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You were the best of creation in guiding my children,

وسطت خير الورى في هدى أولادي

1. You were the best of creation in guiding my children,
And after the Messenger of Allah there is no other guide.

١. وسطت خير الورى في هدى أولادي
وليس بعد رسول الله من هادي

2. O Mustafa, after Allah you are their refuge,
So grant them abundant goodness from the best provisions.

٢. يا مصطفى أنت بعد الله ملجؤهم
فامنحهم مدَداً من خير أمداد

3. Except you, O Messenger of Allah, no one looks after them,
And they are descendants of your beloved grandson.

٣. حاشى سواك رسول الله يلحظهم
وهم لسبطك من أفراد أحفاد

4. And all trace back to Fatima Al-Zahra,
And the branch undoubtedly can be lofty due to its roots.

٤. والكل ينمى إلى الزهراء فاطمة
والفرع لاشك قد يعلو بأجداد

5. Generosity and goodness are gathered in your right hand,
And your sweet sea is hoped for its downpours.

٥. الجود والخير في يمناك مجتمعٌ
وعذب بحرك مرجو لورداد

6. So look upon them and make their good purpose succeed,
And bestow upon them guidance and direction.

٦. فانظر إليهم ونجح حسن مقصدهم
وامنن عليهم بتسديد وإرشاد

7. If the days of time do not help them,
Then a glance from you waters the thirst of the seeker.

٧. إن لم تساعدهم الأيام من زمن
فنظرة منك تروى غلّة الصادى

8. O Lord, I have none but the Chosen as my intercessor,
I hope in him for myself and them for the best happiness.

٨. يا رب مالى سوى المختار واسطة
أرجوه لي ولهم في خير إسعاد

9. So my God, ease my chest through them without delay,
And make my life with them days of celebration.

٩. فاشرح إلهي بهم صدرى بلا مهل
واجعل حياتي بهم أيام أعياد

10. And grant them might and give them martyrdom,
Soon, and do not decree separation.

١٠. وارزقهم العز وامنحهم شهادتهم
عما قريب ولا تحكم بإبعاد

11. And return their absent ones in triumph and elevation,
For separation has made me disgusted with sleep and food.

١١. ورد بالفوز والعلياء غائبهم
فالبعد زهدني في النوم والزاد

12. If not for my hope that Allah protects him,
I would have cut my liver with the knives of yearning.

١٢. لولا رجائي بأن الله يحفظه
لقطعت بيد الأشواق أكبادي

13. My Master, my Master, let no one gloat over us,
And return the schemes of their envious ones in their throats.

١٣. مولاي مولاي لا تشمت بنا أحدا
ورد في النحر منهم كيد حساد

14. Show them clemency, benevolence and wellbeing,
And raise my status and worth among my peers.

١٤. وجد بعفو وإحسان وعافية
وارفع مقامى وقدرى بين أندادي

15. For the sake of the best of creation, the guiding one, and his family,
The arcs of salvation for the frightened and seeker.

١٥. بجاه خير الورى الهادي وعترته
سفن النجاة لمرتاع ومرتاد