عَهدِي بِبَيتِ القُدسِ وهوَ مُقَدَّسُ

عَهدِي بِبَيتِ القُدسِ وهوَ مُقَدَّسُ

وَالدِّينُ دِينٌ والبُراقُ بُرَاق

وَالدِّينُ دِينٌ والبُراقُ بُرَاق

I remember the House of Jerusalem as sacred,

My covenant with Bayt al-Maqdis, it being sanctified

And religion as religion, and Buraq as Buraq.

Religion is religion, and al-Buraq is al-Buraq

وأهمُّ مَا لِلمُسلمِينَ شَعَائِرٌ

وأهمُّ مَا لِلمُسلمِينَ شَعَائِرٌ

مِن دُونِها الأروَاحُ والأعنَاق

مِن دُونِها الأروَاحُ والأعنَاق

And most important to Muslims are sacred rites,

The most important rituals for Muslims

Lives and necks stand in their defense.

Without them, souls and necks are lost

عَجَبِي منِ ابنِ يَهُودٍ يَعرِفُ قَدرَه

عَجَبِي منِ ابنِ يَهُودٍ يَعرِفُ قَدرَه

وَيُؤُم بيضَ الهندِ وهيَ رِقَاق

وَيُؤُم بيضَ الهندِ وهيَ رِقَاق

I marvel at a son of Jews who knows his worth,

I wonder at the son of a Jew who knows his worth

And heads toward India's gleaming blades, slender as they are.

And leads the whites of India, and they are sheets

ما كَانَ بِالأمرِ الخفِيفِ سمَاعُهُ

ما كَانَ بِالأمرِ الخفِيفِ سمَاعُهُ

فسَماعُه وَاللهِ ليسَ يُطَاق

فسَماعُه وَاللهِ ليسَ يُطَاق

Hearing it was no trivial matter,

It was not a trivial matter, his hearing it

For hearing it, by God, cannot be borne.

His hearing, by God, cannot be borne

حَنُّوا إلَى مَبكَاهُمُ فَدَعَوهُم

حَنُّوا إلَى مَبكَاهُمُ فَدَعَوهُم

لم تخلُ مِن مبكَاهُمُ آفَاقُ

لم تخلُ مِن مبكَاهُمُ آفَاقُ

They longed for their place of weeping, so leave them be;

They inclined towards their crying, so they called them

No horizon was without their place of weeping.

Their horizons did not lack crying

كذَبَ اليهُودُ بِوَعدِهَا بلفُورهاَ

كذَبَ اليهُودُ بِوَعدِهَا بلفُورهاَ

بَلفورُ طعمُ المُسلمِينَ زُعَأق

بَلفورُ طعمُ المُسلمِينَ زُعَأق

The Jews lied to their Balfour with their promise;

The Jews lied about their promise in the Balfour Declaration

Balfour, the taste of Muslims is bitter and briny.

Balfour, the taste of Muslims is bitterness

هَذا الوِفَاقُ وَهَذِه آيَاته

هَذا الوِفَاقُ وَهَذِه آيَاته

فَإذَا تَخَيَّبَ فَالوِفَاقُ نِفاقُ

فَإذَا تَخَيَّبَ فَالوِفَاقُ نِفاقُ

This is the accord, and these are its signs;

This is the agreement and these are its signs

So if it fails, then the accord is hypocrisy.

So if it fails, then the agreement is hypocrisy