لا استوحشت لكَ أرْبعٌ وقصورُ

لا استوحشت لكَ أرْبعٌ وقصورُ

وأقام ملكُكَ ما أَقام ثَبِيرُ

وأقام ملكُكَ ما أَقام ثَبِيرُ

May your dwellings and palaces never feel forlorn,

I did not feel lonely without you for four nights,

And may your reign endure as long as Thabir endures.

And your kingdom remained as solid as granite rock.

واستبهجت أُنْساً ديارك واكتسى

واستبهجت أُنْساً ديارك واكتسى

بك حسنَ حالٍ قصرُك المعمور

بك حسنَ حالٍ قصرُك المعمور

And may your dwellings rejoice in companionship; may it be clothed,

I found joy in your homelands, which were adorned,

Through you, in well-being—your flourishing palace.

With the beauty of your prosperous palace.

كادت لغيبة ليلةٍ أرجاؤه

كادت لغيبة ليلةٍ أرجاؤه

إذ لم تَحُلَّ بها إليك تطير

إذ لم تَحُلَّ بها إليك تطير

For an absence of one night, its precincts almost

Its corners almost wilted for the absence of a night,

Flew toward you, since you did not lodge in them.

When you did not come to it on a quick journey.

وشكا كما يشكو المحبّ صبابة

وشكا كما يشكو المحبّ صبابة

وبدا عليك له أسىً وزفير

وبدا عليك له أسىً وزفير

And it lamented its longing, as a lover laments,

It complained like a lover complains of yearning,

And grief and deep sighs for you were plain in it.

Revealing for you a deep grief and sighing.

فقدتْ جميعَ كمالها الأرضُ التي

فقدتْ جميعَ كمالها الأرضُ التي

خلَّفتها فغدت تكاد تمور

خلَّفتها فغدت تكاد تمور

All its perfection was gone from the land that

The land you left behind lost all its perfection,

You left behind, so it came close to heaving.

It almost crumbled into debris after you were gone.

بك تستضِئ الشمس في إشراقها

بك تستضِئ الشمس في إشراقها

والبدرُ في أفُق السماء يُنِير

والبدرُ في أفُق السماء يُنِير

From you the sun draws light as it shines,

The sun is illuminated by you at its rising,

And the full moon shines at the sky's horizon.

And the moon shines in the sky's horizon.

عجباً لحيّ لم تنله بلحظةٍ

عجباً لحيّ لم تنله بلحظةٍ

عيناك كيف يروح وهو بصير

عيناك كيف يروح وهو بصير

How strange, a living man untouched by a glance

How amazing that the living whom your eyes,

From your eyes—how can he depart still seeing?

Did not glance upon for a moment can still see!

يأيُّها الملِك العزيز المصطفى

يأيُّها الملِك العزيز المصطفى

والقائم المستخلَف المنصور

والقائم المستخلَف المنصور

O mighty king, the chosen one,

O noble chosen king, endowed with success,

And the upholder, the appointed successor, the victorious one.

Appointed ruler, and given triumph!

سقياً لأرضٍ زرتها وحللتها

سقياً لأرضٍ زرتها وحللتها

قد حلَّها التقديس والتطهير

قد حلَّها التقديس والتطهير

May rain bless the land you visited and lodged in;

A waterer of a land you visited and lodged,

Sanctification and purification have indeed settled there.

Sanctified and purified by your presence.

نالت بفضلك في العلا سَرَدوسُ ما

نالت بفضلك في العلا سَرَدوسُ ما

قد نال من فضل لموسى الطورُ

قد نال من فضل لموسى الطورُ

Through your excellence, Saradus attained in eminence what

By your grace, Mount Sinai attained what,

The Mount had attained through Moses' excellence.

Mount Tur attained by the favor of Moses.

لو أنها تدري وتعقِل لانبرت

لو أنها تدري وتعقِل لانبرت

شوقاً تحجُّك أرضُها وتزور

شوقاً تحجُّك أرضُها وتزور

If it knew and understood, it would set forth—

If it could know and understand, your land would set out,

Its land, longing to make pilgrimage to you and visit you.

Yearning to perform pilgrimage, and visit you.

ولقد شكا القصر الذي خلَّفته

ولقد شكا القصر الذي خلَّفته

من ليلةٍ ما يشتكي المهجور

من ليلةٍ ما يشتكي المهجور

And indeed the palace you left behind lamented,

The palace you left behind complained,

After one night, what the forsaken one laments.

Of a night - it does not complain when abandoned!

وتضاءلت أحجارُه وأقلُّ ما

وتضاءلت أحجارُه وأقلُّ ما

شكتِ الفِراقَ جنادل وصخور

شكتِ الفِراقَ جنادل وصخور

And its stones dwindled; the least of those that

Its stones shrank, and the least,

Lamented parting were boulders and rocks.

That the corridors and rocks complained of was separation.

وشكا تغيّر قلبِه وفؤادِه

وشكا تغيّر قلبِه وفؤادِه

فيه صغير مخلص وكبير

فيه صغير مخلص وكبير

And each lamented the change in his heart and inmost heart—

It complained of the change of its heart and innermost being.

Within it, the loyal, young and old.

Both young and old sincere souls.