أَلبَستَنا العَدلَ أَبراداً مُفَوَّفَةً

أَلبَستَنا العَدلَ أَبراداً مُفَوَّفَةً

وَنَحنُ بِالحَمدِ وَالذِكرى نُوَشِّعُها

وَنَحنُ بِالحَمدِ وَالذِكرى نُوَشِّعُها

You clothed us in justice—striped mantles—

You clothed us with flowing robes of justice,

and we adorn them with praise and remembrance.

While we with praise and gratitude imbue them.

ذُمَّ الزَمانُ فَأَبداكُم لِنَحمَدَه

ذُمَّ الزَمانُ فَأَبداكُم لِنَحمَدَه

وَتِلكَ حُجَّةُ صِدقٍ لَيسَ يَدفَعُها

وَتِلكَ حُجَّةُ صِدقٍ لَيسَ يَدفَعُها

Time was reviled, so it revealed you that we might praise it;

Time dispraised you, so you revealed yourselves, that we may praise you,

and that is sound proof which it does not refute.

And this is evidence of truth none can refute.

وَشَقَّ حُجبَ خَفاياهُ فَلُحتَ كَما

وَشَقَّ حُجبَ خَفاياهُ فَلُحتَ كَما

يَنشَقُّ عَن جَبهَةِ الغَرّاءِ بُرقُعُها

يَنشَقُّ عَن جَبهَةِ الغَرّاءِ بُرقُعُها

And it parted the veils of its secrets, so you shone forth, just as

You rent the veils of mystery and shone forth,

the radiant woman's veil parts to reveal her brow.

As lightning rends the clouds that veil its face.