يا رب صل على المختار سيدنا

يا رب صل على المختار سيدنا

والآل والصحب من لا يحصى فضلهم

والآل والصحب من لا يحصى فضلهم

O Lord, bless the Chosen One, our master,

O Lord, bless our chosen one, our master

And his family and companions, whose merit is beyond counting;

And his family and companions, whose virtues are beyond count,

من نيلهم عم كلّ الناس أجمعهم

من نيلهم عم كلّ الناس أجمعهم

من نورُهم ضاء مثل الأزهر النجم

من نورُهم ضاء مثل الأزهر النجم

Whose bounty encompassed all people, every one,

Through whom all people altogether have attained virtue,

Whose light shone like the radiant star.

By their light the bright stars have shone through the darkness,

برق الحما من رُبا الفيحاء من إضم

برق الحما من رُبا الفيحاء من إضم

مذ لاح جاء بما يشجيك في الظلم

مذ لاح جاء بما يشجيك في الظلم

The sanctuary's lightning, from al-Fayha's heights, from Idam,

The lightning flashed from the clouds of Fayha’ and Adham, since it appeared bringing you relief in the darkness,

Since it flashed, has brought what saddens you in the darkness.

The lightning bolts follow one another from Najd, so it has bequeathed to me

تتابع البرق من نجد فأورثني

تتابع البرق من نجد فأورثني

شجواً وهما وتذكاراً وذا سأم

شجواً وهما وتذكاراً وذا سأم

Lightning followed lightning from Najd, leaving me

Yearning, anxiety, and remembrance, and this I have become weary of.

Sorrow, worry, remembrance, and a weary state.

O this young man - rather, O kinsman of determination -

يا أيهذا الفتى بل يا أهيل الحما

يا أيهذا الفتى بل يا أهيل الحما

صبٌّ براه الاسي والذل والسقم

صبٌّ براه الاسي والذل والسقم

O you young man—rather, O dear people of the sanctuary!

Pour forth the flowing tears and submission and sickness,

A love-stricken man, wasted by sorrow, humiliation, and sickness,

In the greatest distress of fetters and difficulties,

في غاية من زمام الكرب والنصب

في غاية من زمام الكرب والنصب

كذا اذا أظلم الديجور لم ينم

كذا اذا أظلم الديجور لم ينم

Held to the utmost by the reins of anguish and exhaustion,

Thus, when the darkness of night falls, it does not sleep.

Thus, when the black night darkens, he does not sleep.

Make its long night sleepless, O kinsman of love, tame it

ثواله يا أهيل الود أدبه

ثواله يا أهيل الود أدبه

من معضلات أضرت جسمه ألم

من معضلات أضرت جسمه ألم

It has lodged with him, O dear people of affection, and chastened him:

From insoluble problems that have caused its body pain.

Pain from grave afflictions that have harmed his body.

I think that I cannot bear it - how can that be when indeed

ظني بأن لا أضام كيف ذاك وقد

ظني بأن لا أضام كيف ذاك وقد

أتيتكم يا كرام العُربِ والعجم

أتيتكم يا كرام العُربِ والعجم

I trust I shall not be slighted—how could that be, when

You have come to me, O noblest of Arabs and non-Arabs.

I have come to you, O noble ones of the Arabs and non-Arabs?

My eyes were sleepless in the darkness and I

جفا عياني منامي في الدجى وأنا

جفا عياني منامي في الدجى وأنا

فلم يقر قرار لي من الالم

فلم يقر قرار لي من الالم

My sleep has forsaken my eyes in the darkness, while I

So no restfulness came to me from the pain.

Could find no rest because of the pain.

And I despaired, my state worsened forever,

وضقت ذرعاً ساءت حالتي أبداً

وضقت ذرعاً ساءت حالتي أبداً

فداركوا قبل ما أُودى من السقم

فداركوا قبل ما أُودى من السقم

And I could bear no more; my condition kept worsening.

So help me before I am destroyed by the sickness.

So rescue me before I perish of sickness.

