هذا هُوَ الرَوض رَوض المَجدِ وَالكرم

هذا هُوَ الرَوض رَوض المَجدِ وَالكرم

فَاِنظُر بِعَينَيك هذا الحُسن وَاِغتَنِم

فَاِنظُر بِعَينَيك هذا الحُسن وَاِغتَنِم

This is the garden—the garden of glory and generosity.

This is the garden, the garden of glory and generosity

So behold this beauty with your own eyes, and make the most of it.

So look with your eyes at this beauty, and seize the opportunity

بَيت دَعائِمُهُ مَجد وَطالَعه

بَيت دَعائِمُهُ مَجد وَطالَعه

سَعد وَساحَته كهف لمعتَصِم

سَعد وَساحَته كهف لمعتَصِم

A house whose pillars are glory, and whose rising star

A house whose pillars are glory, and its horoscope

Is good fortune; its courtyard is a refuge for one seeking shelter.

Good fortune, and its courtyard a cave for one seeking refuge

وَقاعَة تَدهش الابصار زينَتُها

وَقاعَة تَدهش الابصار زينَتُها

بِطالِعِ المَجدِ مَبناها وَبِالحكم

بِطالِعِ المَجدِ مَبناها وَبِالحكم

And a hall whose adornment dazzles the eyes,

A hall that dazzles sights, its adornment

Its edifice built under glory's auspices, and with wisdom.

Built with the rising glories, and with wisdom

حَدث اِذا شِئت عَنها بَهجَة وَعُلا

حَدث اِذا شِئت عَنها بَهجَة وَعُلا

وَدع حَديثِكَ عَن عاد وَعَن اِرم

وَدع حَديثِكَ عَن عاد وَعَن اِرم

Speak, if you wish, of its splendor and grandeur,

Speak, if you wish, of its splendor and loftiness

And leave off your talk of ʿAd and Iram.

And leave your talk of ‘Aad and Iram

وَنزه الطَرف في أَغصان دوحَتها

وَنزه الطَرف في أَغصان دوحَتها

وَاِنسَب لِبَهجَتِها ما شِئت مِن عَظم

وَاِنسَب لِبَهجَتِها ما شِئت مِن عَظم

And delight your gaze among the branches of its spreading tree,

And delight your gaze in its lofty branches

And ascribe to its splendor whatever greatness you wish.

And attribute to its beauty whatever grandeur you wish

عَروس مَجدا ذا أَبصَرتَها ظَهَرَت

عَروس مَجدا ذا أَبصَرتَها ظَهَرَت

عَن وَجهِ مُستَبشِر أَو ثغر مُبتَسِم

عَن وَجهِ مُستَبشِر أَو ثغر مُبتَسِم

A bride of glory—when you behold her, she appears

A bride of glory - when you see her, she appears

With a joyful face or a smiling mouth.

From a joyous face or a smiling mouth

وَاِلق المَسَرّات اِن قامَت اِلَيكَ فَكم

وَاِلق المَسَرّات اِن قامَت اِلَيكَ فَكم

بِها المَسَرّات قَد قامَت عَلى قَدم

بِها المَسَرّات قَد قامَت عَلى قَدم

And welcome joys if they rise to meet you—for how many

Meet with happiness if she stands before you - how many

Joys have stood within it, on their feet!

Joys have stood at your feet

صاحَت طُيور النُهى فَبِها مُؤرّخة

صاحَت طُيور النُهى فَبِها مُؤرّخة

يا ساكِنا في عُلاها أَنتَ في حرم

يا ساكِنا في عُلاها أَنتَ في حرم

The birds of wisdom cried out there, marking the date:

The birds of paradise cry out - with them dating

O dweller in its heights, you are in a sanctuary.

"O dweller in its heights, you are in a sanctuary"