1. ضاءتا كالفرقدين

    في سماءِ الوالدين

    They both shone like the two Farqad stars

    In their parents' sky.

  2. لو ترى الزهراءَ من

    والدٍ بين اليدين

    If you could see al-Zahra

    Between a father's hands,

  3. وتراه ناظراً

    في محيا أشرقا

    And see him gazing

    At a face that shone,

  4. ويكادُ الطرفُ في

    حسنهِ أن يغرقا

    And his gaze almost

    Drowns in its beauty.

  5. وكتابُ الدرس في

    يدها تقرأُ فيه

    And the lesson book is in

    Her hand; she reads it,

  6. وتجيلُ الطرفَ في

    كل معنىً يحتويه

    And lets her gaze roam through

    Every meaning it contains,

  7. بذكاءٍ ساطعٍ

    جاءَ من نورِ الإله

    With radiant intelligence

    That came from God's light.

  8. خصهُ الله بمن

    قد حباه واصطفاهُ

    God reserved it for one

    Whom He had favored and chosen.

  9. زهرةٌ أينعها

    روضُ مجدٍ تالدِ

    A flower brought to bloom

    By a garden of ancestral glory;

  10. عرفُ مجدٍ مورثٍ

    والداً عن والد

    The fragrance of glory handed down

    From father to father.

  11. زينة الدنيا اسفري

    لأبٍ عن بهجتك

    Adornment of the world, unveil

    Your splendor for a father,

  12. واملئي قلبه نو

    راً بدا من طلعتك

    And fill his heart with light

    That shone from your face.

  13. نجمتا الأرض أنتما

    لحتما كالكوكبين

    You are the earth's two stars;

    You shone like the two stars.

  14. فإذا أسفرتما

    تخجلان الفرقدين

    So when you both unveil yourselves,

    You put the two Farqad stars to shame.