يا كَعبة نَسعى إَلَيك وَنَقصدُ

يا كَعبة نَسعى إَلَيك وَنَقصدُ

وَنَطُوف نَحوَ حِماك إِذ هُوَ مَسجدُ

وَنَطُوف نَحوَ حِماك إِذ هُوَ مَسجدُ

O Kaaba, we hasten to you and seek you,

O Kaaba, we strive towards you and intend,

And we make our circuit toward your sanctuary, for it is a mosque.

And we circumambulate around your sanctuary, for it is a mosque,

يا مُفرَداً يَسمو بِكُل فَضيلة

يا مُفرَداً يَسمو بِكُل فَضيلة

يا أَوحَد الأَمراء بَل يا فرقد

يا أَوحَد الأَمراء بَل يا فرقد

O peerless one, exalted in every virtue,

O you who stand alone with every virtue,

O unrivaled among princes—nay, O Farqad!

O unique prince, nay, O precious gem,

بُشراك فَالنجل الأَمين محمدٌ

بُشراك فَالنجل الأَمين محمدٌ

بَدر لطلعته الكَواكب تَسجُد

بَدر لطلعته الكَواكب تَسجُد

Glad tidings to you, for the trustworthy son Muhammad

Good tidings to you, for the trustworthy boy Muhammad,

is a full moon before whose countenance the stars prostrate themselves.

Is a full moon, before whose rising the stars bow down,

جادت بِهِ شَمس بِنُورك أَشرَقَت

جادت بِهِ شَمس بِنُورك أَشرَقَت

وَسَحاب أَعداها جَلاه المَولد

وَسَحاب أَعداها جَلاه المَولد

A sun that shone with your light bestowed him,

The sun shone with his light and radiated through him,

And the birth dispelled the clouds of her enemies.

And the clouds competed to give him shade the day he was born,

وَالدَهر سالمها وَأَقسم أَنَّهُ

وَالدَهر سالمها وَأَقسم أَنَّهُ

يَسطو عَلى لاحٍ يَلوم وَيحسد

يَسطو عَلى لاحٍ يَلوم وَيحسد

And Time made peace with her and swore that it

Time greeted him with peace and swore that,

would assail any faultfinder who blames and envies.

He would rise above the brilliant stars that blame and envy,

وَالسَعد وافاها وَقال مُؤرّخا

وَالسَعد وافاها وَقال مُؤرّخا

بِالبشر وَالتَوفيق جادَ محمد

بِالبشر وَالتَوفيق جادَ محمد

And Good Fortune came to her and said, recording the date:

Good fortune met him and historians called out,

“Muhammad bestowed gladness and success.”

With glad tidings and divine aid, Muhammad is generous.