رَعَىmay guard اللهُGod ثَنِيَّاتِthe mountain passes of الْقِبَابِthe domed tents
رَعَى اللهُ ثَنِيَّاتِ الْقِبَابِ
وَرَوَّضَهَاand make them verdant بِأَنْدَاءِwith the dews of السَّحَابِthe clouds
وَرَوَّضَهَا بِأَنْدَاءِ السَّحَابِ
May God guard the mountain passes of the domed tents,
God tended the folds of the domes
May God watch over the winding passes of the domed tents,
And make them verdant with the clouds' dew.
And watered them with the dew of clouds
And turn them to meadows with the dew of the clouds,
نُجُومٌstars فِيin خِيَامٍtents مُشْرِقَاتٌshining
نُجُومٌ فِي خِيَامٍ مُشْرِقَاتٌ
كَنُورِlike the light of الشَّيْبِgray hair فِيin حَلَكِthe blackness of الشَّبَابِyouth
كَنُورِ الشَّيْبِ فِي حَلَكِ الشَّبَابِ
Stars shining in tents,
Stars in resplendent tents
Radiant stars shining within the tents,
Like the light of gray hair in the blackness of youth.
Like the light of gray hair in the locks of youth
Like the light of white hair in the pitch-black of youth.