وَمُظلِمَةٍ عَلَيَّ مِنَ اللَيالي

وَمُظلِمَةٍ عَلَيَّ مِنَ اللَيالي

جَلا ظَلماءَها عَنّي بِلالُ

جَلا ظَلماءَها عَنّي بِلالُ

And many a night that darkened over me—

In the darkness of nights that overwhelmed me

Bilal cleared its darkness away from me,

Their darkness was dispelled from me by the crescent moon

بِخَيرِ يَمينِ مَدعُوٍّ لِخَيرٍ

بِخَيرِ يَمينِ مَدعُوٍّ لِخَيرٍ

تُعاوِنُها إِذا نَهَضَت شِمالُ

تُعاوِنُها إِذا نَهَضَت شِمالُ

With the finest right hand of one called upon for good,

With the blessed right hand of one called to goodness

A left hand helping it whenever it rises.

It supports it when the left rises

بِحَقّي أَن أَكونَ إِلَيكَ أَسعى

بِحَقّي أَن أَكونَ إِلَيكَ أَسعى

وَفي يَدِكَ العُقوبَةُ وَالنَوالُ

وَفي يَدِكَ العُقوبَةُ وَالنَوالُ

It is right that I should hasten to you,

It is my right that I hasten to you

With punishment and bounty in your hand.

And in your hand lies chastisement and boon

تَرى الأَبصارَ خاشِعَةً إِلَيهِ

تَرى الأَبصارَ خاشِعَةً إِلَيهِ

كَما يَشخَصنَ حينَ يُرى الهِلالُ

كَما يَشخَصنَ حينَ يُرى الهِلالُ

You see eyes humbly turned toward him,

You see the eyes humbly turned to Him

As they gaze fixedly when the crescent moon is sighted.

As they glance upward when the crescent is seen

رَأَيتُكَ قَد نَضَلتَ وَأَنتَ تَرمي

رَأَيتُكَ قَد نَضَلتَ وَأَنتَ تَرمي

عَنِ الأَحسابِ إِذجَدَّ النِضالُ

عَنِ الأَحسابِ إِذجَدَّ النِضالُ

I saw you prevail as you shot

I saw you had excelled while you shoot

In defense of ancestral honor, when the archery contest grew earnest.

Beyond reckoning when strife was heated

فَإِنّي وَالَّذي حَجَّت قُرَيشٌ

فَإِنّي وَالَّذي حَجَّت قُرَيشٌ

لِكَعبَتِهِ وَما ضَمَّت إِلالُ

لِكَعبَتِهِ وَما ضَمَّت إِلالُ

For I swear by Him to whom Quraysh made pilgrimage,

By the one to whom Quraysh made pilgrimage

At His Kaaba, with all whom Ilal embraced—

To His Kaaba and what Ila contains

وَإِنّي حافِظٌ فَاِحفَظ يَميني

وَإِنّي حافِظٌ فَاِحفَظ يَميني

بِمَكَّةَ حَيثُ أُلقِيَتِ الرِحالُ

بِمَكَّةَ حَيثُ أُلقِيَتِ الرِحالُ

And I keep my word; so remember my oath—

I am a keeper so keep my oath

At Mecca, where the camel-saddles were laid down:

In Mecca where the mounts were lodged

لِتَرتَحِلَن إِلَيكَ بِبَطنِ جَمعٍ

لِتَرتَحِلَن إِلَيكَ بِبَطنِ جَمعٍ

قَوافٍ تَحتَها النوقُ العِجالُ

قَوافٍ تَحتَها النوقُ العِجالُ

There shall surely journey to you through the valley of Jamʿ

That they may migrate to you with a host

Rhymes, with swift she-camels beneath them.

Of laden camels beneath them the swift she-camels

فَكَم لَكَ مِن أَبٍ يَعلو وَتَنمي

فَكَم لَكَ مِن أَبٍ يَعلو وَتَنمي

بِهِ الشُمُّ الشَماريخُ الطُوالُ

بِهِ الشُمُّ الشَماريخُ الطُوالُ

How many a forefather of yours towers high, and there grow

Many a father for you ascends and grows

Through him the lofty, towering peaks!

With him the lofty date palms ever tall