لله آيةُ سؤددٍ وجلال

لله آيةُ سؤددٍ وجلال

حملوه من فوق السرير العالي

حملوه من فوق السرير العالي

By God, what a marvel of eminence and majesty!

God has signs of glory and majesty

They bore him atop the lofty bier.

They carried Him above the lofty throne

مَاذا تداولت الرقابُ عشيةً

مَاذا تداولت الرقابُ عشيةً

من بدر أندية وبحرِ نوالِ

من بدر أندية وبحرِ نوالِ

What did the necks bear in turn that evening—

What did the necks whisper in the evening

A full moon of gatherings and an ocean of bounty!

Of the full moon gatherings and the sea of companionship

كنتَ الجَمال لَكلّ دهر باطل

كنتَ الجَمال لَكلّ دهر باطل

فاليومُ عُطّلَ كلٌ دهرٍ خالي

فاليومُ عُطّلَ كلٌ دهرٍ خالي

You were beauty for every vain age;

You were the beauty for every vain age

So today every empty age has been stripped bare.

So today every empty age is cancelled

مَنْ للعظائم إنْ فُقِدت يُزيَلها

مَنْ للعظائم إنْ فُقِدت يُزيَلها

عن حالها ويفك كلَّ عقالِ

عن حالها ويفك كلَّ عقالِ

Who, if you are gone, will face great calamities and dislodge them

Who can remove the magnificent things if lost

From their state, and undo every fetter?

From their state and unbind every knot