1. الغارة الغارة يا مصطفى

    فالحظ اعيته قيود الجفا

    Aid, aid, O Mustafa!

    For fortune is wearied by the fetters of cruelty.

  2. واصبح الهر له زأرة

    والليث مزوي بغاب الجفا

    And now the cat has a roar,

    And the lion is shut away in the forest of cruelty.

  3. وقام في الاعيان اضدادها

    حتى بدا الداء بطرز الشفا

    And within things themselves their opposites have arisen,

    Until illness appeared in the guise of healing.

  4. والخب قد تاه لأمن به

    والشهم قد قام برسم عفا

    And the knave has grown haughty because he is secure,

    And the noble man has stood at a faded trace.

  5. يا مصطفى الرحمن من خلقه

    وخير من لله عهدا وفا

    O chosen one of the All-Merciful from among His creation,

    And the best of those who fulfilled a covenant with God,

  6. بكل علم انت نبراسه

    وكل كاس لك غيبا صفا

    By every branch of knowledge whose beacon you are,

    And every cup that has become pure for you in the unseen,

  7. وكل عبد مرسل قد قضى

    وكل صديق هداك اقتفي

    And every servant sent as a messenger who has passed away,

    And every truthful one who has followed your guidance,

  8. وكل ذي حال وقلب بما

    افرغت فيه من نداك اكتفي

    And everyone endowed with a spiritual state and a heart who, with what

    You have poured therein of your bounty, has been content—

  9. انهض بعزم واكفني مادها

    الغارة الغارة يا مصطفى

    Rise with resolve, and shield me from what has befallen me.

    Aid, aid, O Mustafa!