بَدا قَمر العرفان مِن فلك الخضرا

بَدا قَمر العرفان مِن فلك الخضرا

فَطوبى لموسى الحُب قَد عرف الخضرا

فَطوبى لموسى الحُب قَد عرف الخضرا

The moon of spiritual knowledge appeared from the sphere of the green sky.

The moon of gnosis rose from the verdant orbit,

So blessed is the Moses of love: he has come to know al-Khidr.

So blessings to Moses of love who knew the verdant one.

تَبدى فأَبدى لِلقُلوبِ مسَرَّة

تَبدى فأَبدى لِلقُلوبِ مسَرَّة

سَرت مِن جِهات الكَونِ سُبحان من أَسرى

سَرت مِن جِهات الكَونِ سُبحان من أَسرى

He appeared and revealed joy to hearts;

It appeared and made hearts happy,

it spread from the reaches of the universe—glory to Him who carried him by night!

The regions of the universe gladdened, glory to the one who travelled by night.

بَدا فَأَضاءَ الشرقَ مِن نورِ وَجهِهِ

بَدا فَأَضاءَ الشرقَ مِن نورِ وَجهِهِ

وَأَشرَقَت الزورا بِغرتهِ الغرا

وَأَشرَقَت الزورا بِغرتهِ الغرا

He appeared and lit the East with the light of his face,

It appeared and illuminated the east with the light of its face,

and al-Zawra shone with his radiant brow.

The blossoms shone with its charming radiance.

يَميناً لَقَد أَهدى الأَمين لِناظِري

يَميناً لَقَد أَهدى الأَمين لِناظِري

نضاراً وَللأسماع مِن لَفظه درا

نضاراً وَللأسماع مِن لَفظه درا

I swear, al-Amin has offered to my gaze

It rightly guided the sincere with its beauty for the beholders,

pure gold, and to the ears, pearls from his speech.

And for the ears it was a string of pearls in its utterance.

فَأَضحى غَليل القَلب بِالقُرب ناقِعاً

فَأَضحى غَليل القَلب بِالقُرب ناقِعاً

وَأطفأ نار البُعد مِن كَبدي الحَرى

وَأطفأ نار البُعد مِن كَبدي الحَرى

So the heart's burning thirst was quenched by nearness,

So the thirst of the heart was quenched by its nearness,

and he extinguished separation's fire in my parched liver.

And it extinguished the fire of separation from my burning liver.

بَكَت مُقلة اليُمنى لِفَرط مَسَرة

بَكَت مُقلة اليُمنى لِفَرط مَسَرة

فَمُذ سَكنت جادَت بِأَدمعها اليسرى

فَمُذ سَكنت جادَت بِأَدمعها اليسرى

My right eye wept from an excess of joy;

The right eye wept excessively from extreme joy,

then, when it grew still, the left shed its tears freely.

So when it rested the left eye flowed with its tears.

أَلا مَرحباً بِالقادِمين فَإِنَّهُم

أَلا مَرحباً بِالقادِمين فَإِنَّهُم

مَطالِع أَفراحي أطول بِهم فَخرا

مَطالِع أَفراحي أطول بِهم فَخرا

Ah, welcome to those arriving, for they are

Oh what a welcome to the arriving ones, for they

the dawns of my joys; through them I stand taller in pride.

Are the risings of my joys, I pride myself in them.

وَأَهلاً بِكُم يا زائرين تَشرفت

وَأَهلاً بِكُم يا زائرين تَشرفت

بوطئكم الحَدباء وَالبَلدة الزورا

بوطئكم الحَدباء وَالبَلدة الزورا

And welcome to you, O visitors! Honored were

And welcome to you visitors, I am honored

al-Hadba and the city of al-Zawra by your footsteps.

By your treading the dunes and country of blossoms.

وَبالجانب الشَرقي مِنها نَزَلتُم

وَبالجانب الشَرقي مِنها نَزَلتُم

وَأَنفاسكم سارَت إِلى الجهة الأُخرى

وَأَنفاسكم سارَت إِلى الجهة الأُخرى

And you lodged on its eastern side,

You descended on its eastern side,

and your breaths traveled to the other side.

And your breaths travelled to the other side.

شَمَمنا عَبير الوَصل قَبلَ قُدومكم

شَمَمنا عَبير الوَصل قَبلَ قُدومكم

فَكانَ لَنا في كُل آونة عطرا

فَكانَ لَنا في كُل آونة عطرا

We breathed the fragrance of union before your arrival,

We sensed the fragrance of connection before your arrival,

so it was perfume for us at every moment.

So for us there was a perfume in every instant.

وَقَد فديت بِالقُرب مِنكُم قُلوبنا

وَقَد فديت بِالقُرب مِنكُم قُلوبنا

كَما أَصبَحت يا آل بَدر لَكُم أَسرى

كَما أَصبَحت يا آل بَدر لَكُم أَسرى

And our hearts have been ransomed by nearness to you,

Our hearts have been ransomed by your nearness,

even as they have become, O house of Badr, your captives.

Just as your souls, O people of Badr, are captivated.

