رضى بما قدر اللَه الحكيم رضى

رضى بما قدر اللَه الحكيم رضى

من ذا يرد قضاء اللَه حيث قضى

من ذا يرد قضاء اللَه حيث قضى

Contentment with what God, the Wise, has decreed—contentment.

He is content with what the Wise God decreed contentment

Who can turn back God's decree once He has decreed?

Who can reverse the decree of God where He decreed?

مضت مشيئته فينا وقدرته

مضت مشيئته فينا وقدرته

فكل ما كائن فيه يكون مضى

فكل ما كائن فيه يكون مضى

His will and His power have taken effect among us;

His will has passed upon us and His power

thus all that is to come into being is already settled within it.

So whatever exists, exists as passed

هذا سعيد فلا يشقى وذاك فلم

هذا سعيد فلا يشقى وذاك فلم

يسعد شقي علينا حكمه فرضا

يسعد شقي علينا حكمه فرضا

This one is blessed and will not be wretched; that one has not

This one is happy so he does not suffer, and that one did not

found bliss, being wretched; His judgment is binding upon us.

Become happy, suffering upon us is His judgment imposed

حتام نحن بذي الدنيا وزخرفها

حتام نحن بذي الدنيا وزخرفها

فلا نفارق فيها التيه والبغضا

فلا نفارق فيها التيه والبغضا

How long shall we remain in this world and its finery,

We are destined in this world and its vanities

never abandoning pride and hatred within it?

So we do not abandon in it loss and hatred

نمسي ونضحي بآمال بنا لعبت

نمسي ونضحي بآمال بنا لعبت

حتى نسينا لقاء اللَه والحرضا

حتى نسينا لقاء اللَه والحرضا

We pass our evenings and mornings with hopes that have toyed with us,

We spend the night and wake up with hopes we played with

until we forgot the meeting with God and wasting away.

Until we forgot meeting God and the presentment

نحب جمع الذي يفنى ونذكر ما

نحب جمع الذي يفنى ونذكر ما

يبقى إِذا ما لقينا الحزن والحرضا

يبقى إِذا ما لقينا الحزن والحرضا

We love to amass what perishes, and remember what

We love collecting what perishes and remember what

endures when we encounter sorrow and wasting illness.

Remains when we meet sorrow and presentment

ويل أمها غفلة ما فاق صاحبها

ويل أمها غفلة ما فاق صاحبها

إلا إِذا طرفه عند الردى غمضا

إلا إِذا طرفه عند الردى غمضا

Woe to such heedlessness! Its victim never awakens

Woe to the ignorant what exceeds its companion

except when his eye closes at death.

Except when its eyelid closes at destruction blinked

مولاي ذنبي عظيم لو تحمله

مولاي ذنبي عظيم لو تحمله

أجا وسلمى شكت من بعضها البعضا

أجا وسلمى شكت من بعضها البعضا

My Master, my sin is immense; were it borne by

My Master, my sin is great, if You carry it

Aja and Salma, their parts would complain of one another.

I come obedient and my peace complained of some of the rest

الخوف عندي ولكن عنده أمل

الخوف عندي ولكن عنده أمل

ينزو إِلى طمع الدنيا إِذا عرضا

ينزو إِلى طمع الدنيا إِذا عرضا

Fear is with me, yet beside it is a hope

Fear is in me but hope is in Him

that leaps toward worldly greed whenever it appears.

Which descends to the hope of the world when presented

ضاعف لي اللَه فيك الحب مقتصدا

ضاعف لي اللَه فيك الحب مقتصدا

رضاك عني وبغض عندي العرضا

رضاك عني وبغض عندي العرضا

God, multiply my love for You, as I seek

God, double for me in You love, content

Your pleasure with me; and make worldly goods hateful to me.

Your approval of me and hatred in me of presentation

فإن أجبت الدعا مني ظفرت بما

فإن أجبت الدعا مني ظفرت بما

أهوى ونلت المنى والغاي والغرضا

أهوى ونلت المنى والغاي والغرضا

If You answer my prayer, I shall gain what

So if You answer my prayer I gain what

I desire, and attain my wishes, my aims, and my goal.

