بينما الجو بديع رائقٌ

بينما الجو بديع رائقٌ

فيه للنفس من الصفو مجال

فيه للنفس من الصفو مجال

While the sky was lovely and clear,

While the weather was so pleasant and clear

The soul had room in it for serenity,

Bringing joy and serenity to the soul

والهواء الطلق يهفو عابثا

والهواء الطلق يهفو عابثا

بغصون تتثنى بدلال

بغصون تتثنى بدلال

And the fresh breeze wafted, toying

The open air was blowing playfully

With branches swaying coyly,

Among the swaying branches so gentle

ومياه الحوض تنساب ضحى

ومياه الحوض تنساب ضحى

بين أشجار الحديقة كالصلال

بين أشجار الحديقة كالصلال

And the pool's waters flowed at midmorning

And the fountain's waters were flowing in the morning

Between the garden's trees like serpents,

Among the trees of the garden like strands

وشعاع الشمس منها مرسل

وشعاع الشمس منها مرسل

مثل أسلاك من النور طوال

مثل أسلاك من النور طوال

And the sun's rays streamed forth from it

The rays of sunshine emanating

Like long wires of light,

Like beams of light, long and bright

دهمتنا فجأة عاصفة

دهمتنا فجأة عاصفة

بظلام مسبكر من رمال

بظلام مسبكر من رمال

Suddenly a storm assailed us,

Suddenly we were struck by a storm

With a far-spreading darkness of sand,

With thick darkness from the sands

وصفيرٍ هو كالنفخة في الصور

وصفيرٍ هو كالنفخة في الصور

إيذاناً لدنيا بالزوال

إيذاناً لدنيا بالزوال

And a whistling like the blast of the Trumpet,

And a whistling like the blowing of a horn

Announcing to the world its end,

Announcing the demise of this world

وبروقٍ أمطرتنا شرراً

وبروقٍ أمطرتنا شرراً

هائلا كالقصر أو صفر الجمال

هائلا كالقصر أو صفر الجمال

And lightning that rained sparks upon us,

With lightning that showered us with sparks

Enormous as a palace, or like yellow camels,

Enormous like a palace or yellow camels

ورعود ذهل الناس بها

ورعود ذهل الناس بها

عن حطام جمعوه وعيال

عن حطام جمعوه وعيال

And thunder that made people oblivious

And thunder that startled the people

To the worldly goods they had amassed and their families.

Over the wreckage they gathered and their families

هي كالصيحة في شدتها

هي كالصيحة في شدتها

أو جبالٍ تتصادم بجبال

أو جبالٍ تتصادم بجبال

It was like the Cry in its intensity,

It was intense like a scream

Or mountains crashing into mountains.

Or mountains colliding with mountains

نكبة قد أصبح الجو لها

نكبة قد أصبح الجو لها

شر ميدان به شر قتال

شر ميدان به شر قتال

A calamity for which the sky had become

A calamity - the weather had become for it

The worst battlefield, with the worst fighting.

An evil battlefield of evil fighting

حملت ما صادفت في سيرها

حملت ما صادفت في سيرها

من متاع حطمته بالقلال

من متاع حطمته بالقلال

It carried off whatever it encountered on its way—

It carried whatever it encountered in its path

Possessions it shattered against the peaks.

Of possessions that it crushed and ruined

ليتها كان رآها نفر

ليتها كان رآها نفر

غرهم ما للطبيعة من جمال

غرهم ما للطبيعة من جمال

If only some people had seen it—

If only those who saw it, deluded

Those whom nature's beauty had deceived,

By nature's beauty, had remembered God

فنسوا الله الذي أبدعها

فنسوا الله الذي أبدعها

فائقا في صنعه حد الكمال

فائقا في صنعه حد الكمال

So they forgot God, who created it,

Who created it, exceeding in His making

Surpassing in His handiwork the bounds of perfection.

The limits of perfection, Glorious and Sublime

واستكيني واتركي الأمر لمن

واستكيني واتركي الأمر لمن

أبدع الكون تعالى ذو الجلال

أبدع الكون تعالى ذو الجلال

And submit, and leave the matter to Him who

Be reassured and leave the matter to Him

Created the universe—exalted is the Possessor of Majesty.

Who created the universe, Exalted be His Majesty