عَيشُ ابنِ أآدَمَ لا يَدُومُ نَعِيمُهُ

عَيشُ ابنِ أآدَمَ لا يَدُومُ نَعِيمُهُ

سَيَّانِ فيهِ حَقيرُهُ وعظيمُهُ

سَيَّانِ فيهِ حَقيرُهُ وعظيمُهُ

The bliss of the son of Adam's life does not endure.

The life of the son of Adam does not last, his prosperity does not endure

In it, the lowly and the mighty are alike.

Both the insignificant and the great are equal in it

بينَ المُؤَمَّلِ في مَسَرَّةِ عَيشِهِ

بينَ المُؤَمَّلِ في مَسَرَّةِ عَيشِهِ

حَتَّى يَهُبَّ مِنَ المَمَاتِ نَسِيمُهُ

حَتَّى يَهُبَّ مِنَ المَمَاتِ نَسِيمُهُ

Amid hoped-for delight in his life,

Between the hopeful in the joy of his life

Until the breeze of death begins to blow.

Until the breeze of death blows upon him

يا غافِلاً وإلى التُرابِ مَصيرُهُ

يا غافِلاً وإلى التُرابِ مَصيرُهُ

والمَوتُ مِن كُلّ الجِهَاتِ تَرُومُهُ

والمَوتُ مِن كُلّ الجِهَاتِ تَرُومُهُ

O heedless one, whose destination is the dust,

O oblivious one, and to dust is his fate

And you seek death from every direction.

And death from all sides comes upon him

انظُر فَريدةَ دَهرِنا تحتَ الثَّرى

انظُر فَريدةَ دَهرِنا تحتَ الثَّرى

وازهِد فَنُزلُ العيشِ لَستَ تُقيمَهُ

وازهِد فَنُزلُ العيشِ لَستَ تُقيمَهُ

Behold the peerless jewel of our age beneath the soil,

Look at the jewel of our time beneath the soil

And renounce the world, for you cannot make life's lodging last.

And abstain from the lodging of life, you will not make it permanent

هذا لفاطِمَةَ المآلُّ وَفضلُها

هذا لفاطِمَةَ المآلُّ وَفضلُها

في كُلّ جِيدٍ لا يَضيعُ نَظيمُهُ

في كُلّ جِيدٍ لا يَضيعُ نَظيمُهُ

This is Fatima's fate; yet her virtue

This is the fate of Fatima, and her superiority

Adorns every neck, its strung pearls never lost.

In every excellence, its arrangement does not go to waste

بَيتُ الديانةِ مُلكُ مَجدِهِ قائِمٌ

بَيتُ الديانةِ مُلكُ مَجدِهِ قائِمٌ

لا تضمحِلُّ عَلى الدَّوامِ رُسُومُه

لا تضمحِلُّ عَلى الدَّوامِ رُسُومُه

The house of piety—its glorious dominion stands firm;

The house of religion, the kingdom of his glory remains

Its traces never fade through all of time.

Its customs do not wither for eternity

وَلأصلِها عُثمان ضَمَّت فِعلَها

وَلأصلِها عُثمان ضَمَّت فِعلَها

ولها الكمالُ جَديدهُ وقديمُهُ

ولها الكمالُ جَديدهُ وقديمُهُ

And to her descent from Uthman she added her deeds;

And for her origin, Othman, her deeds embraced him

And hers is perfection, both new and old.

For her is completeness, both her new and old

زَوجُ الأميرِ الباشا حُسينَ الرضي

زَوجُ الأميرِ الباشا حُسينَ الرضي

بحراً إذا أولى الجميلَ يُديِمُهُ

بحراً إذا أولى الجميلَ يُديِمُهُ

Wife of the emir, the worthy Hussein Pasha—

The husband of the princess, Hussein the content

An ocean: when he bestows kindness, he sustains it.

A sea that if he befriends the beautiful, makes it last

أمُّ المُلوكِ ولَن تَرَى أمثالهم

أمُّ المُلوكِ ولَن تَرَى أمثالهم

من كل حزمٍ والكمالُ نديمُهُ

من كل حزمٍ والكمالُ نديمُهُ

Mother of kings—you will never see their equals—

The mother of kings, and you will not see the likes of them

Each one resolute, with perfection his companion.

Of every wisdom, and perfection is its companion

هذي التي أضحت عُيونُ خِصالِها

هذي التي أضحت عُيونُ خِصالِها

تَبدُو كَبَدرٍ زَيَّنتهُ نُجُومُهُ

تَبدُو كَبَدرٍ زَيَّنتهُ نُجُومُهُ

This is she whose finest qualities have come

This is she whose eyes of perfection

To appear like a full moon adorned by its stars.

Appear like stars adorning the full moon

هذي التي رَبَّى اليتيمَ بُرُورَها

هذي التي رَبَّى اليتيمَ بُرُورَها

وبموتها كُلُّ الأنامِ فَطِيمُهُ

وبموتها كُلُّ الأنامِ فَطِيمُهُ

This is she whose kindness reared the orphan;

This is she who nurtured the orphan in her righteous care

And with her death, all humankind is weaned from it.

And by her death, all people are bereaved of her

هذي التي من سيلِ غيثِ غمامِها

هذي التي من سيلِ غيثِ غمامِها

جادَ اللئيمُ وزالَ عنهُ لئيمُهُ

جادَ اللئيمُ وزالَ عنهُ لئيمُهُ

This is she through whose clouds' flood of rain

This is she from whose raincloud of bounty

The base man grew generous, and his baseness left him.

The miserable gained, and wretchedness left him

يَفنى الزمانُ وذكرُها مسترسِلٌ

يَفنى الزمانُ وذكرُها مسترسِلٌ

والدهرُ حقا لا يموتُ كَريمُهُ

والدهرُ حقا لا يموتُ كَريمُهُ

Time perishes, yet her remembrance flows on;

Time will perish while her remembrance flows

And truly, time's noble one never dies.

And time, truly, does not kill its generous ones

فاغفر لها ربِّي وأكرِم نزلَها

فاغفر لها ربِّي وأكرِم نزلَها

والعبدُ لا يخشى وأنتَ رحيمُهُ

والعبدُ لا يخشى وأنتَ رحيمُهُ

So forgive her, my Lord, and grant her an honored lodging;

So forgive her my Lord, and honor her abode

And the servant does not fear, for You are merciful to him.

And Your servant does not fear, for You are most merciful

وبفضلِكَ المشهودِ قال مؤرخٌ

وبفضلِكَ المشهودِ قال مؤرخٌ

نزلت فسيحاً لا يقلُّ نعيمُهُ

نزلت فسيحاً لا يقلُّ نعيمُهُ

And through Your manifest grace, a chronicler said:

And by Your evident favor, the chronicler said

She has settled in a spacious abode whose bliss never wanes.

She came to rest in a bounty that does not diminish