And in me is the evil of intentions, the flames of a blazing fire,

وبي بسوء النوي لهيب نار جوي

وبي بسوء النوي لهيب نار جوي

عسى غياث قريباً عاجلاً يقم

عسى غياث قريباً عاجلاً يقم

And within me, through cruel separation, blazes the fire of longing.

Perhaps a speedy, immediate rescue will arise.

May succor arise soon and swiftly.

The harm touched its delicate, belonging to you,

ضراءُ مسته رق منتمي لكم

ضراءُ مسته رق منتمي لكم

وصار من سقمه في حالة العدم

وصار من سقمه في حالة العدم

Affliction has touched him—a bondsman belonging to you,

And it has become, from its sickness, in the state of nothingness.

And his sickness has brought him to a state of nothingness.

And a witness for me is a pouring tear that surpassed

وشاهدٌ لي دمع مرسَلٌ سَبق

وشاهدٌ لي دمع مرسَلٌ سَبق

بحمرة كشبيه الدم والعنم

بحمرة كشبيه الدم والعنم

And my witness is unrestrained tears that have rushed forth,

With redness, like blood and droplets.

With a redness like blood and the red ʿanam plant.

And I have become in tears from what my hands have harvested

وصرت في عَبرة مما جنته يدي

وصرت في عَبرة مما جنته يدي

من شؤم ذنبي أرى بالذل والندم

من شؤم ذنبي أرى بالذل والندم

And I have fallen into tears over what my hand has committed;

From the ill omen of my sin, which I see with humility and regret.

Through my sin's ill consequences, I appear in humiliation and remorse.

I knocked on the door of the generous one, always hoped for,

طرقت باب كريم يرتجى أبداً

طرقت باب كريم يرتجى أبداً

حي سميع بصير فهو لم ينم

حي سميع بصير فهو لم ينم

I knocked at the door of the Generous One, in whom hope is ever placed:

The Living, Hearing, Seeing, for He does not sleep.

Living, All-Hearing, All-Seeing—He does not sleep.

Thus I pleaded with the Guiding Intercessor so that

كذا وثنيت بالهادي الشفيع لكي

كذا وثنيت بالهادي الشفيع لكي

أرى القبول وتقبل دعوتي بهم

أرى القبول وتقبل دعوتي بهم

And thus I turned next to the Guide, the Intercessor, so that

I may see acceptance and my prayer through them being received.

I might find acceptance, and my prayer be accepted through them.

They are the family of the Messenger of God, all of them,

هم آل بيت رسول اللَه كلهم

هم آل بيت رسول اللَه كلهم

فيهم فخار وفي أقوالهم حكم

فيهم فخار وفي أقوالهم حكم

They are all the household of God's Messenger;

In them is pride and in their words is wisdom.

In them is glory, and in their sayings, wisdom.

Muhammad is the heir, the one sent with kindness

محمدُ العاقب المبعوث بالكرم

محمدُ العاقب المبعوث بالكرم

والفيض والمن والاحسان من قدم

والفيض والمن والاحسان من قدم

Muhammad, al-Aqib, sent with generosity,

And overflowing virtue and favor from early on.

And overflowing bounty, favor, and kindness from of old;

And the one through whom Medina became fragrant, its essences

ومن به طيبة طابت عناصرها

ومن به طيبة طابت عناصرها

مشرَّف الروضة الغناء والاكم

مشرَّف الروضة الغناء والاكم

And he through whom Taybah's very elements grew sweet,

Have been honored, the meadow and the hillocks.

Honored amid the lush garden and the hills.

The prophet of sincerity and verification from the beginning,

نبيُّ ذي الصدق والتحقيق من أزل

نبيُّ ذي الصدق والتحقيق من أزل

والصفح والذكر والاحسان والحكم

والصفح والذكر والاحسان والحكم

Prophet of the One possessed of truth and realization from eternity,

And pardoning, remembrance, kindness, and wisdom.

And pardon, remembrance, kindness, and wisdom.

