1. آمِنتَ مِنَ الخُطُوبِ أتيتُ طُوبَى

    ويَأمَنُ مَن ألَمَّ بِهَا الخُطُوبا

    You are safe from calamities; I have come to Touba.

    And whoever comes to it is safe from calamities.

  2. فطوبى للذي دَفنُوهُ فيها

    وللشيخ الخليفة منه طوبَى

    So blessed is the one they buried there,

    and from him comes blessedness for the sheikh, his successor.

  3. فلا غَدراً أَخَافُ ولا أذاة

    من الدَّهر الخئون ولا قطوبا

    Thus I fear neither treachery nor harm

    from treacherous time, nor its frowns.

  4. أتيتُ مدينةً للهِ تُدني

    ويُصفي يُمنُ زَورَتِها القلوبا

    I have come to a city that draws one near to God,

    and the blessing of visiting it purifies hearts.

  5. وتجتذبُ النفوسَ إلى المعالِى

    وتجتنبُ الرذائلَ والعيوبَا

    It draws souls toward lofty virtues

    and shuns vices and faults.

  6. وتُبدَلُ عندها السَّوءى بِحُسنَى

    ويَخلِفُ عندها الفرجُ الكَرُوبَا

    And there, evil is replaced with good,

    and there, relief replaces distress.

  7. وَيعلُمُ ذو الجهالةِ إِن أتَاهَا

    ويصبحُ كُلُّ مكتئبٍ طَرُوبَا

    And the ignorant gain knowledge if they come to it,

    and every dejected person becomes joyful.

  8. ويصبحُ كلُ ممهَتَنٍ مَهَيباً

    ويصبحُ كُلُّ مُغتَرِبٍ قريبا

    And every despised person becomes awe-inspiring,

    and everyone far from home becomes close.

  9. ويصبحُ مَادِرٌ مَعنًى كَمَعنٍ

    ويصبحُبَاقِلٌ قسّاً خَطِيبَا

    And Madir becomes a Ma'n, like Ma'n himself,

    and Baqil becomes Quss, an orator.

  10. بها الشيخُ الخَدِيمُ ثَوى فنالت

    بِيُمنِ الشيخِ منزلَةً وطيبا

    There Sheikh al-Khadim rests, and so it gained

    through the sheikh's blessing, standing and fragrance.

  11. وأظهرَ سِرَّهُ فِيها فَدَبَّت

    حُمَيَّا سِرِّهِ فيها دَبِيبَأ

    And he revealed his secret there, and there spread

    the intoxicating fervor of his secret, creeping through it.

  12. وأفرَغَ في جوانبها ذَنُوباً

    من البركاتِ تَختَطِفُ الذُّنوبَا

    And he poured into its precincts a bucketful

    of blessings that snatch away sins.

  13. وأسَّكنَهَا خَلِيفَتَه فأمسَى

    لأدوَاءِ القلوبِ بِها طبيبا

    And he settled his successor there, who became

    there a physician for the ailments of hearts.

  14. وأورَثَه مآثرَه اللواتِى

    بها مَلَك القبائلَ والشَّعُوبَا

    And he bequeathed to him his noble deeds,

    through which he ruled the tribes and peoples.

  15. وأوصاه بها وكساه بُرداً

    أنِيقاً مِن جَلاَلتِه قَشِيبَا

    And he entrusted it to him and clothed him in a mantle,

    elegant and new, from his majesty.

  16. وَاشخَبَ في حياضِ القَلبش ثَدياً

    من العرفانِ مِدرَاراً شُخوبا

    And he made a breast gush into the heart's basins,

    with spiritual knowledge, flowing in abundant streams.

  17. فَقَامَ بإرثِه خَلقاً وخُلقاً

    وكَانَ لِمَفصل الحقِّ المُصِيبَا

    So he carried on his legacy in outward form and character,

    and he was unerring in striking truth's joint.

  18. آيَا طُوبَآ أتَيتُكِ مُستَجِيراً

    أسِيرَ مَآثِمٍ فَلِقاً حَرِيبَا

    O Touba, I have come to you seeking refuge,

    a captive of sins, fearful and despoiled.

  19. أؤمِّلُ ما اُؤملُ مِنكِ إني

    جديرٌ بالمُؤَمَّلِ أن أُؤُوبَا

    I hope for what I hope for from you; indeed, I

    am worthy to return with what I hope for.

  20. وأولَى بُغيَتِى إصلاَحُ قَلبي

    فَكَم اصلَحتِ يا طُوبَى قلوبا

    And my foremost desire is the mending of my heart—

    for how many hearts you have mended, O Touba!

  21. وأن تُمحَى وتُغفَرَ لِى ذُنُوبي

    وأشقَى مِن معارِفِكُم ذَنُوبَا

    And that my sins be erased and forgiven me,

    and that I [be given] a bucketful of your spiritual knowledge to drink,

  22. والفي جَارَ جَارِكِ في التلاقِى

    وألفي للحبيب غَداً حبيبا

    and find myself your neighbor's neighbor at the Meeting,

    and find myself tomorrow beloved of the Beloved.

  23. صلاةُ اللهِ يتبعها سلامٌ

    عليهِ صَوبها سَحّاً عَجِيبا

    May God's blessing, followed by peace,

    be upon him, its rain falling in a wondrous torrent.