سَقى مَعهَداً مِن إِيلياءَ هَتُونُ

سَقى مَعهَداً مِن إِيلياءَ هَتُونُ

فَلِي بَينَ هاتيكَ الرُبوعِ شُجونُ

فَلِي بَينَ هاتيكَ الرُبوعِ شُجونُ

May a downpour water a remembered dwelling in Iliya;

A refuge drew water from Elya's springs

For I have sorrows among those abodes.

So my sorrows amidst those meadows prolong

وَلا زالَ خَفّاقُ النَسيمِ بربعِهِ

وَلا زالَ خَفّاقُ النَسيمِ بربعِهِ

يطيفُ فَإِن القَلبَ فيهِ رهينُ

يطيفُ فَإِن القَلبَ فيهِ رهينُ

And may the fluttering breeze within its grounds never cease

The breeze still fluttering around its expanse

To circle, for my heart is captive there.

For the heart therein remains captive

مَنازِلُ أَحبابٍ إِذا عَنَّ ذِكرهُم

مَنازِلُ أَحبابٍ إِذا عَنَّ ذِكرهُم

سَقَتهم عَلى بُعدِ الدِيارِ شُؤُونُ

سَقَتهم عَلى بُعدِ الدِيارِ شُؤُونُ

Abodes of loved ones: whenever their memory comes to mind,

Abodes of loved ones, when their mention passes

Tears water them, though their homes are far away.

Their memory from afar pours sorrow

أَقاموا وَسِرنا وَالفُؤادُ لَدَيهِمُ

أَقاموا وَسِرنا وَالفُؤادُ لَدَيهِمُ

مُقيمٌ وَهَل يَرعى الوِدادَ خَدينُ

مُقيمٌ وَهَل يَرعى الوِدادَ خَدينُ

They stayed, and we departed, while my heart with them

They stayed while we departed, and my heart

Remains—and does a close friend keep faith with love?

Remains with them, can affection be herded?

أَيا ساكِني البَيتِ المُقَدّس هَل تَرى

أَيا ساكِني البَيتِ المُقَدّس هَل تَرى

يَجودُ بِكُم دَهرٌ عَلَيَّ ضَنِينُ

يَجودُ بِكُم دَهرٌ عَلَيَّ ضَنِينُ

O dwellers of the Holy House, do you think

O dwellers of the sacred house, do you see

That time, so grudging toward me, will grant you to me?

Fate being stingy while time with you prolongs?

سَقى اللَهُ هاتيكَ الدِيارَ وَأَهلَها

سَقى اللَهُ هاتيكَ الدِيارَ وَأَهلَها

سحابُ دُنوِّ العَهدِ وَهوَ هَتُونُ

سحابُ دُنوِّ العَهدِ وَهوَ هَتُونُ

May God water those dwellings and their people

May God water those abodes and its people

With the rain-cloud of a bond still fresh, pouring steadily;

With clouds of nostalgia that are plentiful

وَخَصّ جَناباً فيهِ رُكنُ هِدايَةٍ

وَخَصّ جَناباً فيهِ رُكنُ هِدايَةٍ

لَهُ الفَضلُ خِدنٌ وَالوَفاءُ قَرينُ

لَهُ الفَضلُ خِدنٌ وَالوَفاءُ قَرينُ

And favor especially an abode that holds a pillar of guidance,

And bless a pillar wherein lies guidance

Whose intimate is excellence, and whose companion is loyalty:

To him belong grace, faithfulness his friend

سِراجُ المَعاني عمدةُ القَومِ وَالَّذي

سِراجُ المَعاني عمدةُ القَومِ وَالَّذي

لَدَيهِ جَميعُ المُشكلات تَهونُ

لَدَيهِ جَميعُ المُشكلات تَهونُ

The lamp of meanings, the people's mainstay, and the one

The lantern of meaning, leader of all

Before whom all difficulties grow easy.

To him all perplexities seem trivial

عَلَيكُم سَلامُ اللَهِ ما حَنَّ عاشِقٌ

عَلَيكُم سَلامُ اللَهِ ما حَنَّ عاشِقٌ

تَضاعَفُ مِنهُ أَنّةٌ وَحَنينُ

تَضاعَفُ مِنهُ أَنّةٌ وَحَنينُ

God's peace be upon you as long as a lover yearns,

Upon you is God's peace for as long as a lover pants

His sighing and yearning ever redoubling.

His sighs and yearning multiply twofold

فَوَاللَهِ ما فارَقتكم قالِياً لَكُم

فَوَاللَهِ ما فارَقتكم قالِياً لَكُم

وَلَكِنَّ ما يَقضى فَسَوفَ يَكونُ

وَلَكِنَّ ما يَقضى فَسَوفَ يَكونُ

For, by God, I did not leave you out of hatred for you;

By God, I never parted from you lightly

But whatever is decreed will come to pass.

But that which is destined shall come to be