The region of Delhi is adored by my grieved heart; in every speck of it the ancestors’ blood is asleep.

Why should not the land of this desolate garden be holy? This region is the shrine of the grandeur of Islam.

Kings of the Khair al-Umam are asleep in this land; dependent on whose rule remained the world order. (Khair al-Umam: The title of the Muslim Ummah as is conferred on them by the Holy Qur’an 3:110.)

Memory of assembly’s warmth still renders the heart restless; the splendor has been burnt but memory of the splendor is still secure.

Though Jahanabad also is a shrine for the Muslim; Baghdad as well is deserving of this magnificence.

This is the garden the source of whose pride was; the wild tulip which was called the culture of Hijaz.

Why should not the dust of this habitation be equivalent to Iram; which witnessed the footsteps of the Prophet’s successors. (Iram: This was a famous garden in Yemen, established on the model of Paradise by Shaddad, an ancient king. This word is also used for Paradise.)

The garden whose flower buds were the garden’s wealth is this. The graveyard of those who made Rome tremble is this. (Allusion to the struggle of the Muslim mujahids whose struggle in the cause of God and Islam shook up and ultimately destroyed the Eastern or the Byzantine part of the Roman Empire.)

The land of Qurtubah also is the light of the Muslim’s eye; which shined in Europe’s darkness like the candle of Toor. (Qurtubah: (Cordova) This important city in north-central Spain was the capital of the Muslim Khilafah in Andalus (Spain) for about three centuries from the middle of the eighth to the middle of the eleventh centuries. During this period its contribution to the strength of the Muslims and Islam in Spain as well as its rich and intellectual culture is famous… Allusion is to the leading role of Qurtubah in the spread of knowledge in Europe.)

Extinguishing of this lamp dispersed the assembly of Millat-i-Baidha and lighted the lamp of the present day’s materialistic civilization. (Millat-i-Baidha: It means ‘the nation like the illuminated egg’, which comes from the bright egg-shaped mark on the palm of Mosa A.S. Conferred by God at Mount Toor (The Holy Qur’an 27:12). ‘Allamah Iqbal has frequently used this name for the Muslim Ummah.)

This holy region is the grave of that civilization with which the life blood still exists in the veins of Europe’s vines.

The tract of Constantinople that is the Caesar’s city; the perpetual banner of the grandeur of the Ummah’s Mahdi.

Like the Haram’s dust this region is also holy; it is the shrine of descendants of Shah-i-Lawlak.

Its breeze is holy like the fragrance of rose; a voice is calling from the tomb of Ayyub Ansari (R.A.). (Eminent companion of the Holy Prophet S.A.W, who was martyred in a battle for the conquest of Constantinople during the Khilafah of Mu`awiyah R.A.)

O Muslim! This city is the heart of the Nation of Islam! This city is the reward for millenniums of blood sacrifices!

But you are that land, O the resting place of Mustafa (S.A.W.); even to the Ka`bah whose sight is better than Hajj-i-Akbar.

In the world’s ring you are shining like a gem; your land was the birth place of our grandeur.

That Magnificent Emperor got rest in your midst; under whose protection the world nations got security.

Whose successors became rulers of world’s empires, became successors of Caesar, inheritors of Jam’s throne.

If the Muslim nationalism is restricted to place; neither India nor Persia nor Syria is its base.

Ah Yathrib! You are the Muslim’s homeland and his shelter; you are the focal point of the rays of his inner feelings. (Yathrib: The original name of Madinah Munawwarah which is also used as an alternate name.)

As long as you exist, we will also flourish in the world; you are the morning of this garden we are the dew’s pearls. (This is a beautiful metaphor of the morning and its beauty created by the morning’s dew whose droplets shine like pearls. Just as the morning dew lends beauty to the morning, Muslims added beauty to the world (metaphor of a garden used) by shining like dew drops.)