ألا يا جبرَائِيلٌ نَمَاكَ دُودَ

ألا يا جبرَائِيلٌ نَمَاكَ دُودَ

إلى عَلَياء نَمَتكَ لها الجُدُودُ

إلى عَلَياء نَمَتكَ لها الجُدُودُ

Lo, O Jibra'il, Doud raised you

O Gabriel! Your sleep was infested with worms

to eminence, to which your forefathers raised you.

Yet to the Exalted your growth brought rewards

وَسمَّاكَ الأمينَ وذي سُماةٌ

وَسمَّاكَ الأمينَ وذي سُماةٌ

بها تعلُو إذَا حَضَرَ الوفُودُ

بها تعلُو إذَا حَضَرَ الوفُودُ

And he named you al-Amin, 'the Trustworthy'—and this is a distinction

And you were named the Trustworthy, by the Namers

through which you rise when delegations arrive.

With it you rise when the delegations come

وأحضَرَكَ الكِرامَ لِتَفتَفِيهَا

وأحضَرَكَ الكِرامَ لِتَفتَفِيهَا

وليتَ زَمانَ حضرَتِهِ يَعودُ

وليتَ زَمانَ حضرَتِهِ يَعودُ

And he brought you before the noble ones, so you might ... there [wording unclear].

And it brought you close to the Generous

And if only the days of his presence would return!

Would that the time of your presence recur

وأُمُّكَ في الورَى عَصمَاءُ عِقدٍ

وأُمُّكَ في الورَى عَصمَاءُ عِقدٍ

يَتِيَمتُهُ إذَا نُظِمَ العُقُود

يَتِيَمتُهُ إذَا نُظِمَ العُقُود

And your mother, among humankind, is a necklace's flawless jewel,

Your mother in the world is a protected pearl

its peerless pearl when necklaces are strung.

An orphan without her when contracts are bound

لَها صُبحٌ تَبَلَجَّ تحت لَيلٍ

لَها صُبحٌ تَبَلَجَّ تحت لَيلٍ

وألمَى وَاضحٍ عَسِلٌ بَرُودُ

وألمَى وَاضحٍ عَسِلٌ بَرُودُ

She has a dawn that shines beneath a night,

For her is a morning that shone under night

and a dark-lipped, gleaming mouth, honey-sweet and cool.

And hopes of clarity, cool honey