حَنَانَيْك ! ما أَحْلى الوَفَاءَ وعِطْرَهُ

حَنَانَيْك ! ما أَحْلى الوَفَاءَ وعِطْرَهُ

إِذا نَشَرَتْهُ مُهْجَةٌ وسَرَائِرُ

إِذا نَشَرَتْهُ مُهْجَةٌ وسَرَائِرُ

Your tenderness, I pray! How sweet are loyalty and its fragrance,

Your tenderness! How beautiful loyalty is and its fragrance

When a heart and innermost thoughts spread it.

When a soul and feelings spread it

وما أَجْمَلَ الأيَّامَ زهْوُ عَطائِها

وما أَجْمَلَ الأيَّامَ زهْوُ عَطائِها

حَنانٌ وأَشْوَاقٌ زَهَتْ وبَوَادرُ

حَنانٌ وأَشْوَاقٌ زَهَتْ وبَوَادرُ

And how beautiful are the days—the splendor of their giving:

And how beautiful the days are when generosity blooms

Tenderness, blossoming yearnings, and first stirrings.

Tenderness, yearning have blossomed and beginnings

وما أَحْسَنَ الدُّنْيَا إِذَا الحُبُّ نَفْحَة

وما أَحْسَنَ الدُّنْيَا إِذَا الحُبُّ نَفْحَة

يَمُوجُ بهَا بِرٌّ غَنيٌّ وطاهِرُ

يَمُوجُ بهَا بِرٌّ غَنيٌّ وطاهِرُ

And how lovely the world, when love is a fragrant breath,

And how good is the world when love is a breeze

With which abundant, pure goodness surges.

With which goodness, rich and pure, surges

وما أَعظَمَ الحبَّ الغَنيَّ ، ونبْعُهُ

وما أَعظَمَ الحبَّ الغَنيَّ ، ونبْعُهُ

يَقينٌ وإِيمانٌ جَلَتْهُ المآثِرُ

يَقينٌ وإِيمانٌ جَلَتْهُ المآثِرُ

And how great is abundant love, whose spring

And how great is rich love, and its spring

Is certainty and faith, revealed by noble deeds.

Certainty and faith have adorned it with glories

هو الحُبُّ نَبعٌ لا يَغيضُ فتَرْتَوي

هو الحُبُّ نَبعٌ لا يَغيضُ فتَرْتَوي

نُفُوسٌ وتُروَى لهْفَةٌ ومَشاعِرُ

نُفُوسٌ وتُروَى لهْفَةٌ ومَشاعِرُ

Love is a spring that never dwindles, quenching

It is love, an inexhaustible spring

Souls, and slaking yearning and feelings.

Souls are quenched, and ardour and feelings are quenched

هو النّبْعُ : حُبُّ الله ، حُبُّ رَسُوِلِهِ

هو النّبْعُ : حُبُّ الله ، حُبُّ رَسُوِلِهِ

إِذَا صَحَّ روَّى الكونَ والنّبْعُ زَاخِرُ

إِذَا صَحَّ روَّى الكونَ والنّبْعُ زَاخِرُ

It is the spring: love of God, love of His Messenger;

It is the spring: the love of God, the love of His Messenger

When genuine, it waters the universe, and the spring overflows.

When it is sound, it quenches the universe and the spring flows

فَتُرْوَى بِهِ خُضْرُ الرِّياضِ وَوَرْدَةٌ

فَتُرْوَى بِهِ خُضْرُ الرِّياضِ وَوَرْدَةٌ

وتُرْوَى بَوادٍ بعدها وحواضرُ

وتُرْوَى بَوادٍ بعدها وحواضرُ

Through it the gardens' greenery and a rose are watered,

With it, the greenery of gardens and a rose are quenched

And after them, desert lands and towns are watered.

With it, meadows after them and settlements are quenched

وتمْضِي به حُلْوْ النَّسَائم والنَّدى

وتمْضِي به حُلْوْ النَّسَائم والنَّدى

ويَنْشُرُه في سَاحِرِ اللّحْنِ طائِرُ

ويَنْشُرُه في سَاحِرِ اللّحْنِ طائِرُ

Sweet breezes and dew carry it onward,

With it, the sweet breezes and dew flow

And a bird spreads it in an enchanting melody.

