O breast baptized in heaven.

Yet you have expanded, O chest determined with resolve

لكِ يا مَلاذَ العَينِ رأفةُ راحمٍ

لكِ يا مَلاذَ العَينِ رأفةُ راحمٍ

إنْ أدمَعَتْ؛ سَبْعٌ تجلَّتْ بلْسَما

إنْ أدمَعَتْ؛ سَبْعٌ تجلَّتْ بلْسَما

Yours, O refuge of the eye, is a merciful one's compassion.

For you, O refuge of the eye, is the mercy of the Merciful

If it sheds tears, seven appear as balm.

If tears fell; seven appeared as healing

فاضَ السَّبيلُ على ثَراكِ وحُورُهُ

فاضَ السَّبيلُ على ثَراكِ وحُورُهُ

كنَّ الشّواهدَ إذْ جَرَى مِنهُ الحِمَى

كنَّ الشّواهدَ إذْ جَرَى مِنهُ الحِمَى

The fountain overflowed upon your soil, and its nymphs

The torrent overflowed upon your soil and its maidens

Were the witnesses when sanctuary flowed from it.

Were like martyrs when the fever flowed from it

هاؤمْ شقيقاتُ العروبةِ في ضَنَى

هاؤمْ شقيقاتُ العروبةِ في ضَنَى

أضنينَ مَنْ بَذَرَ الربيعَ وبَرعَما

أضنينَ مَنْ بَذَرَ الربيعَ وبَرعَما

Behold the sisters of Arabhood, in wasting sickness;

Sisters of Arabism are in agony in mourning

They wore down whoever sowed spring and put forth buds.

Mourning those who sowed the spring and made it grow

مُدنٌ كأنَّ الموتَ سِرُّ هوائِها

مُدنٌ كأنَّ الموتَ سِرُّ هوائِها

والناسُ في موتٍ كأنّهمُ الدُّمَى

والناسُ في موتٍ كأنّهمُ الدُّمَى

Cities, as though death were the secret of their air,

Cities where death seems the secret of their air

And the people are in death, as though they were dolls.

And people in a death as though they are the blood