رفعتني بآل بيت الرفاعي

رفعتني بآل بيت الرفاعي

نسبة من عقودها الاقمار

نسبة من عقودها الاقمار

I was exalted through the household of al-Rifāʿī,

The House of Rifa'a has raised me

By a kinship with moons among its necklaces.

A lineage with stars for links

كل ساداتها صدور عظام

كل ساداتها صدور عظام

علويون خلص اطهار

علويون خلص اطهار

All its masters are great dignitaries,

All its masters great souls

Descendants of ʿAlī, pure and undefiled.

Alawites, pure and virtuous

وبنهج الطريق منهم امامي

وبنهج الطريق منهم امامي

وملاذي ومن به الافتخار

وملاذي ومن به الافتخار

And along the course of the Path, my imam is one of them,

And of their path ahead is my guide

And my refuge, and the one in whom I take pride:

My refuge, my pride

ذو المعالي المهدي شيخي بهاء الد

ذو المعالي المهدي شيخي بهاء الد

ين من اشرقت به الاقطار

ين من اشرقت به الاقطار

He of lofty honors, al-Mahdī, my shaykh Bahāʾ al-D—

Of the eminent, the Mahdi, my master Baha' ad-Din

—īn, through whom the lands shone bright.

With whom lands were illuminated

جاء والقافلون في الليل كادت

جاء والقافلون في الليل كادت

تنطوي عن ابصارها الآثار

تنطوي عن ابصارها الآثار

He came as the homeward travelers in the night almost

He came while the caravans in the night

Lost sight of the tracks.

Had almost obscured from view the tracks

فجلا منهج الطريق فقالوا

فجلا منهج الطريق فقالوا

طلع الفجر واستنار النهار

طلع الفجر واستنار النهار

So he illuminated the course of the Path, and they said:

So the path was illuminated and they said

“Dawn has broken, and the day has grown bright!”

The dawn has risen and the day brightened