في صفحة الخد خط الشيب إنذاره

في صفحة الخد خط الشيب إنذاره

وثوب جسمى حل الضعف أزراره

وثوب جسمى حل الضعف أزراره

On the cheek's page, gray hair has inscribed its warning.

On the cheek's page the gray hair's line is its warning,

And weakness has unfastened the buttons of my body's robe.

And the garment of my body, weakness has untied its buttons.

وقد تولت جيوش العزم خاضعة

وقد تولت جيوش العزم خاضعة

بعد المشيب وكانت قبل جرّاره

بعد المشيب وكانت قبل جرّاره

The armies of resolve have retreated, subdued,

And the armies of determination have become submissive,

after graying, though before they had been mighty hosts.

After graying, and they were before its pulling.

وما ارعويت عن الدنيا وزخرفها

وما ارعويت عن الدنيا وزخرفها

مع أنها بابتسام الثغر غرّاره

مع أنها بابتسام الثغر غرّاره

Yet I have not turned away from the world and its finery,

And I have not been on guard from the world and its ornaments,

though its smiling mouth is deceptive.

Although it is with the smile of the mouth that allures.

وكالسراب تراها في موّدتها

وكالسراب تراها في موّدتها

وحسبها أنها بالختل غداره

وحسبها أنها بالختل غداره

You see it as a mirage in its affection,

And it is like a mirage you see in its affection,

and enough against it is its treachery through deceit.

And it is enough that it is a traitor in betrayal.

فكم لعيني بعين الغي قد غمزت

فكم لعيني بعين الغي قد غمزت

حتى احتملت من التفريط أوزاره

حتى احتملت من التفريط أوزاره

How often it has winked at my eye with the eye of error,

So how my eyes have winked many times at the tempting one,

until I bore the burdens of negligence.

Until I carried from negligence its burdens.

وطارت النفس بالأهواء هائمة

وطارت النفس بالأهواء هائمة

كأنما الغيّ جو وهي طياره

كأنما الغيّ جو وهي طياره

The soul flew, wandering amid desires,

And the self flew with passions lost,

as though error were the sky and it a flier.

As if temptation is its air and it is its bird.

وما أبرّىء نفسي من غوايتها

وما أبرّىء نفسي من غوايتها

فإن نفسي بفعل السوء أماره

فإن نفسي بفعل السوء أماره

I do not absolve my soul of its waywardness,

And I do not acquit myself from its temptations,

for my soul commands the doing of evil.

For my self commands to evil.

يا نفس توبى فخير البر عاجله

يا نفس توبى فخير البر عاجله

واستو كفى من غزير العفو أمطاره

واستو كفى من غزير العفو أمطاره

O soul, repent: the best goodness is that done promptly.

O self repent, for the best righteousness is to hasten it,

And seek the showers of abundant pardon.

And enough, from abundant pardon its rains have poured.

ونظفي القلب من غي ومن غير

ونظفي القلب من غي ومن غير

ظطهري بدموع التوب أقذاره

ظطهري بدموع التوب أقذاره

Cleanse the heart of error and resentments,

And cleanse the heart from tempting and from other than,

and wash away its filth with tears of repentance.

Purify it with the tears of repentance its filths.

واستخصلى القلب مما كان يشغله

واستخصلى القلب مما كان يشغله

ثم اغسلى بيد الإخلاص أوضاره

ثم اغسلى بيد الإخلاص أوضاره

Free the heart from what once occupied it,

And extract from the heart what used to busy it,

then wash away its stains with the hand of sincerity.

Then wash it with the hand of sincerity its odors.

وقدمي الخير مشفوعا بمعذرة

وقدمي الخير مشفوعا بمعذرة

فالله يقبل من راجيه أعذار

فالله يقبل من راجيه أعذار

Present goodness accompanied by an apology,

And present the good preceded by an excuse,

for God accepts excuses from those who hope in Him.

For God accepts from its hopeful one excuses.

واخجلتي من ذنوبي حين أذكرها

واخجلتي من ذنوبي حين أذكرها

منها الدموع كسح السحب مدراره

منها الدموع كسح السحب مدراره

How ashamed I am of my sins when I remember them!

And I am shy from my sins when I remember them,

Because of them, tears stream like clouds pouring rain.

From it the tears flow like the clouds pouring.