وَقَد أزهرت مِنكُم نَواحي صدورنا

وَقَد أزهرت مِنكُم نَواحي صدورنا

لأنكُم أَبناء فاطمة الزَهرا

لأنكُم أَبناء فاطمة الزَهرا

And through you the corners of our breasts have blossomed,

Our chests have flowered because of you,

for you are the sons of Fatima al-Zahra.

For you are the sons of Fatima the radiant.

لَكُم رفعت رايات عز عَلى الوَرى

لَكُم رفعت رايات عز عَلى الوَرى

وَأَلوية تعزى إِلى مضر الحَمرا

وَأَلوية تعزى إِلى مضر الحَمرا

For you, banners of glory were raised above humankind,

For you the banners of honor have been raised over mankind,

and standards traced to Mudar al-Hamra.

And the standards attributed to reddish Mudar.

مَعادن أَسرار وَمَوضع حكمة

مَعادن أَسرار وَمَوضع حكمة

وَمَظهر ألطاف فَضائلهم تَترى

وَمَظهر ألطاف فَضائلهم تَترى

Mines of secrets and a seat of wisdom,

You are the essence of secrets and the place of wisdom,

and a manifestation of graces; their virtues come in succession.

And the manifestation of their superior virtues.

سَلام عَليكُم آل ياسين إِنَّكُم

سَلام عَليكُم آل ياسين إِنَّكُم

بحار بيان تعرف المَد لا الجَزرا

بحار بيان تعرف المَد لا الجَزرا

Peace be upon you, house of Ya-Sin; you are indeed

Peace be upon you O people of Yasin, you

seas of eloquence that know the flood tide, not the ebb.

Are the oceans of eloquence, knowing the tide not just the ebb.

سَلوا الناس عَنهُم أَو سَلوني عَنهُم

سَلوا الناس عَنهُم أَو سَلوني عَنهُم

فَإني بِذا أَحرى لأَني بِهم أَدرى

فَإني بِذا أَحرى لأَني بِهم أَدرى

Ask people about them, or ask me about them,

Ask the people about them or ask me about them,

for I am better qualified for this, since I know them better.

For I am more worthy to know them.

صدور الوَرى أَهلاً وَسَهلاً وَمَرحَباً

صدور الوَرى أَهلاً وَسَهلاً وَمَرحَباً

لَقَد جئتُم بَراً وَصادفتُم بَحرا

لَقَد جئتُم بَراً وَصادفتُم بَحرا

O leaders of humankind, a warm and hearty welcome!

O chests of mankind, welcome, at ease, and greetings,

Indeed, you came by land and encountered a sea.

You have come by land and met a sea.

نَزَلتُم عَلى أَزكى البَرية عُنصراً

نَزَلتُم عَلى أَزكى البَرية عُنصراً

وَأَفضلهم جداً وَأَوسعهم صَدرا

وَأَفضلهم جداً وَأَوسعهم صَدرا

You lodged with the purest of creation in origin,

You descended upon the purest soil,

and the finest of them in ancestry, and the broadest of breast.

The best lineage, and the most open-chested.

نَزَلتُم بِآل الفَخر وَالفَخر جدكم

نَزَلتُم بِآل الفَخر وَالفَخر جدكم

فَزدتُم بِهِم فَخراً وَطلتُم بِهم قَدرا

فَزدتُم بِهِم فَخراً وَطلتُم بِهم قَدرا

You lodged with the house of glory, and glory is your forefather;

You descended with the people of pride whose grandfather is pride itself,

so you gained glory through them and rose in stature through them.

So through them you have increased in pride and gained prestige.

نَزَلتُم بعبد اللَه ذي الرُتبة الَّتي

نَزَلتُم بعبد اللَه ذي الرُتبة الَّتي

أَنافَت فَأَضحت دونَ مَنزلِها الشعرى

أَنافَت فَأَضحت دونَ مَنزلِها الشعرى

You lodged with Abd Allah, whose rank

You descended with Abdullah of rank

rose so high that Sirius lay beneath its station.

That surpasses so it became beneath his station.

هُوَ العالم النحرير وَالسَيد الَّذي

هُوَ العالم النحرير وَالسَيد الَّذي

فَضائله قَد عَمت السَهل وَالوَعرا

فَضائله قَد عَمت السَهل وَالوَعرا

He is the consummate scholar and the master whose

He is the accomplished scholar and master whose

virtues have pervaded the plain and the rugged ground.

Merits have encompassed plain and rugged land.

فَلا زالَت الأَقطار تَحيا بذكركم

فَلا زالَت الأَقطار تَحيا بذكركم

وَتخضر مِنكُم كُل مغبرة قفرا

وَتخضر مِنكُم كُل مغبرة قفرا

So may the lands never cease to live through remembrance of you,

The regions still live by the mention of you

and every dusty wasteland grow green through you.

And from you every desolate place greens.

وَلا زالت البُشرى تَقول لأَهلها

وَلا زالت البُشرى تَقول لأَهلها

بَدا قَمر العرفان مِن فلك الخضرا

بَدا قَمر العرفان مِن فلك الخضرا

And may good news never cease to say to its people:

And good tidings still say to its people,

The moon of spiritual knowledge appeared from the sphere of the green sky.

The moon of gnosis rose from the verdant orbit.