And a charming bird spreads it in enchanting melody

حَنَانَيْك ! هذا الحبُّ بِّرٌّ ورَحْمَةٌ

حَنَانَيْك ! هذا الحبُّ بِّرٌّ ورَحْمَةٌ

ولُحْمَةُ أَرْحَامٍ نَمَتْ وأواصِرُ

ولُحْمَةُ أَرْحَامٍ نَمَتْ وأواصِرُ

Your tenderness, I pray! This love is goodness and mercy,

Your tenderness! This love is righteousness and mercy

And a weave of kinship grown strong, and bonds.

And the bond of kinship has grown and ties

وصُحْبَةُ إِخْوانٍ تَدُومُ مَعَ التُّقى

وصُحْبَةُ إِخْوانٍ تَدُومُ مَعَ التُّقى

وعَدْلٌ مَعَ الإِنْسَانِ مَاضٍ وقادرُ

وعَدْلٌ مَعَ الإِنْسَانِ مَاضٍ وقادرُ

And brotherly companionship that endures with piety,

And the company of brothers lasting with piety

And justice toward humankind, unfaltering and powerful.

And justice with mankind, resolute and able

وأَجْمَلُهُ بَيْتٌ عُرَاهُ مَوَدَّةٌ

وأَجْمَلُهُ بَيْتٌ عُرَاهُ مَوَدَّةٌ

لَهَا سَكُنٌ حانٍ عَلَيْهِ وناشِرُ

لَهَا سَكُنٌ حانٍ عَلَيْهِ وناشِرُ

Its fairest form is a home whose bonds are affection;

And most beautiful, a house which affection has inhabited

It has a tender haven, caring for the home and spreading affection.

For it a tender home, it shelters and spreads

تُظلِّلُهُ الأَنْداءُ رَيّاً ورَحْمَةً

تُظلِّلُهُ الأَنْداءُ رَيّاً ورَحْمَةً

ويَحْفَظُه خَيرٌ مِنَ الله عَامِرُ

ويَحْفَظُه خَيرٌ مِنَ الله عَامِرُ

Dews shade it with refreshment and mercy,

The shadows shelter it, irrigating and showing mercy

And abundant goodness from God guards it.

And the best from God preserves it, flourishing

تَمُوجُ به الأَنْوارُ بَيْنَ رِحَابِهِ

تَمُوجُ به الأَنْوارُ بَيْنَ رِحَابِهِ

فَتَنْشَأُ فِتيانٌ به وحَرائِرُ

فَتَنْشَأُ فِتيانٌ به وحَرائِرُ

Lights surge through its spacious precincts,

In its expanses, lights surge

And young men and noble women grow up within it.

With it, youths grow, virtuous and free

شَبابٌ أَشِدّاءٌ كأَنَّ وجوهَهم

شَبابٌ أَشِدّاءٌ كأَنَّ وجوهَهم

من النُّور صُبْحٌ مَشْرِقُ الأُفْقِ ظاهِرُ

من النُّور صُبْحٌ مَشْرِقُ الأُفْقِ ظاهِرُ

Strong young people, as though their faces

Stalwart youths, their faces are like the radiant dawn

Were a dawn of light, radiant on the horizon and plain to see.

The reciting of verses, light and wisdom, so maidenly and flowering grow in it

وتُتْلَى به الآيَاتُ نُوراً وحكمةً

وتُتْلَى به الآيَاتُ نُوراً وحكمةً

فتنشأ فِيه حانِياتٌ نَوَاضِرُ

فتنشأ فِيه حانِياتٌ نَوَاضِرُ

Within it the verses are recited as light and wisdom,

She is the mother, tending to the ardour of longing for her husband

And tender, radiant women grow up there.

And a home and generations she has raised with pride

هي الأُمُّ يَرعَى لَهْفَة الشَّوق بَعْلها

هي الأُمُّ يَرعَى لَهْفَة الشَّوق بَعْلها

وبيتاً وأَجْيالاً رَعَتْها المَفَاخِرُ

وبيتاً وأَجْيالاً رَعَتْها المَفَاخِرُ

She is the mother; her husband tends her ardent longing,

He is the father, steadfast in righteousness, his generosity gushing

And a home and generations nurtured by glorious deeds.

