لِعاصِمٍ سَماءٌ

لِعاصِمٍ سَماءٌ

عارِضُها تَهتانُ

عارِضُها تَهتانُ

Asim has a sky,

For Asim there is a sky

To Asim belongs a sky,

whose cloud pours in torrents.

Whose clouds wander

Its horizon pouring with rain,

أَمطارُها اللُجَينُ

أَمطارُها اللُجَينُ

وَالدُرُّ وَالعِقيانُ

وَالدُرُّ وَالعِقيانُ

Its rains are silver,

Its rains are copious

Its showers are of silver,

and pearls and pure gold.

Pearls and running streams

Of pearls and pure gold.

وَنارُهُ تُنادي

وَنارُهُ تُنادي

إِذ خَبَتِ النيرانُ

إِذ خَبَتِ النيرانُ

And his fire calls out

And his fire calls out

And his fire calls out,

when the fires have died out.

When the flames kindle

When other fires die down.

الجودُ في قَحطانٍ

الجودُ في قَحطانٍ

ما بَقِيَت غَسّانُ

ما بَقِيَت غَسّانُ

Generosity dwells in Qahtan

Generosity in dearth

Generosity belongs to Qahtan,

as long as Ghassan remains.

After the Ghassanids none remained

So long as Ghassan remains.

اِسلَم وَلا أُبالي

اِسلَم وَلا أُبالي

ما فَعَلَ الإِخوانُ

ما فَعَلَ الإِخوانُ

Stay safe, and I care not

Submit I care not

Be safe, and I care not

what the brethren have done.

What the brethren did

What the brethren have done.

صَلَّت لَهُ المَعالي

صَلَّت لَهُ المَعالي

وَالسَيفُ وَالسِنانُ

وَالسَيفُ وَالسِنانُ

Lofty honors have bowed in prayer before him,

Excellencies prayed for him

High glories have prayed for him,

and the sword and the spearhead.

As did the sword and teeth

As have the sword and the spearhead.

ما ضَرَّ مُرتَجيهِ

ما ضَرَّ مُرتَجيهِ

مِن عَثرَةٍ زَمانُ

مِن عَثرَةٍ زَمانُ

Those who hope in him have suffered no harm

Time’s stumbling never harmed

Time has not harmed the one who seeks him

from any stumble brought by Time.

Those hopeful of him

With any stumble of fortune.

مَن غالَهُ مَخوفٌ

مَن غالَهُ مَخوفٌ

فَعاصِمٌ أَمانُ

فَعاصِمٌ أَمانُ

Whoever is overtaken by a terror—

Whoever he defends, frightened

He whom a terror has seized,

Asim is his safety.

Asim is safety

Finds in Asim his security.