يا رَبُّ قَد أَبلاني

يا رَبُّ قَد أَبلاني

حُبّي لِذا الخَوّانِ

حُبّي لِذا الخَوّانِ

O Lord, I have indeed been worn down

O Lord, my love for this friend has weakened me

by my love for this treacherous one.

And my tears have betrayed my secret

وَباحَ دَمعي بِسِرّي

وَباحَ دَمعي بِسِرّي

وَخانَني كِتماني

وَخانَني كِتماني

And my tears have disclosed my secret,

And my silence has betrayed me

and my concealment has betrayed me.

O flower of the garden

يا زَهرَةَ البُستانِ

يا زَهرَةَ البُستانِ

يا نَفحَةَ الرَيحانِ

يا نَفحَةَ الرَيحانِ

O flower of the garden,

O breeze of sweet basil

O breath of sweet basil,

You are the son of the full moon and the sun

أَنتَ اِبنُ بَدرٍ وَشَمسٍ

أَنتَ اِبنُ بَدرٍ وَشَمسٍ

ما أَنتَ مِن إِنسانِ

ما أَنتَ مِن إِنسانِ

you are the son of a full moon and a sun;

You are not just a human

you are no human being.

Nothing compares to your mansion

ما لِلثُرَيّا شَبيهٌ

ما لِلثُرَيّا شَبيهٌ

فيما بَنى قَطُّ بانِ

فيما بَنى قَطُّ بانِ

Al-Thurayya has no equal

With walls of light

among all that any builder has ever built.

And a roof of fire

حيطانُهُ مِن نورٍ

حيطانُهُ مِن نورٍ

وَالسَقفُ مِن نيرانِ

وَالسَقفُ مِن نيرانِ

Its walls are made of light,

And a courtyard of ruby

and its roof is made of flames.

Delighting the eyes in paradise

وَالصَحنُ ياقوتُ دُرٍّ

وَالصَحنُ ياقوتُ دُرٍّ

لِلعَينِ في جِنانِ

لِلعَينِ في جِنانِ

And the courtyard is a ruby of pearls,

With water flowing over it

to the eye, amid gardens.

In a sparkling stream

وَالماءُ يَعدو عَلَيها

وَالماءُ يَعدو عَلَيها

في جَدوَلٍ رَيّانِ

في جَدوَلٍ رَيّانِ

And the water races across them

So live there in peace

in a brimming stream.

Caliph of the Merciful

فَعِش بِذاكَ سَليماً

فَعِش بِذاكَ سَليماً

خَليفَةَ الرَحمَنِ

خَليفَةَ الرَحمَنِ

So live there safe and sound,

And be with time, for an age

O caliph of the All-Merciful.

With a life as long as the life of the building

وَكُن مَعَ الدَهرِ دَهراً

وَكُن مَعَ الدَهرِ دَهراً

عُمراً كَما عُمرانِ

عُمراً كَما عُمرانِ

And endure alongside Time for an age,

So you both remain

a lifetime as long as two lifetimes,

While the two burdens pass

فَتَبقَيانِ جَميعاً

فَتَبقَيانِ جَميعاً

وَيَنفَدُ الثُقلانِ

وَيَنفَدُ الثُقلانِ

so that you both remain together

Like the approaching of two wings

while humankind and jinn pass away,

Of this and that bird constantly flying

مِثلُ اِقتِرابِ جَناحَي

مِثلُ اِقتِرابِ جَناحَي

نِ ذا وَذا دائِبانِ

نِ ذا وَذا دائِبانِ

like the drawing together of two wings—

This grieved and that fell down

this one and that, both tirelessly in motion.

In a place

أَسَفَّ هَذا وَهَذا

أَسَفَّ هَذا وَهَذا

وَوَقَعا في مَكانِ

وَوَقَعا في مَكانِ

This one flew low, and that one,

And nothing lasts forever

and both alighted in one place.

And everything perishes

وَلَيسَ يَخلُدُ شَيءٌ

وَلَيسَ يَخلُدُ شَيءٌ

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فانِ

وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فانِ

And nothing endures forever,

and everything passes away.