أُعيذ مَجدَكَ بِاِسمِ الواحِدِ الأَحَدِ

أُعيذ مَجدَكَ بِاِسمِ الواحِدِ الأَحَدِ

مِمّا يُرَقِّشُ ذُو شُؤمٍ وَذو نَكَدِ

مِمّا يُرَقِّشُ ذُو شُؤمٍ وَذو نَكَدِ

I seek protection for your glory in the name of the One, the Unique,

I protect your glory in the name of the One, the Unique

From the falsehoods embroidered by the ill-omened and ill-natured.

From the harm of the ominous and the gloom of the dispirited

وَأَطفَأَ اللَّهُ نُورَ الحاسِدينَ فَما

وَأَطفَأَ اللَّهُ نُورَ الحاسِدينَ فَما

تُؤتى مَعاليكَ مِن شَيءٍ سِوى الحَسَدِ

تُؤتى مَعاليكَ مِن شَيءٍ سِوى الحَسَدِ

And may God extinguish the light of the envious, for

And may God extinguish the light of envious souls, so nothing

Your lofty virtues are assailed by nothing but envy.

Can diminish your greatness except envy

أَبا شُجاعٍ رَعاكَ اللَّهُ مِن مَلِكٍ

أَبا شُجاعٍ رَعاكَ اللَّهُ مِن مَلِكٍ

سَما فَما مِثلُهُ في الناسِ مِن أَحَدِ

سَما فَما مِثلُهُ في الناسِ مِن أَحَدِ

O Abu Shujaʿ, may God watch over you—a king

Abu Shujaa’, may God protect you from every angel

So exalted that no one among men is his equal.

In the heavens, for none like you exists among people

أَمّا الفِراقُ فَتَأتينا رَواحِلُهُ

أَمّا الفِراقُ فَتَأتينا رَواحِلُهُ

غَداً وَيحدِجنَ لِلتِرحالِ بَعدَ غَدِ

غَداً وَيحدِجنَ لِلتِرحالِ بَعدَ غَدِ

As for parting, its riding camels will come to us

As for parting, its she-camels will come to us

Tomorrow, and be saddled for departure the day after tomorrow.

Tomorrow, and the tribe will be ready to depart the day after tomorrow

وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي لا أُسَرَّ بِهِ

وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ أَنّي لا أُسَرَّ بِهِ

لَكِن أَخافُ شَقاءَ الأَهلِ وَالوَلَدِ

لَكِن أَخافُ شَقاءَ الأَهلِ وَالوَلَدِ

And God knows that I find no joy in it,

God knows I do not rejoice in this

But I fear the misery of my family and children.

But I fear the misery of my family and children

وَهَل يَكونُ شَقاءٌ في الزَمانِ لَهُم

وَهَل يَكونُ شَقاءٌ في الزَمانِ لَهُم

كَغَيبَتي عَنهُمُ مَع ضيقِ ذاتِ يَدي

كَغَيبَتي عَنهُمُ مَع ضيقِ ذاتِ يَدي

And could there ever be any misery for them

Can there be misery for them in this world

Like my absence from them, with my means so straitened?

Like my absence from them, while my means are scarce?

أَلا وَوَجهُكَ أَشهى مِن وُجوهِهِمُ

أَلا وَوَجهُكَ أَشهى مِن وُجوهِهِمُ

عِندي وَأَنَّهُمُ الأَفلاذُ مِن كَبدي

عِندي وَأَنَّهُمُ الأَفلاذُ مِن كَبدي

Indeed, your face is dearer than their faces

But by God, your face is more precious to me than theirs

To me, though they are pieces of my liver.

And they are the flesh of my flesh and bone of my bone

وَبَلدَةٌ أَنتَ يا خَيرَ المُلوكِ بِها

وَبَلدَةٌ أَنتَ يا خَيرَ المُلوكِ بِها

أَحظى لَديَّ وَبَيتِ اللَّهِ مِن بَلَدي

أَحظى لَديَّ وَبَيتِ اللَّهِ مِن بَلَدي

And a town where you are, O best of kings,

You are, O best of kings, a country in which

Is dearer to me, by God's House, than my homeland.

I am more fortunate than my own homeland

فَأَسأَلُ اللَهُ أَن يَقضي اللِّقاءَ لَنا

فَأَسأَلُ اللَهُ أَن يَقضي اللِّقاءَ لَنا

وَأَن يَكونُ اِجتِماعاً آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

وَأَن يَكونُ اِجتِماعاً آخِرَ الأَبَدِ

So I ask God to ordain a meeting for us,

So I ask God to fulfill the meeting between us

And for it to be a reunion lasting to the end of time.

And to make it a reunion that will last forever