أنى لأيدي الكرام الكاتبين بها

أنى لأيدي الكرام الكاتبين بها

لأنها كنجوم الليل دراره

لأنها كنجوم الليل دراره

How can the hands of the noble recorders cope with them,

How can I face the honorable scribes writing them,

for they are like the stars of night, glittering in profusion?

For they are like the night's stars scattering.

وقد مضى العمر في لهو وفي لعب

وقد مضى العمر في لهو وفي لعب

وغض منه بياض الشعر أزهاره

وغض منه بياض الشعر أزهاره

Life has passed in amusement and play,

And time has passed in vanity and in play,

and the whiteness of hair has diminished its blossoms.

And the whiteness of hair has faded its flowers.

وما ازدلفت إلى الأخرى بصالحة

وما ازدلفت إلى الأخرى بصالحة

ولا عرفت ليوم الحشر مقداره

ولا عرفت ليوم الحشر مقداره

I have not drawn near to the Hereafter with a righteous deed,

And I have not drawn near to the last with righteousness,

nor recognized the importance of the Day of Gathering.

Nor have I comprehended the Day of Resurrection its extent.

ولا وجدت خليلا راح يرشدني

ولا وجدت خليلا راح يرشدني

غير المشيب وقد أنكرت إبداره

غير المشيب وقد أنكرت إبداره

Nor have I found a friend who would guide me,

And I have not found a friend who went guiding me,

except gray hair, whose full-moon radiance I denied.

Other than graying, and I have denied its harm.

وليس للعلم من نفع بلاعمل

وليس للعلم من نفع بلاعمل

مهما قرأت أو استظهرت أسفاره

مهما قرأت أو استظهرت أسفاره

Knowledge has no benefit without action,

And knowledge is of no benefit without action,

however much you read or memorize its volumes.

No matter how much I read or memorized its pages.

علم بلا عمل روض بلا ثمر

علم بلا عمل روض بلا ثمر

لا ينفع الروض إن لم تجن أثماره

لا ينفع الروض إن لم تجن أثماره

Knowledge without action is a garden without fruit;

Knowledge without action is a garden without fruit,

the garden does no good if you do not reap its fruits.

The garden does not benefit if it does not yield its fruits.

لكن يقيني يقيني كل ضائقة

لكن يقيني يقيني كل ضائقة

بالنصر والفوز إن شن العدا غاره

بالنصر والفوز إن شن العدا غاره

But my certainty protects me from every distress,

But my certainty, my certainty is every tightness,

with victory and triumph, should the foes launch a raid.

With victory and success if the enemies attack.

وكيف لا ورسول الله معتصمى

وكيف لا ورسول الله معتصمى

خير النبيين من شاهدت أنواره

خير النبيين من شاهدت أنواره

How could it be otherwise, when God's Messenger is my refuge,

And how can that not be when the Messenger of God is my protector,

the best of prophets, whose lights I have witnessed?

The best of Prophets whom I witnessed his lights.

سر الوجود نور الكون من أزل

سر الوجود نور الكون من أزل

لا يستطيع سليم القلب إنكاره

لا يستطيع سليم القلب إنكاره

The secret of existence, the universe's light from eternity,

The secret of existence, the light of the universe from eternity,

whom no sound heart can deny.

A sound heart cannot deny it.

أحيا القلوب وكانت قبل ميتة

أحيا القلوب وكانت قبل ميتة

إذ فيه قد أودع الرحمن أسراره

إذ فيه قد أودع الرحمن أسراره

He revived hearts that had previously been dead,

He gave life to the hearts while they were before dead,

for the All-Merciful placed His secrets within him.

For in him the Merciful has deposited his secrets.

وقد دعوه أمينا قبل مبعثه

وقد دعوه أمينا قبل مبعثه

لما استشفوا بحسن الخلق أطواره

لما استشفوا بحسن الخلق أطواره

They called him trustworthy before his prophetic mission,

And they called him the Trustworthy before his mission,

when through his fine character they discerned his ways.

For what they inferred by good manners his conditions.

وحكموه فأرضاهم بحكمته

وحكموه فأرضاهم بحكمته

واستحسنوا من أمين الله أفكاره

واستحسنوا من أمين الله أفكاره

They made him their arbiter, and he pleased them with his wisdom,

And they arbitrated him, so he pleased them by his wisdom,

and they approved the thoughts of God's trusted one.

And they admired from the Trustworthy of God his thoughts.

