هيَ العُلَى دونيَ مِنْهاجُها

هيَ العُلَى دونيَ مِنْهاجُها

والزَّهْرُ منْ ذِكْريَ آراجُها

والزَّهْرُ منْ ذِكْريَ آراجُها

It is loftiness—its path lies beneath me;

She is the most high, her way above me,

And the flowers draw their fragrances from the mention of me.

And the flowers are perfumed by the memory of her.

ورحْمةُ اللهِ أنا كلّما

ورحْمةُ اللهِ أنا كلّما

مدَّ يدَ الآمِلِ مُحْتاجُها

مدَّ يدَ الآمِلِ مُحْتاجُها

And I am God's mercy whenever

It is the mercy of God whenever

One in need of it stretches out a hopeful hand.

She extends her hand to one hopeful, needy.

وكعبةُ الجودِ أنا اليومَ إذ

وكعبةُ الجودِ أنا اليومَ إذ

تقْصِدُ موْلَى الخلقِ أفْواجُها

تقْصِدُ موْلَى الخلقِ أفْواجُها

And today I am the Kaaba of generosity, as

She is the Kaaba of generosity,

Its throngs make for the lord of creation.

As the crowds of mankind seek the patron of creation.

وحضرَةُ الملكِ وحَمْراؤهُ

وحضرَةُ الملكِ وحَمْراؤهُ

حكَتْ بُروجَ الأفْقِ أبراجُها

حكَتْ بُروجَ الأفْقِ أبراجُها

And the king's court and his Alhambra—

The king’s court and his red pavilion

Its towers mirror the constellations of the horizon.

Marked the horizon’s towers and mansions.

لَئنْ علتْ في أفْقِها مصْنَعي

لَئنْ علتْ في أفْقِها مصْنَعي

إكليلُها الرّائِقُ أو تاجُها

إكليلُها الرّائِقُ أو تاجُها

If indeed my edifice has risen on its horizon—

If my handiwork rose on her horizon,

Its lovely wreath or its crown—

A lovely crown or wreath it might fashion,

أو قَد سمَتْ شهْبُ سَمائي التي

أو قَد سمَتْ شهْبُ سَمائي التي

من فوقِ بابِ القَصْرِ مِعراجُها

من فوقِ بابِ القَصْرِ مِعراجُها

Or the meteors of my sky have soared, whose

Or if the meteors of my sky could rise

Ascent begins above the palace gate,

Above the gate of her palace enclosure,

فكُلُّ مَنْ ضلّ سَبيلَ الهُدَى

فكُلُّ مَنْ ضلّ سَبيلَ الهُدَى

يَهديهِ نحْوَ القَصْدِ وهّاجُها

يَهديهِ نحْوَ القَصْدِ وهّاجُها

Then everyone who has strayed from the path of guidance

Then all who lost the path of guidance

Is guided toward the right course by their blazing light;

Would be led by her to proper direction.

وكُل مَن أمّلَ سُحْبَ النّدى

وكُل مَن أمّلَ سُحْبَ النّدى

من كفِّه يُرْويهِ ثجّاجُها

من كفِّه يُرْويهِ ثجّاجُها

And everyone who hopes for clouds of bounty

And all who hope for the rainclouds’ downpour

From his palm has his thirst quenched by their downpour.

Will see their thirst quenched from her outpour.