إذا سِرْتَ سارَ النّورُ حيثُ تَعوجُ

إذا سِرْتَ سارَ النّورُ حيثُ تَعوجُ

كأنّكَ بَدْرٌ والبِلادُ بُروجُ

كأنّكَ بَدْرٌ والبِلادُ بُروجُ

When you travel, light travels wherever you turn.

When you travel, light travels wherever you turn

As though you were a full moon, and the lands its celestial mansions.

As if you were a full moon and the countries were stars

لكَ اللهُ منْ بَدْرٍ على أفُقِ العُلى

لكَ اللهُ منْ بَدْرٍ على أفُقِ العُلى

يَلوحُ وبَحْرٌ بالنّوالِ يَموجُ

يَلوحُ وبَحْرٌ بالنّوالِ يَموجُ

God be with you—what a full moon on the horizon of glory,

May God grant you a full moon on the horizon of the Highest

shining, and a sea surging with bounty.

That appears with an ocean swirling in waves

تفَقّدْتَ أحْوالَ الثّغورِ بنِيّةٍ

تفَقّدْتَ أحْوالَ الثّغورِ بنِيّةٍ

لَها نحْوَ أبوابِ القَبولِ عُروجُ

لَها نحْوَ أبوابِ القَبولِ عُروجُ

You inspected the condition of the frontier strongholds with an intention

You examined the state of the frontiers with an intention

that rises toward the gates of acceptance.

That inclines towards the gates of acceptance like a climb

وسكّنْتَها بالقُرْبِ منكَ ولمْ تَزَلْ

وسكّنْتَها بالقُرْبِ منكَ ولمْ تَزَلْ

تَهيمُ هَوىً منْ قَبْلِهِ وتَهيجُ

تَهيمُ هَوىً منْ قَبْلِهِ وتَهيجُ

And you calmed them by your nearness; they had never ceased

And you settled them close to you and did not cease

to wander lovesick before that and grow restless.

To yearn for love before it and stir it

مَرَرْتُ على وعْدٍ معَ الغَيْثِ بعْدَها

مَرَرْتُ على وعْدٍ معَ الغَيْثِ بعْدَها

فمَنْظَرُها بعْدَ العُبوسِ بَهيجُ

فمَنْظَرُها بعْدَ العُبوسِ بَهيجُ

I passed by afterward, as promised, along with the rain;

I passed by a promise of rain afterward

so their appearance, after frowning, is delightful.

So its view after gloom is delightful

فكمْ تَلْعةٍ قد كلّلَ النَّوْرُ تاجَها

فكمْ تَلْعةٍ قد كلّلَ النَّوْرُ تاجَها

ورَفّ علَيْها للنّباتِ نَسيجُ

ورَفّ علَيْها للنّباتِ نَسيجُ

How many a hillock has had its crown garlanded by blossoms,

Thus how many hills has light crowned their crowns

and a tapestry of greenery fluttered over it.

And waved over them to the plants interwoven

ولا نَجْدَ إلا رَوضَة وحَديقَةٌ

ولا نَجْدَ إلا رَوضَة وحَديقَةٌ

ولا غَوْرَ إلا جَدْولٌ وخَليجُ

ولا غَوْرَ إلا جَدْولٌ وخَليجُ

And no upland is anything but a meadow and a garden,

And we find no meadow or garden

and no lowland anything but a brook and a channel.

And no gorge but a stream and bay

أيُوسُفُ دُم للدّين تحْمي ذِمارَهُ

أيُوسُفُ دُم للدّين تحْمي ذِمارَهُ

إذا كانَ للخَطْبِ الأبيِّ وُلوجُ

إذا كانَ للخَطْبِ الأبيِّ وُلوجُ

O Yusuf, live on for the faith, protecting its honor,

Oh Joseph, blood of the religion, protect its pillars

when intractable calamity makes its entry,

When the mighty calamity has violent quakes

بفِتيةِ صِدْقٍ إنْ دَجا ليْلُ حادِثٍ

بفِتيةِ صِدْقٍ إنْ دَجا ليْلُ حادِثٍ

فهُمْ سُرُجٌ آفاقُهُنّ سُروجُ

فهُمْ سُرُجٌ آفاقُهُنّ سُروجُ

with true-hearted young men: if the night of misfortune darkens,

With the youth of sincerity, if the night of an event darkens

then they are lamps whose horizons are saddles.

They are lamps whose horizons are clear

بَقيت قَريرَ العيْنِ ما ذَرّ شارِقٌ

بَقيت قَريرَ العيْنِ ما ذَرّ شارِقٌ

وما طافَ بالبَيْتِ العَتيقِ حَجيجُ

وما طافَ بالبَيْتِ العَتيقِ حَجيجُ

May you remain, your eyes at peace, as long as the sun rises,

My eye remained delighted as long as a shining one scattered rays

and as long as pilgrims circle the Ancient House.

And pilgrims circumambulated the Ancient House