روح مؤيدّة بالروح من صغر

روح مؤيدّة بالروح من صغر

لا يظهر البدر إلا حوله داره

لا يظهر البدر إلا حوله داره

A spirit supported by the Spirit since childhood:

A spirit supported by the Spirit from youth,

the full moon appears only with its halo surrounding it.

The full moon only appears around it its orbit.

أزكى الخلائق أعرافا وأطهرم

أزكى الخلائق أعرافا وأطهرم

والله شرفة بالوحى واختاره

والله شرفة بالوحى واختاره

The sweetest-scented of creatures and the purest of them,

The most chaste of creations and purest of them,

God honored him with revelation and chose him.

And God has ennobled him with revelation and chose him.

فطهر الكون من رجس ومن دنس

فطهر الكون من رجس ومن دنس

وشد بين يديه الشرك أكواره

وشد بين يديه الشرك أكواره

He purified the universe of defilement and filth,

So he purified the universe from filth and from impurity,

and before him idolatry strapped on its camel-saddles.

And tied in front of him polytheism its burdens.

وأنقذ الكل من غي ومن عمه

وأنقذ الكل من غي ومن عمه

وحط عن ظهر هذا الكون آصاره

وحط عن ظهر هذا الكون آصاره

He rescued everyone from error and blind wandering,

And rescued everyone from misguidance and from blindness,

and lifted the burdens from this universe's back.

And relieved this universe’s back its saddlebags.

وكل دين بدين المصطفى نسخت

وكل دين بدين المصطفى نسخت

آياته واستحال الرشد أحباره

آياته واستحال الرشد أحباره

Every religion had, through the Chosen One's religion,

And every religion with the religion of Al Mustafa is abrogated,

its verses abrogated, and its scholars turned toward right guidance.

Its verses and the guidance became its scholars.

فأسلم البعض بعد البغض معترفا

فأسلم البعض بعد البغض معترفا

ولم يشد بخصر بعد زناره

ولم يشد بخصر بعد زناره

Some embraced Islam after hatred, acknowledging the truth,

So some submitted after hatred convinced,

and thereafter no longer bound their girdles at the waist.

And none tightened after it his belt.

والبعض عضت على كفر نواجذه

والبعض عضت على كفر نواجذه

ولم يفارق عتادا قط إصراره

ولم يفارق عتادا قط إصراره

Others clenched their molars upon unbelief,

While some bit on blasphemy their molars,

and their obstinacy never once abandoned its arms.

And did not abandon equipment ever insistency.

فباء بالخزى في الدنيا وآخرة

فباء بالخزى في الدنيا وآخرة

وفيه قد أعمل المختار بتاره

وفيه قد أعمل المختار بتاره

So they incurred disgrace in this world and the Hereafter,

So he was struck with disgrace in the world and last,

and against them the Chosen One wielded his cutting sword.

And in him the Chosen put his strategy to work.

ونظّف البيت من جبت ومن صنم

ونظّف البيت من جبت ومن صنم

واسأصل الشرك حتى بت أوتاره

واسأصل الشرك حتى بت أوتاره

He cleansed the House of false gods and idols,

And cleansed the house from impurity and from idol,

and uprooted idolatry until he severed its cords.

And uprooted polytheism until his lute’s strings are cut.

هذا النبي له الأحجار قد نطقت

هذا النبي له الأحجار قد نطقت

والنخل أدنى لخير الخلق أثماره

والنخل أدنى لخير الخلق أثماره

This is the Prophet to whom the stones spoke,

This is the Prophet for him the pebbles have spoken,

and the palms brought their fruit near to the best of creation.

And the palm trees lowered for the best of creations their fruits.

والجذع حن له والضب كأمه

والجذع حن له والضب كأمه

والشاة درت وما كانت بدراره

والشاة درت وما كانت بدراره

The trunk yearned for him, and the lizard [apparently spoke to him];

And the trunk inclined for him and the young camel as its mother,

the ewe gave milk, though she had not been a plentiful milker.

And the ewe flowed and it was not by its habit a milker.

والغيم ظلله من حر هاجرة

والغيم ظلله من حر هاجرة

كما أمال إليه الدوح أشجاره

كما أمال إليه الدوح أشجاره

The cloud shaded him from the noonday heat,

And the cloud shaded him from the heat of Hijrah,

just as the grove inclined its trees toward him.

As the branches tilted towards him the trees.