And for the father is an evident right to stewardship

هو الأَبُ قوَّامٌ مَعَ الرشْدِ بَذلُهُ

هو الأَبُ قوَّامٌ مَعَ الرشْدِ بَذلُهُ

ولِلأبِ حَقٌّ بالقِوامَةِ ظَاهِرُ

ولِلأبِ حَقٌّ بالقِوامَةِ ظَاهِرُ

He is the father, a guardian whose giving follows sound judgment;

And love brings them together in the house, as if it is

And the father's right to stewardship is clear.

The companion of dew, a pleasant shade, abundant

ويَجْمَعُهُمْ في البَيْتِ حُبٌّ كَأَنَّه

ويَجْمَعُهُمْ في البَيْتِ حُبٌّ كَأَنَّه

رَفِيقُ النَّدى ظِلٌّ هِنيءٌ ووافِرُ

رَفِيقُ النَّدى ظِلٌّ هِنيءٌ ووافِرُ

Love gathers them in the home, as though it were

It is love, yearning is there and ardour

A companion to dew, a blissful, abundant shade.

With which a faithful and sentimental heart surges

هو الحُبُّ أَشواقٌ هُناكَ ولَهْفَةٌ

هو الحُبُّ أَشواقٌ هُناكَ ولَهْفَةٌ

يموجُ بِهَا قَلْبٌ وفيٌّ وَخَاطرُ

يموجُ بِهَا قَلْبٌ وفيٌّ وَخَاطرُ

It is love—yearnings there, and ardent longing,

Pure, like the breaths of morn, its gentle rustling

With which a faithful heart and mind surge.

Rich, like the flowing light, flourishing in the heart

نَقِيٌّ كأنْفَاسِ الصَّباحِ ، رَفِيفُه

نَقِيٌّ كأنْفَاسِ الصَّباحِ ، رَفِيفُه

غَنِيٌّ كَدَفْقِ النُّور ، في القَلْب عَامِرُ

غَنِيٌّ كَدَفْقِ النُّور ، في القَلْب عَامِرُ

Pure as morning's breaths; its fluttering

As if you are its musky youth, or that it

Is rich as light's outpouring, flourishing in the heart.

Is of perfumed blossoms, roses and flowers

كَأَنّ فَتِيتَ المِسْكِ مِنْه ، أو أنَّهُ

كَأَنّ فَتِيتَ المِسْكِ مِنْه ، أو أنَّهُ

من الْعَبَقِ الفَوّاحِ ورْدٌ وزَاهِرُ

من الْعَبَقِ الفَوّاحِ ورْدٌ وزَاهِرُ

As though crumbled musk came from it, or as though it were

As if the sweet breeze is the fluttering of its nostalgia

A rose of wafting fragrance, in bloom.

And the drifting of dew from it, rich and flowing

كأَنّ النّسيم الحُلْوَ خفْقُ حَنينه

كأَنّ النّسيم الحُلْوَ خفْقُ حَنينه

ورفُّ النَّدَى مِنْهُ غَنيٌّ وناضِرُ

ورفُّ النَّدَى مِنْهُ غَنيٌّ وناضِرُ

As though the sweet breeze were the throb of its yearning,

It is home! If you prepare it, it will be a nation

And the flutter of dew from it is rich and fresh.

For it triumphs in the arenas of life are foretold

هو البيْتُ ! إِن أَعْدَدْته كان أُمَّةً

هو البيْتُ ! إِن أَعْدَدْته كان أُمَّةً

لها في مَيَادينِ الحَيَاةِ البشائِرُ

لها في مَيَادينِ الحَيَاةِ البشائِرُ

It is the home! If you prepare it, it becomes a nation,

We have travelled, taking the path with difficulty and climbing

With glad tidings in the arenas of life.

Rocks, and we go beyond them and aspire

مَضَينَا نَشُقُ الدّربَ شَقّاً ونعتَلي

مَضَينَا نَشُقُ الدّربَ شَقّاً ونعتَلي

صُخُوراً ونمضي دُونَها ونُغَامِرُ

صُخُوراً ونمضي دُونَها ونُغَامِرُ

We went on, forcefully cleaving the path, and climbing

Thorns pierce us, wounds bleed with them

Rocks, pressing on before them and taking risks.

