بَدا فَضلكم يا صَفوة الخَلق وَالذرى

بَدا فَضلكم يا صَفوة الخَلق وَالذرى

فَصارَ لَنا طيباً وَمسكاً وَعَنبَرا

فَصارَ لَنا طيباً وَمسكاً وَعَنبَرا

Your excellence shone forth, O choicest of creation and the lofty summits.

Your excellence has become apparent, O finest of people and descendants,

And became for us perfume, musk, and ambergris.

So it has become for us fragrance, musk, and ambergris.

أَقول وَدَمعي بِالصَبابة قَد جَرى

أَقول وَدَمعي بِالصَبابة قَد جَرى

بَني أَحمَد يا خيرة اللَه في الوَرى

بَني أَحمَد يا خيرة اللَه في الوَرى

I say, my tears already streaming with ardent longing:

I say, as my tears flow copiously,

Sons of Ahmad, O God's chosen among humankind,

O children of Ahmed, the best of Allah among all people,

سَلام عَليكُم إِن حَضَرنا وَإن غبنا

سَلام عَليكُم إِن حَضَرنا وَإن غبنا

أَنَرتُم جَميع الكائِنات ببركم

أَنَرتُم جَميع الكائِنات ببركم

Peace be upon you, whether we are present or absent.

Peace be upon you whether we are present or absent.

You illuminated all beings with your righteousness,

You have illuminated all creatures with your blessings,

وَشَرفتُم الدُنيا بِغامض سركم

وَشَرفتُم الدُنيا بِغامض سركم

وَطابَت جِهات الكَون مِن طيب نَشركم

وَطابَت جِهات الكَون مِن طيب نَشركم

And ennobled the world through your hidden mystery.

And honored the world with your sublime mystery.

And the regions of the universe grew fragrant from your sweet scent.

The regions of the universe have been scented with your pure diffusion,

طَهرتم فَطهرنا بِفاضل طهركم

طَهرتم فَطهرنا بِفاضل طهركم

وَطبتُم فَمِن آثار طيبكُم طِبنا

وَطبتُم فَمِن آثار طيبكُم طِبنا

You became pure, so we became pure through the overflow of your purity.

You have purified so we became pure through your abundant purity,

And you were fragrant, so from the traces of your fragrance we grew fragrant.

And you have been wholesome, so from the traces of your wholesomeness we became wholesome.

مَتى نَشتَفي بَعد النَوى بِلقائكم

مَتى نَشتَفي بَعد النَوى بِلقائكم

وَأَرواحنا تجلى بِنور ضِيائكم

وَأَرواحنا تجلى بِنور ضِيائكم

When shall we find healing after separation through meeting you,

When can we be satiated, after longing, by meeting you,

And our souls be burnished by the light of your radiance?

And our souls be illuminated by the light of your splendor?

صلونا لأنا مِن جَميل اِهتدائِكُم

صلونا لأنا مِن جَميل اِهتدائِكُم

وَرَثنا عَن الآباء عقد وَلائكم

وَرَثنا عَن الآباء عقد وَلائكم

Keep your bond with us, for through your beautiful guidance

Pray for us, for we are among the beautiful of your guidance,

We inherited from our forefathers the covenant of devotion to you.

And we have inherited, from our forefathers, the covenant of your allegiance.

وَنَحنُ إِذا مُتنا نورثه الأَبنا

وَنَحنُ إِذا مُتنا نورثه الأَبنا

And when we die, we bequeath it to our children.

And we, when we die, will pass it on to our children.