قد زُفّت الشمس إلى البدرِ

يا لك من قَدر ومن قَدْرِ

The sun has been married to the moon

What destiny, what fate!

خليفةُ الله على خَلْقه

وبنتُ عالي الشأن والأمرِ

God's caliph over His creation

Daughter of the most high in rank and command

يا درة البحر بشرى إنما

أُخرجْتِ من بحر إلى بحر

Pearl of the sea, good tidings indeed

You came out from a sea to a sea

لا زلتِ تأوين إلى ظله

ما آوتِ الدنيا إلى الدهر

You still yearn for its shade

As long as the world lasts