And with them our livers and sights bleed

يَعَضُّ عليْنا الشوكُ تَدْمي به الخُطا

يَعَضُّ عليْنا الشوكُ تَدْمي به الخُطا

وتَدْمي به أَكبَادُنُا والنَّواظِرُ

وتَدْمي به أَكبَادُنُا والنَّواظِرُ

Thorns bite into us; our footsteps bleed from them,

Our course guided by the light of truth, our religion

And our livers and eyes bleed from them.

And hearts the verses make serene, and insights

يَقودُ خُطانَا مِنْ هُدَى الحقِّ دِينُنَا

يَقودُ خُطانَا مِنْ هُدَى الحقِّ دِينُنَا

وأفئِدةٌ تُجْلَى به وبَصَائِرُ

وأفئِدةٌ تُجْلَى به وبَصَائِرُ

Our faith guides our steps by the guidance of truth,

And a promise to The Merciful, whose light is dazzling

And hearts and inner vision are made clear by it.

It poured forth, so darkness retreated

وعَهْدٌ مَعَ الرَّحْمن أَبْلَجُ نورهُ

وعَهْدٌ مَعَ الرَّحْمن أَبْلَجُ نورهُ

تَدَفَّقَ فانْزاحَتْ بِذاك الدّياجِرُ

تَدَفَّقَ فانْزاحَتْ بِذاك الدّياجِرُ

And a covenant with the All-Merciful, whose radiant light

The horizons spin around us, frightened, startled

Poured forth, and at that the darkness receded.

By blood in its arenas and massacres

تدورُ بِنَا الآفَاقُ حَيْرَى يَروعُهَا

تدورُ بِنَا الآفَاقُ حَيْرَى يَروعُهَا

دماءٌ على سَاحَاتِهَا ومَجَازرُ

دماءٌ على سَاحَاتِهَا ومَجَازرُ

The horizons turn about us, bewildered, horrified by

So these are the abodes of Muslims, upon them

Blood upon their grounds, and massacres.

Wolves and ferocious beasts pounced

فتلك دِيارُ المُسْلمين تَواثبَتْ

فتلك دِيارُ المُسْلمين تَواثبَتْ

ذئابٌ عَليْها أو وُحُوشٌ كَواسِرُ

ذئابٌ عَليْها أو وُحُوشٌ كَواسِرُ

For those are the Muslims' lands; there have leapt

They tear a land or tear a nation

Wolves upon them, or ravening beasts,

And its remains in the horizons scattered

تُمزِّقُ أرضاً أَو تُمزِّقُ أُمَّةً

تُمزِّقُ أرضاً أَو تُمزِّقُ أُمَّةً

وأَشلاؤُها في الخافقين تَنَاثَرُ

وأَشلاؤُها في الخافقين تَنَاثَرُ

Tearing apart a land, or tearing apart a nation,

The sorrows varied: the grief of a nation

And its torn limbs scatter across east and west.

And the passions of a folk defiled them disgraces

تَنوَّعَتِ الآلام : أحْزَانُ أُمَّةٍ

تَنوَّعَتِ الآلام : أحْزَانُ أُمَّةٍ

وأَهواءُ قومٍ لوَّثَتْهم مَعَايِرُ

وأَهواءُ قومٍ لوَّثَتْهم مَعَايِرُ

The pains are manifold: the sorrows of a nation,

So how many left the straight path, a brother of passion

And the whims of a people stained by disgrace.

Chasing the mirages of passion, confused

فكم غَادَرَ الدّرْبَ السَّويَّ أَخُو هوىً

فكم غَادَرَ الدّرْبَ السَّويَّ أَخُو هوىً

يُطاردُ أشْبَاحَ الهَوىَ وهو سَادِرُ

يُطاردُ أشْبَاحَ الهَوىَ وهو سَادِرُ

How many a man of passion has forsaken the straight path,

And the finest remained on the promise of sincerity

Chasing the phantoms of desire, while heedless.

