جَزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا جَعْفَرًا حِينَ أَزْلَفَتْ

جَزَى اللَّهُ عَنَّا جَعْفَرًا حِينَ أَزْلَفَتْ

بِنَا نَعْلُنَا فِي الْوَاطِئِينَ فَزَلَّتِ

بِنَا نَعْلُنَا فِي الْوَاطِئِينَ فَزَلَّتِ

May God reward Ja‘far on our behalf, when it brought us forward—

May Allah reward Ja'far, when our sandals

our sandal among those who trod—and then slipped.

Nearly slipped from our feet as we climbed.

همُ خلطونا بالنفوس وألجأوا

همُ خلطونا بالنفوس وألجأوا

إلى حجرات أدفأت وأظلت

إلى حجرات أدفأت وأظلت

They mingled us with their own selves and gave us shelter

They confused us with the masses and forced

in chambers that warmed and shaded us.

Us into heated, shaded rooms.

أَبَوْا أَنْ يَمَلُّونَا وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَمَّنَا

أَبَوْا أَنْ يَمَلُّونَا وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَمَّنَا

تُلاقِي الَّذِي يَلْقَوْنَ مِنَّا لَمَلَّتِ

تُلاقِي الَّذِي يَلْقَوْنَ مِنَّا لَمَلَّتِ

They refused to tire of us; even if our mother

They refused to bore us, though if our mother

faced what they face from us, she would have tired.

Met what we meet from them, she would be bored.

وقالوا هلمَّ الدارَ حتى تبينوا

وقالوا هلمَّ الدارَ حتى تبينوا

وتنجَلي الغَمَاءُ عمَّا تجلَّتِ

وتنجَلي الغَمَاءُ عمَّا تجلَّتِ

And they said, “Come to the house until you see clearly,

And they said, "Come, the house, so you may see clearly

and the dark distress lifts from whatever comes to light.”

And the clouds over what is seen may disperse."

ومن بعدما كنا لسلمى وأهلها

ومن بعدما كنا لسلمى وأهلها

قطيناً وملتنا البلادُ وملتِ

قطيناً وملتنا البلادُ وملتِ

And after we had been, for Salma and her people,

After we were for Salma and her people

household dependents—and the lands wearied of us, and she too—

Strangers, the lands filled us and we filled them.

سنجزي بإحسانِ الأيادي التي مضت

سنجزي بإحسانِ الأيادي التي مضت

لها عِندنا كبَّرَت وأهَلّتِ

لها عِندنا كبَّرَت وأهَلّتِ

we shall repay with kindness the favors bestowed,

We will repay with kind deeds of hands that have passed

for which, among us, God’s greatness was proclaimed and voices raised.

For us exalted and made worthy.