عوجا بمغنى الطلل الدائرِ

عوجا بمغنى الطلل الدائرِ

بالخلدِ ذات الصخرِ والآجرِ

بالخلدِ ذات الصخرِ والآجرِ

Turn aside, you two, to the site of the crumbling ruin,

With ruins that circle endlessly,

At al-Khuld, with its stone and brick,

Of marble, brick, and stone masonry,

والمرمرِ المنسوب يطلى به

والمرمرِ المنسوب يطلى به

والبابُ بابُ الذهبِ الناضرِ

والبابُ بابُ الذهبِ الناضرِ

And choice marble used to face it,

And marble attributed and lined

And its gate a gate of gleaming gold.

With a door of polished, shiny gold.

عُوجا بها فاستيقنا عندها

عُوجا بها فاستيقنا عندها

على يقين قدرةِ القادرِ

على يقين قدرةِ القادرِ

Turn aside to it, and there be convinced

Ruins where we were certain,

Beyond all doubt of the power of the All-Powerful.

Of the power of the Able.

وأبلغا عنى مقالاً إلى

وأبلغا عنى مقالاً إلى

المولى على المأمورِ والآمرِ

المولى على المأمورِ والآمرِ

And convey from me a message to

And convey my words,

The lord over those commanded and those who command.

To the Master of all commands.

قولا له يا ابن أبي الناصرِ

قولا له يا ابن أبي الناصرِ

طهر بلادَ الله من طاهرِ

طهر بلادَ الله من طاهرِ

Say to him: O son of Abu al-Nasir,

Say to him, O son of Abu Nasir,

Purge God's lands of Tahir.

Purify the lands of God, from the pure.

لم يكفه أن حز أوداجهُ

لم يكفه أن حز أوداجهُ

ذبحَ الهدايا بمدى الجازر

ذبحَ الهدايا بمدى الجازر

It was not enough for him to slit his jugular veins,

It did not suffice that he tore his viscera,

As sacrificial animals are slaughtered with the butcher's knives;

Slaughtering offerings as far as the butcher goes.

حتى أتى يسحب أوداجه

حتى أتى يسحب أوداجه

في شطنٍ هذا مدى السائر

في شطنٍ هذا مدى السائر

He even came dragging his jugular veins

Until he came pulling his own viscera,

On a long rope—this is the traveler's end.

In a riverbed, such is the wayfarer's reach.

قد برد الموتُ على جنبه

قد برد الموتُ على جنبه

فطرفه منكسرُ الناظرِ

فطرفه منكسرُ الناظرِ

Death has settled cold upon his side,

Death has cooled upon his side,

So his eye's gaze is broken.

So his gaze is broken, no longer seeing.