Pearls of the essence of loyalty and jewels

وظَلَّ على العَهْدِ النَّقيِّ أَجِلَّةُ

وظَلَّ على العَهْدِ النَّقيِّ أَجِلَّةُ

لآلئُ مِنْ صَفْو الوَفَاءِ جَواهِرُ

لآلئُ مِنْ صَفْو الوَفَاءِ جَواهِرُ

And noble souls remained true to the pure covenant,

Your tenderness! This path we carry

Pearls from the purity of loyalty, precious gems.

The message of monotheism, fate has made it manifest

حنانَيْك ! هذا الدَّرب نحْملُ دُونَهُ

حنانَيْك ! هذا الدَّرب نحْملُ دُونَهُ

رسَالَةَ تَوحِيد جَلَتْها المقادِرُ

رسَالَةَ تَوحِيد جَلَتْها المقادِرُ

Your tenderness, I pray! This is the path; in its defense we bear

We will go on, God-willing, fulfilling our promise

A message of God's oneness, made clear by fate's decrees.

To God, no matter how frightening the perils

سنَمْضي بإذن الله نُوفي بِعَهْدنا

سنَمْضي بإذن الله نُوفي بِعَهْدنا

مَعَ الله مَهْمَا رَوَّعَتْنَا المخاطِرُ

مَعَ الله مَهْمَا رَوَّعَتْنَا المخاطِرُ

We shall go on, by God's leave, fulfilling our covenant

The light of certainty illuminates our path

With God, however much dangers terrify us.

With it, gloom and misfortunes recede

يُضيء لَنَا نُورُ اليَقِين سَبيلَنَا

يُضيء لَنَا نُورُ اليَقِين سَبيلَنَا

فَتَنْزاحُ عَنَّا غُمَّةٌ وعَوَاثِرُ

فَتَنْزاحُ عَنَّا غُمَّةٌ وعَوَاثِرُ

The light of certainty lights our path for us,

It is love from the spring of purity, its irrigation

And gloom and stumbling blocks fall away from us.

With it, our depths and conscience surge

هُوَ الحُبِّ مِنْ نَبْعِ الصَّفَاءِ رُوَاؤه

هُوَ الحُبِّ مِنْ نَبْعِ الصَّفَاءِ رُوَاؤه

تَمُوجُ بِه أَحْناؤنا والضمائِرُ

تَمُوجُ بِه أَحْناؤنا والضمائِرُ

It is love; its beauty comes from the spring of purity,

For this is the beauty of love, this is its majesty

Our inner recesses and consciences surge with it.

Enduring jihad has cultivated it

فهذا جَمَالُ الحُبِّ هذا جَلالُه

فهذا جَمَالُ الحُبِّ هذا جَلالُه

رَعَاهُ وزكَّاهُ الجِهادُ المثابِرُ

رَعَاهُ وزكَّاهُ الجِهادُ المثابِرُ

This is love's beauty, this its majesty;

For life is but a meadow, and its plants

Steadfast striving has nurtured and purified it.

A rich jihad, generous and thriving

فما العُمْرُ إلاَّ رَوْضَةُ وغراسها

فما العُمْرُ إلاَّ رَوْضَةُ وغراسها

جِهادٌ غَنيُّ بالعطاءِ وناشرُ

جِهادٌ غَنيُّ بالعطاءِ وناشرُ

For life is nothing but a garden, and its plantings

My tenderness! How many wounds you have dressed, and sighs

Are striving, rich in giving and spreading it.

You have soothed, and worries in the heart whispering

حَنَانيكِ ! كَمْ جُرح ضَمَدتِ وأنَّةٍ

حَنَانيكِ ! كَمْ جُرح ضَمَدتِ وأنَّةٍ

مَسَحْتِ وهَمٍّ في الفؤادِ يُدَاورُ

مَسَحْتِ وهَمٍّ في الفؤادِ يُدَاورُ

Your tenderness, I pray! How many wounds you have bandaged, how many groans

And how much wise counsel you have given

You have wiped away, and cares circling in the heart.

So a wise and sentimental heart set free

وكَمْ كَان مِنْ رأي رشيدٍ بَذَلِتِه

وكَمْ كَان مِنْ رأي رشيدٍ بَذَلِتِه

فأطْلَقَه ُ قَلْبُ ذَكيُّ وخَاطِرُ

فأطْلَقَه ُ قَلْبُ ذَكيُّ وخَاطِرُ

And how much sound counsel you have offered,

And how many nights I stayed up, watching their stars

And so a discerning heart and mind sent it forth.