والعنكبوت مع الورقاء قد نسجا

والعنكبوت مع الورقاء قد نسجا

بالغار بيتا وعشا حصنا غاره

بالغار بيتا وعشا حصنا غاره

The spider, together with the gray dove, wove

And the spider with Al Warqa have weaved,

a dwelling and a nest at the cave, fortifying his cave.

In the cave, a home and nest protecting his cave.

له شكا الجمل المنهوك من سغب

له شكا الجمل المنهوك من سغب

ومن عناء فعنه كف أضراره

ومن عناء فعنه كف أضراره

The exhausted camel complained to him of hunger

The overburdened camel complained to him of fatigue,

and toil, so he warded off its afflictions.

And of toil, so he relieved its harms.

وكم به اعتز من عضته متربة

وكم به اعتز من عضته متربة

فبدل الله بالإعسار إياره

فبدل الله بالإعسار إياره

How many whom poverty had bitten found dignity through him,

And how many by him became honored who were bitten by adversity,

and God replaced their hardship with prosperity.

So God replaced by ease his difficulty.

فانظر إلى أنس تلقاء خدمته

فانظر إلى أنس تلقاء خدمته

تجده نال بحسن الح أوطاره

تجده نال بحسن الح أوطاره

Look at Anas in regard to his service:

So look at Anas facing his service,

you will find he gained his wishes through good fortune [wording unclear].

You find him gaining by good companionship his ranks.

به ارتقت ذروة العلياء أمته

به ارتقت ذروة العلياء أمته

فاصبحوا بعد يغض الحق أنصاره

فاصبحوا بعد يغض الحق أنصاره

Through him his community ascended the summit of glory,

By him ascended the peak of glory his nation,

and after hating the truth, they became its champions.

And they became after supporting the truth its supporters.

حتى غدا هدية في الكون منتشرا

حتى غدا هدية في الكون منتشرا

وعم أنجاده عزا وأغواره

وعم أنجاده عزا وأغواره

Until his guidance spread throughout the universe

Until it became widespread in the universe a gift ,

and filled its highlands and lowlands with honor.

And its achievements, honor and lands have embraced.

صرنا به في البرايا أمة وسطا

صرنا به في البرايا أمة وسطا

كالسبعة الشهب في الأفلاك سياره

كالسبعة الشهب في الأفلاك سياره

Through him we became a balanced community among creation,

We became by him in the wilderness a moderate nation,

like the seven bright heavenly bodies wandering in their orbits.

Like the seven orbiting planets in the orbits revolving.

وأيد الله بالقرآن دعوته

وأيد الله بالقرآن دعوته

وحصن الله بالإعجاز أسواره

وحصن الله بالإعجاز أسواره

God supported his call with the Quran,

And God supported his call with the Quran,

and God fortified its ramparts with miraculous inimitability.

And God fortified its walls by the inimitability.

فأعجزتهم وهالتهم بلاغته

فأعجزتهم وهالتهم بلاغته

من ذا يقاوم في الإعجاز أسواره

من ذا يقاوم في الإعجاز أسواره

Its eloquence defeated them and filled them with awe:

So it rendered them speechless and made them astonished by its eloquence,

who can withstand its ramparts of miraculous inimitability?

Who can resist its inimitability a tide?!

فأعجزتهم وهالتهم بلاغته

فأعجزتهم وهالتهم بلاغته

من ذا يقاوم في الإعجاز تياره

من ذا يقاوم في الإعجاز تياره

Its eloquence defeated them and filled them with awe:

A fresh Euphrates, pleasant in taste its drink,

who can resist its torrent of miraculous inimitability?

That heals the heart and the self refuses to push it away.

عذب فرات لذيذ الطعم مورده

عذب فرات لذيذ الطعم مورده

يشفى الفؤاد ةوتأبى النفس إصداره

يشفى الفؤاد ةوتأبى النفس إصداره

Its source is sweet, fresh, and delicious to taste;

An ancient mention and its whole meaning is wisdom,

it heals the heart, and the soul refuses to leave its waters.

The mind cannot grasp it no matter what are its secrets.

ذكر قديم ومعنى كله حكم

ذكر قديم ومعنى كله حكم

لا يدرك العقل مهما كان أسراره

لا يدرك العقل مهما كان أسراره

An eternal Reminder, its meaning wholly wisdom,

To the Prophet the universe’s delegations have flocked,

whose secrets the intellect, however capable, cannot grasp.

Until they proved truthful their purpose by their news.

