يا رب صل على المشفع

محمد المصطفى الحليم

O Lord, send blessings upon the accepted intercessor,

Muhammad, the Chosen One, the forbearing,

ما لاح برق الحما اليماني

من نحو نجد أو النسيم

As long as lightning flashes over the Yemeni sanctuary,

From the direction of Najd—or the breeze.

يا رق نجد من المصلى

أهجت شوقاً على السقيم

O [lightning?] of Najd, from the prayer-ground,

You have stirred longing in the ailing one.

قد طار مني الكرى جميعاً

جوف الليالي كذا عديم

All slumber has flown from me;

In the depths of the nights, I am thus bereft.

واشتد شوقي وان روحي

تبكي على الوصل يا نديم

And my longing has intensified, and indeed my soul

Weeps for union, O boon companion.

تبكي على روضة تراها

بالنور تزهو وتستقيم

It weeps for a garden you see

Glowing with light and standing upright.

بسوحها قبر خير رسل

به النبي الطاهر الكريم

In its precincts is the tomb of the best of messengers;

Within it is the pure, noble Prophet,

محمد أصدق البرايا

وخيرهم نحوها مقيم

Muhammad, the most truthful of created beings,

And their best, dwelling near it.

من خاطب اللَه بل رآه

حقاً هو السيد الرحيم

He who addressed God—indeed, saw Him;

Truly, he is the merciful master.

من قد رقى الحجب والسما

ثم ارتقى عرشه العظيم

He who ascended through the veils and the heavens,

Then ascended His mighty throne.

فيا لها رتبة ومجداً

ما نالها الرسل والكليم

So, what a rank and glory!

That neither the messengers nor God's interlocutor attained.

ما زاغ للعين مثل موسى

وما طغى بصره الحليم

His eye did not stray as Moses' did,

Nor did his forbearing gaze overstep its bounds.

لولاه ما كان كل شيء

ولا خلود ولا نعيم

Were it not for him, nothing would have existed,

Nor immortality, nor bliss.

وفاق خلقاً لهم وخلقاً

أعظم به طبعه السليم

And he surpassed them in bodily form and character;

How great he is, with his sound nature!

فهو الذي يدرك البرايا

يوم اللقا فاذرِ يا فهيم

For he is the one who comes to creation's aid

On the day of meeting—so [know this?], O discerning one.

يا سيد الخلق ضاق حالي

والعالم الخالقِ العليم

O master of creation, my plight has grown dire,

By the Knower, the Creator, the All-Knowing.

بحق ذي العرش يا حبيبي

فرّج على عبدك العذيم

By the right of the Possessor of the Throne, O my beloved,

Bring relief to your [destitute?] servant.

قد ساء حالي وزاد كربي

فغث ودارك أَيا رحيم

My plight has worsened, and my distress has increased;

So give aid and come to my rescue, O merciful one.

وفي الدياجي يزيد ما بي

جوف الدجا الحالك البهيم

And in the dark nights, what ails me increases,

In the depths of the pitch-black, lightless night.

قصدته سيداً هماما

مزيل ضري أيا حميم

I sought him, a magnanimous master,

Remover of my affliction, O dear friend.

المصطفى واسع الخلائق

فضلاً وجوداً لهم عميم

The Chosen One, encompassing all creatures,

With grace and bounty embracing them all.

حاشاه أن يحرِمَ الميم

لسوحه ذل الوسيم

Far be it from him to deprive [the visitor?];

Before his courts, the handsome one humbled himself.

فَغفر ذنبٍ وسترُ عيبٍ

وتصلح الشأن يا فخيم

So, forgiveness of sin and concealment of fault,

And you set affairs right, O exalted one.

تغشاه عدّ الحصي صلاةٌ

من ربنا الواهب الكريم

May blessings cover him, as numerous as pebbles,

From our Lord, the generous Bestower,

والآل والصحب مع ملام

ما هب ريح الصبا النسيم

And the family and companions, with reproach [wording unclear],

As long as the gentle east wind blows,

أو أَطرب الميرغني هاشم

بمدحهم ذل النظيم

Or Hashim al-Mirghani brings delight

By praising them in verse that bows humbly.