أطلعَ اللَّهُ وجهَ شهرِكَ هذا

أطلعَ اللَّهُ وجهَ شهرِكَ هذا

يا ابن يحيى كوجهِكَ الميمونِ

يا ابن يحيى كوجهِكَ الميمونِ

May God make the face of this month of yours rise,

May Allah reveal your face this month, O son of Yahya, like your auspicious face,

O son of Yahya, like your auspicious face,

Then glorify it for the outcomes of truthfulness, whose mysteries are like your trusted unseen.

ثم جلّاهُ عَنْ عواقبِ صدْقٍ

ثم جلّاهُ عَنْ عواقبِ صدْقٍ

غَيبُها مثلُ غيبِك المأمونِ

غَيبُها مثلُ غيبِك المأمونِ

then unveil it to reveal good outcomes,

By my life! It did not shade you but

whose hidden nature, like your own, is trustworthy.

The concealer of openness, the sincere of the hidden.

فلَعمرِي لما أظلَّكَ إلا

فلَعمرِي لما أظلَّكَ إلا

مُخبِتُ الجهرِ مخلصُ المكنون

مُخبِتُ الجهرِ مخلصُ المكنون

For, by my life, it spread its shade over you only as one

Like the one who has not ceased to be from old

humble outwardly and sincere inwardly,

With fasting and avoiding drowsing eyelids.

كالذي لم تزلْ عليه قديماً

كالذي لم تزلْ عليه قديماً

مِن صيامٍ ومن تَجافي جُفون

مِن صيامٍ ومن تَجافي جُفون

as you have always been, long before,

You have not transgressed in it what is besides it

in fasting and in keeping your eyelids apart.

Of known qualities, a help for you.

ما تعدَّيتَ فيهِ ما في سواهُ

ما تعدَّيتَ فيهِ ما في سواهُ

من سجايا معروفة لك عون

من سجايا معروفة لك عون

In it you went no further than at other times

You were silent in it and stood up after fasting

in your well-known, long-established virtues.

And prayers before it, nothing less.

صمتَ فيه وقمتَ بعدَ صيامٍ

صمتَ فيه وقمتَ بعدَ صيامٍ

وقيامٍ من قَبْلهِ غيرَ دون

وقيامٍ من قَبْلهِ غيرَ دون

You fasted in it and stood in prayer, after fasting

Neither your mouth nor your eyes fasted in it

and vigils before it that were no less.

Like the fasting of mouths, not eyes.

لَمْ يصُمْ فُوك دون عينيك فيهِ

لَمْ يصُمْ فُوك دون عينيك فيهِ

كصيامِ الأفواهِ دونَ العيون

كصيامِ الأفواهِ دونَ العيون

Your mouth did not fast in it without your eyes,

Rather, you were heedless in it of God's prohibited

as mouths may fast while eyes do not.

So you did not glance at them with eyelids.

بل تغاضيتَ فيه عن حُرم اللَّ

بل تغاضيتَ فيه عن حُرم اللَّ

ه فلم ترمِها بطرف شَفون

ه فلم ترمِها بطرف شَفون

Rather, in it you averted your eyes from things God forbids,

And you restrained the tongue from any estrangement

so you did not aim a keen gaze at them.

And protected the conscience from conjectures.

وكعَمْتَ اللسانَ عن كلِّ هُجْرٍ

وكعَمْتَ اللسانَ عن كلِّ هُجْرٍ

وحميْتَ الضمير رجمَ الظُّنون

وحميْتَ الضمير رجمَ الظُّنون

And you muzzled your tongue against all foul speech,

The Wise Knower of God is infallible

and shielded your inner self from the pelting of suspicions.

And the infallible is not like the tempted.

والحكيمُ العليمُ بالله معصو

والحكيمُ العليمُ بالله معصو

م وليس المعصوم كالمفتون

م وليس المعصوم كالمفتون

And the sage who knows God is protected from sin,

None complained about you, God forbid, none complain

and the protected is not like the tempted.

About one with rebellion and madness.

ما شكا منك حاشَ لله ما تش

ما شكا منك حاشَ لله ما تش

كوه من ذي تمرُّدٍ ومجُون

كوه من ذي تمرُّدٍ ومجُون

It never complained of you—God forbid—as you complain

Not even much disdain from them

of one given to rebellion and wantonness;

Like what the gluttonous bellies do.

لا ولا كثرة التأفُّفِ منه

لا ولا كثرة التأفُّفِ منه

مثل ما يفعلُ الرِّغابُ البطون

مثل ما يفعلُ الرِّغابُ البطون

no, nor of excessive grumbling about it,

Meet him safely, oriented

as those with ravenous bellies do.

With the throats of enemies, arrows of death.

فانضُهُ سالِماً عليه موقَّىً

فانضُهُ سالِماً عليه موقَّىً

بنحورِ العدا سهامَ المنون

بنحورِ العدا سهامَ المنون

So shed it unharmed, shielded throughout it

May God lighten its weight from you, a weight

by your foes' chests from the arrows of Death.

With a reward for it, not denied.

خفّفَ اللَّهُ ثِقله عنك ثقلاً

خفّفَ اللَّهُ ثِقله عنك ثقلاً

مع أجرٍ عليه لا ممنون

مع أجرٍ عليه لا ممنون

May God lighten its heavy burden for you,

with a reward for it that never ends.