As worries and more pressed me

وَكمْ لَيْلَةٍ قد بِتُّ أَرعى نَجْومها

وَكمْ لَيْلَةٍ قد بِتُّ أَرعى نَجْومها

فيطْرُقُني هَمّ وهَمُّ وآخَرُ

فيطْرُقُني هَمّ وهَمُّ وآخَرُ

And how many a night I have spent watching its stars,

You shared my worries with tenderness and wisdom

One care comes knocking at me, and another, and another.

And we remembered God, so minds cleared

فَشَارَكتني همّي حَناناً وحكْمِةً

فَشَارَكتني همّي حَناناً وحكْمِةً

وقُمنا بِذكر الله تُجلى الخَوَاطِرُ

وقُمنا بِذكر الله تُجلى الخَوَاطِرُ

So you shared my care with tenderness and wisdom,

We implored The Merciful secretly and openly

And we rose in remembrance of God, our thoughts made clear.

A heart conferring or a tongue professing

ضَرَعْنا إلى الرَّحمن سِرّاً وجهرةً

ضَرَعْنا إلى الرَّحمن سِرّاً وجهرةً

فَقَلبٌ يُنَاجِي أو لِسَانٌ يُجِاهِرُ

فَقَلبٌ يُنَاجِي أو لِسَانٌ يُجِاهِرُ

We humbly appealed to the All-Merciful, in secret and aloud,

We sought refuge in the safety of prayer and its safety

So a heart communes in whispers, or a tongue calls aloud.

Is humility, and those pouring tears

فَزَعْنا إِلى أَمن الصلاة وأَمْنُها

فَزَعْنا إِلى أَمن الصلاة وأَمْنُها

خُشوعٌ وهاتِيكَ الدّمُوع المواطِرُ

خُشوعٌ وهاتِيكَ الدّمُوع المواطِرُ

We took refuge in the safety of prayer, and its safety is

We travelled, taking the difficult path, and the rock before us

Humble reverence, and those tears that rain down.

And its thorns, and God is protector and supporter

مَضينا نشُقُّ الدَرْبَ والصَّخْرُ دونَنَا

مَضينا نشُقُّ الدَرْبَ والصَّخْرُ دونَنَا

وأَشواكُهُ ، والله حَامٍ وناصِرُ

وأَشواكُهُ ، والله حَامٍ وناصِرُ

We went on, cleaving the path, with rocks before us

And whoever is mindful of The Merciful will succeed, and whoever

And its thorns; God is protector and helper.

Betrays a promise to God, calamities will not let him be

ومَنْ يتَّقِ الرَّحمن يَنْجُ ومَنْ يَخُنْ

ومَنْ يتَّقِ الرَّحمن يَنْجُ ومَنْ يَخُنْ

مَعَ الله عهْداً لَمْ تَدَعْهُ الفواقِرُ

مَعَ الله عهْداً لَمْ تَدَعْهُ الفواقِرُ

Whoever is mindful of the All-Merciful is saved, and whoever betrays

And faith is not truthful unless it flows

A covenant with God is not spared by crushing calamities.

To shepherd truth, and truth is manifest

ولا يَصْدُقُ الإيمَانُ إِلاَّ إِذا جرى

ولا يَصْدُقُ الإيمَانُ إِلاَّ إِذا جرى

هواه لِيَرْعَى الحقَّ والحقَُّ ظاهِرُ

هواه لِيَرْعَى الحقَّ والحقَُّ ظاهِرُ

And faith is not sincere unless

And this is the majesty of love, with it the youth proceeds

Its desire runs to uphold truth—and truth is plain.

With it, the world and conscience are quenched

وَهَذا جَلالُ الحُبِّ يَمضي به الفَتى

وَهَذا جَلالُ الحُبِّ يَمضي به الفَتى

فَتُرْوَى به الدُّنْيا وتُرْوَى الضّمائِرُ

فَتُرْوَى به الدُّنْيا وتُرْوَى الضّمائِرُ

This is love's majesty, with which a young man goes forth,

So through it the world is watered, and consciences are quenched.