I desire and attain the purpose and goal

أدعوك دعوة مضطر دعاك على

أدعوك دعوة مضطر دعاك على

حسن الرجا فيك معتاضاً ومرتعضا

حسن الرجا فيك معتاضاً ومرتعضا

I call upon You with the plea of one in distress who calls upon You with

I call You a call of desperate, who called You for

good hope in You, seeking recompense and trembling.

Good hope in You, worried and upset

يا سامع دعوات الآيبين له

يا سامع دعوات الآيبين له

إسمع دعاي وهبني منك حسن رضى

إسمع دعاي وهبني منك حسن رضى

O Hearer of the prayers of those who return to Him,

O Hearer of the prayers of the repentant

hear my prayer and grant me Your gracious favor.

Hear my prayer and grant me good contentment from You

إليك تبت فظهري آد من جرم

إليك تبت فظهري آد من جرم

حملته لو يروم النهض ما نهضا

حملته لو يروم النهض ما نهضا

To You I have turned in repentance; my back is bowed by a sin

To You I repented so my back, people, from sin

I have borne; were it to attempt to rise, it could not rise.

I carried, if it thinks of getting up, does not get up

لعل لطفاً وعفوا ساترا ورضى

لعل لطفاً وعفوا ساترا ورضى

ونيل فضل وتقديساً أضا ووضا

ونيل فضل وتقديساً أضا ووضا

May there be kindness, a veiling pardon, and favor,

Maybe kindness, pardon, discreet, and contentment

and a share of bounty, and purification that shines and gleams;

And attaining grace, sanctity, and brightness I gain

وتجمع الشمل في دار النعيم غدا

وتجمع الشمل في دار النعيم غدا

بيني وفرطي الذي بالأمس قد قبضا

بيني وفرطي الذي بالأمس قد قبضا

and may You reunite us tomorrow in the abode of bliss—

And unite the group in the House of Bliss tomorrow

me and my child gone before me, who was taken yesterday.

Between me and my loved one who yesterday passed away

عوضني اللَه فيه الأجر من فرط

عوضني اللَه فيه الأجر من فرط

فالأجر أفضل من فرطي بكم عوضا

فالأجر أفضل من فرطي بكم عوضا

God has compensated me for him with reward for a child gone before;

May God compensate me for him the reward over dear

for reward, through you, is better recompense than my child gone before me.

So the reward is better than my dear, how much compensation!

يا سعد جدي إذ لاقيته بكمو

يا سعد جدي إذ لاقيته بكمو

غدا بجنة عدن والخطير نضا

غدا بجنة عدن والخطير نضا

How happy my lot when I meet him with you

O my grandfather Saad, when you met him with

tomorrow in the Garden of Eden, with grave peril cast off!

Many tomorrow in the Garden of Eden and the honorable bazaar

لا تشتكي حُزناً فيها ولا لغبا

لا تشتكي حُزناً فيها ولا لغبا

ولا من الدهر تضريساً ولا عضضا

ولا من الدهر تضريساً ولا عضضا

There you will complain of no sorrow, nor weariness,

Do not complain of sorrow therein nor nonsense

nor of time's grinding or biting;

Nor from fate bitterness and no biting

ولا تحاذر من ابليس وسوسة

ولا تحاذر من ابليس وسوسة

ولا تخاف افتراقاً لا ولا مرضا

ولا تخاف افتراقاً لا ولا مرضا

nor will you dread any whispering from Iblis,

And do not fear from the whispers of Satan

nor fear separation—no, nor illness—

And do not dread separation, no, and no illness

بجيرة المصطفى المختار سيدنا

بجيرة المصطفى المختار سيدنا

صلى الاله عليه ما الصباح أَضا

صلى الاله عليه ما الصباح أَضا

as a neighbor of al-Mustafa, the Chosen One, our master.

In the neighborhood of the Chosen one, our Master

May God bless him for as long as morning shines.

The God prayed on him as long as the morning shone