بدَت لي أَعلامُ بيت الهدى

بمكةَ والنور بادٍ عَليه

The flags of the House of Guidance appeared to me

In Mecca, and light was shining upon it

فأحرمت شوقاً له بالهوى

وأهديت قَلبي هَدياً إليه

So I made my passionate longing for it sacred

And I offered my heart to it as a gift