1. بقلبيَ وجدٌ ما عليه مزيدُ

    وشوقٌ إِلى بيتِ الحرامِ شديدُ

    In my heart is a longing that cannot grow greater,

    And intense yearning for the Sacred House.

  2. وشدة شوقِ المرءِ من شدةِ الهوى

    وما كلُّ أهواءِ النفوس حميدُ

    And the strength of one's longing springs from the strength of love,

    Yet not all souls' passions are praiseworthy.

  3. إِذا شقت الأهوا رجالاً فإِنني

    بهذا الهوى إِن أَتبِعْهُ سعيدُ

    If passions torment men, then I

    Am happy in this love, if I follow it.

  4. عسى يجمعُ الرحمنُ شَملي بمكة

    فما جمعَ شَملينا عليه بعيدُ

    May the All-Merciful reunite me with Mecca,

    For bringing us together is not beyond Him.

  5. ولو أنني أُعطى جناحاً يطير بي

    لَطرتُ إلى ما أشتهي وأُريدُ

    And were I given a wing to carry me aloft,

    I would fly to what I long for and desire.

  6. إلى بلدٍ لوفي المنِامِ رأيتُهُ

    لأَصبحتُ من فرطِ السرورُ أَميدُ

    To a land—if I saw it in a dream,

    I would wake swaying from overwhelming joy.

  7. إِذا شاء عبدالله أن شاء ربّهُ

    حججتَ وزرتَ المصطفى وأَعودُ

    If Abdullah wishes, if his Lord wills,

    You will make the pilgrimage and visit the Chosen One, and I shall return.

  8. وأَدعو له في موقف الحجِّ والدعا

    مجابٌ وأملاك السماءِ شهودُ

    And I shall pray for him at the pilgrimage's standing-place, where prayer

    Is answered, and heaven's angels bear witness.

  9. وقد مُدّتِ الأيدي وللعفوِ والرضا

    من الله سحبٌ بالنوالِ يجودُ

    Hands are outstretched, while pardon and favor

    Come in clouds from God, pouring forth bounty.

  10. هناكَ رضىً لا سخط فيه ورحمةٌ

    تعمُّ ووعدٌ ليس فيه وعيدُ

    There, favor is free of wrath, and mercy

    Embraces all, and a promise contains no threat.

  11. إِلهي قد استخلفتَ خيرَ خليفةٍ

    يواليكَ فيما يَبتدي ويُعيدُ

    My God, You have appointed the finest caliph,

    Who is loyal to You in whatever he begins and repeats.

  12. أَقامَ الهدى حتى استقام اعوجاجهُ

    وحتى أَزاح الغِيَّ فهو طريدُ

    He established right guidance until its crookedness was straightened,

    And until he drove error away, leaving it an outcast.

  13. إِلهي بلّغْهُ المُرامَ وفوقَهُ

    وقل لكَ من فوقِ المزيدِ مزيدُ

    My God, bring him to his goal and beyond it,

    And say, 'For you, beyond increase, is still more.'

  14. فللملكِ المنصورِ فيك حميةٌ

    يذبُّ بها عن دينهِ ويذودُ

    For King al-Mansur has zeal for You,

    With which he defends his faith and protects it.

  15. وكن عونَه واحرسهُ وانصر جيوشَهُ

    فما حفظُ شيء عليكَ يؤودُ

    And be his helper, guard him, and grant his armies victory,

    For safeguarding anything is no burden to You.