إلى النبي وفود الكون قد هرعت

إلى النبي وفود الكون قد هرعت

حتى استبانوا بصدق القصد أخباره

حتى استبانوا بصدق القصد أخباره

Delegations from throughout creation hurried to the Prophet,

This Prophet who was its shining with perfection,

until, with sincere intent, they clearly discerned the accounts of him.

And the signs of guidance were its features.

هذا النبي الذي كانت بشاشته

هذا النبي الذي كانت بشاشته

على الكمال وآيات الهدى شاره

على الكمال وآيات الهدى شاره

This is the Prophet whose cheerful countenance

So what bliss is for who saw him with the eye!

was an emblem of perfection and the signs of guidance.

In this house or visiting higher than it his house.

فيا سعادة من بالعين شاهده

فيا سعادة من بالعين شاهده

في هذه الدار أوفى داره زاره

في هذه الدار أوفى داره زاره

How happy is one who saw him with his own eyes

When will I smell the aromatic scent of his aromatic,

in this world, or visited him in his own abode!

And delight the heart to what I aspire visiting his place?

متى أشم الشذا ن طيب طيبته

متى أشم الشذا ن طيب طيبته

وأمتع القلب لما أجتلى داره

وأمتع القلب لما أجتلى داره

When shall I smell the fragrance of his scented Taybah,

And kiss the sand from the thresholds of his garden,

and delight my heart as I behold his dwelling,

Borrowing with the beauty of kindness its sights.

وألثم الترب من أعتاب روضته

وألثم الترب من أعتاب روضته

مستلفتا بجميل العطف أنظاره

مستلفتا بجميل العطف أنظاره

and kiss the dust at the thresholds of his garden,

I do not lie, my longing to his aromatic,

seeking to draw his gracious, kindly gaze?

I cannot for days hide it.

لا أكذب الله شوقى نحو طيبته

لا أكذب الله شوقى نحو طيبته

لا أستطيع مدى الأيام إضماره

لا أستطيع مدى الأيام إضماره

I do not lie to God about my longing for his Taybah;

And how can I not when the Messenger of God has ennobled it,

through all my days I cannot conceal it.

For in protecting it God illuminated its moons.

وكيف لا ورسول الله شرّفها

وكيف لا ورسول الله شرّفها

في حماها أضاء الله أقماره

في حماها أضاء الله أقماره

How could I, when God's Messenger honored her?

So I sought its heights every elevated,

Within her protected precinct, God lit His moons.

And every advance whose racecourse I crossed in it.

فطاولت في علاها كل مرتفع

فطاولت في علاها كل مرتفع

وكل سبق تخطت فيه مضماره

وكل سبق تخطت فيه مضماره

She rose above every height in her sublimity,

And it bloomed with the Messenger of God its ultimate,

and in every race she passed beyond its course.

So every drop to it has extended its lands.

وأخرزت برسول الله غايتها

وأخرزت برسول الله غايتها

فكل قطر إليها مدّ أقطاره

فكل قطر إليها مدّ أقطاره

Through God's Messenger she attained her goal,

Its springs have flowed pure in the universe ,

so every land extended its reaches toward her.

Until it supplied with plenty of virtue its rivers.

جرت ينابيعها في الكون صافية

جرت ينابيعها في الكون صافية

حتى أمدّت بفيض الفضل أنهاره

حتى أمدّت بفيض الفضل أنهاره

Her springs flowed clear throughout the universe,

And its spring is the Abundance Fountain its source ,

until she supplied its rivers with an outpouring of bounty.

Deep blue, gushing with water overflowing.

وعينها كوثر الفردوس منبعها

وعينها كوثر الفردوس منبعها

زرقاء نضاخة بالماء فواره

زرقاء نضاخة بالماء فواره

Her spring has Paradise's Kawthar as its source,

That cures fatal diseases, its soil,

blue, gushing with water, ever bubbling.

And its land from the scent of the Chosen perfumed.

تربانها العضال الداء شافية

تربانها العضال الداء شافية

وأرضها من شذا المختار معطاره

وأرضها من شذا المختار معطاره

Her soil [wording unclear] heals intractable disease,

You imagined it at first of matters barren,

and her land is fragrant with the Chosen One's scent.

But it were with crops flourishing ruins.

تخالها في ابتداء الأمر يابسة

تخالها في ابتداء الأمر يابسة

لكنها بازدهرا الزرع خواره

لكنها بازدهرا الزرع خواره

At first you suppose her to be dry,

This Prophet, God has granted him his influence ,

yet as crops flourish, she is soft and yielding.

