جَلّ مَن صوَّر مِن ماءٍ مَهين

جَلّ مَن صوَّر مِن ماءٍ مَهين

صُوَراً تَسْبِي قلوبَ العالَمينْ

صُوَراً تَسْبِي قلوبَ العالَمينْ

Exalted is He who fashioned from lowly water

Sublime is one who molded from humble water

forms that captivate the hearts of all humankind,

Images that capture the hearts of all people

وأرانا قُضُباً في كُثُبٍ

وأرانا قُضُباً في كُثُبٍ

تُخجِلُ الأغصانَ في قَدٍّ ولين

تُخجِلُ الأغصانَ في قَدٍّ ولين

and showed us slender shoots amid dunes

And showed us staffs among dunes

that put branches to shame in stature and suppleness.

That shame the tenderness of branches