As He also granted his companions might and supporters.

هذا النبي حباه الله منعته

هذا النبي حباه الله منعته

كما حبا صحبه عزا وأنصاره

كما حبا صحبه عزا وأنصاره

This Prophet was endowed by God with His protection,

And household and wives were by him ennobled,

just as He granted honor to his companions and supporters.

And God let him enjoy the virtuous his in-laws.

وآل بيت وأزواج به شرفوا

وآل بيت وأزواج به شرفوا

ومتّع الله بالعلياء أصهاره

ومتّع الله بالعلياء أصهاره

His household's family and his wives were honored through him,

O best one whose banner was raised by victory,

and God favored his in-laws with high rank.

And whom for him the Merciful completed his lights!

يا خير من رفعت بالنصر رايته

يا خير من رفعت بالنصر رايته

ومن أتم له الرحمن أنواره

ومن أتم له الرحمن أنواره

O best of those whose banner was raised in victory,

To you with glory my hopes I present,

and whose lights the All-Merciful perfected,

Maybe with my eyes I see it, not with spectacles.

إليك بالعز آمالي أقدمها

إليك بالعز آمالي أقدمها

عسى بعيني أراها لا بنظاره

عسى بعيني أراها لا بنظاره

to you I present my hopes for honor,

Pour with praising you busy never relenting,

hoping to see them with my own eyes, not through spectacles.

For plenty from you beautiful praise its poetry.

صب بمدحك لا ينفك مشتغلا

صب بمدحك لا ينفك مشتغلا

فزان منك جميل المدح أشعاره

فزان منك جميل المدح أشعاره

An ardent lover, ever occupied with praising you,

Who do I have beside you and my heart has professed with what

the beauty of your praise has adorned his verses.

It reached? So accept with pure favor professing.

من لي سواك وقلبي قد أقر بما

من لي سواك وقلبي قد أقر بما

بلغت فاقبل بمحض الفضل إقراره

بلغت فاقبل بمحض الفضل إقراره

Who have I but you? My heart has acknowledged what

And look at me, for sufficient for me is to have

you attained; accept its acknowledgment through pure grace.

A connection with your Pure Household, no pretentiousness and no shame.

وانظر إليّ فحسبي أن لي صلة

وانظر إليّ فحسبي أن لي صلة

بآلك الطهر لا دعوى ولا عاره

بآلك الطهر لا دعوى ولا عاره

Look upon me: it suffices me that I have a connection

So time is my servant whenever you glance at me,

to your pure family, neither claimed nor borrowed.

And I steal with your affection the free.

فالدهر عبدي إذا مادمت تلحظني

فالدهر عبدي إذا مادمت تلحظني

وأسترق بعطف منك أحراره

وأسترق بعطف منك أحراره

Time is my servant so long as you regard me,

And I do not fear my time in its alternation,

and with your kindness I enslave its free men.

Nor do I fear in good thoughts poverty.

ولست أخشى زماني في تقلبه

ولست أخشى زماني في تقلبه

ولا أخاف بحسن الظن إعساره

ولا أخاف بحسن الظن إعساره

I do not fear my time amid its changes,

For you are supreme in glory and status,

nor fear its hardship, with such hopeful trust.

And who to you pledged allegiance, his regards are raised.

فأنت أعلى الورى جاها ومنزلة

فأنت أعلى الورى جاها ومنزلة

ومن إليك انتمى أعليت أقداره

ومن إليك انتمى أعليت أقداره

For you are highest among humankind in standing and rank,

O Lord send your prayers on the Chosen One from Mudar,

and whoever affiliates himself with you, you exalt his worth.

And make my station with the Gardens of Refuge his neighbor!

يا رب صل على المختار من مضر

يا رب صل على المختار من مضر

واجعل مقامى بجنات العلا جاره

واجعل مقامى بجنات العلا جاره

O Lord, bless the Chosen One from Mudar,

And the Household and the Companions whenever I recited them opening,

and make my dwelling beside him in the gardens on high,

On the cheek's page the gray hair's line is its warning.

والآل والصحب ما أنشدت مفتتحا

والآل والصحب ما أنشدت مفتتحا

في صفحة الخد خط الشيب إنذاره

في صفحة الخد خط الشيب إنذاره

and his family and companions, whenever I recite as my opening:

On the cheek's page, gray hair has inscribed its warning.