You see places through him become more noble

ترى البقاع به تزداد من شرف

ترى البقاع به تزداد من شرف

وطاب ارجاؤها في السهل والاكم

وطاب ارجاؤها في السهل والاكم

You see the lands grow in honor through him,

And its environs have been purified in the plains and hillocks.

And their reaches grew sweet, in the plain and the hills.

The camel yearned for him and the gazelle spoke to him

حنَّ البعير له والظبي كلمه

حنَّ البعير له والظبي كلمه

والجذع حن له والديب والكلم

والجذع حن له والديب والكلم

The camel yearned for him, and the gazelle spoke to him;

And the calf inclined to him, and the wolf, and the stream.

And the trunk yearned for him, and the wolf, and the wounds (reading uncertain).

And since the speechless trees called to him obediently

ومذ دعا الشجر الخرساء طائعة

ومذ دعا الشجر الخرساء طائعة

أتته تسعى على ساق بلا قدم

أتته تسعى على ساق بلا قدم

And when he called the mute trees, obediently

They came to him hastily on a leg without a foot.

They came hurrying to him on trunks, without feet.

And how many miracles for this Chosen One forever

وكم معجزات لهذا المصطفى أبدا

وكم معجزات لهذا المصطفى أبدا

تواترت عدها لا يحص بالقلم

تواترت عدها لا يحص بالقلم

And how many miracles belong to this Chosen One, for all time!

Have been related in number that cannot be penned.

They followed in succession; no pen can count their number.

And those are in the well-known accounts made clear

وتلك بالخبر المشهور مسفرة

وتلك بالخبر المشهور مسفرة

كطالع الصبح والسيارة النجم

كطالع الصبح والسيارة النجم

And these are made clear by the well-known accounts,

Like the rising dawn and the revolving celestial bodies.

Like the rising dawn and the wandering stars.

And God made water flow from his hands which quenched

وأنبع اللَه ماءً من يديه سقى

وأنبع اللَه ماءً من يديه سقى

جيشاً عظيماً روى الظمآن والنعم

جيشاً عظيماً روى الظمآن والنعم

And God made water spring from the Prophet's two hands, giving drink to

A great army, satisfying the thirsty and favor.

A vast army, quenching the thirsty and the livestock.

With revelation he was ennobled and the Heavenly Ascension, then he saw

بالوحي شرف والمعراج ثم رأى

بالوحي شرف والمعراج ثم رأى

مولاه بالعين جل اللَه لم ينم

مولاه بالعين جل اللَه لم ينم

He was honored with revelation and the Ascension, then saw

His Protector with his eyes, Majestic is God, He does not sleep.

His Lord with his own eyes—exalted is God, who does not sleep.

And he attained noble character and manners

ونال علماً وأخلاقاً مكرمة

ونال علماً وأخلاقاً مكرمة

والرب خاطبه بالقول ذي الحكم

والرب خاطبه بالقول ذي الحكم

And he gained knowledge and noble character;

And the Lord spoke to him with words of wisdom.

And the Lord addressed him with words full of wisdom.

All the memorizers wandered confused and were dumbfounded

تاهت جميع الحفاظ واندهشت

تاهت جميع الحفاظ واندهشت

وحار في وصفه الجمهور والعلم

وحار في وصفه الجمهور والعلم

All the learned memorizers were bewildered and amazed,

And the general populace and scholars were perplexed in describing him.

And the multitude and learning itself were at a loss to describe him.

This noble prophet, the hoped for advocate

هذا النبي الكريم المرتجى سنداً

هذا النبي الكريم المرتجى سنداً

في دار دنيا وأخرى معدن الكرم

في دار دنيا وأخرى معدن الكرم

This noble Prophet, looked to for support,

In the homely life and the next, source of nobility.

In this world and the next, is the mine of generosity.

An intercessor, advocate on the Day of Resurrection, our rescuer

مشفع شافع في الحشر منقذنا

مشفع شافع في الحشر منقذنا

من هول ذي موقف والنار تضطرم

من هول ذي موقف والنار تضطرم

An intercessor whose plea is granted at the Gathering, our rescuer

From the enormity of that territory, and the fire blazing.

From the terror of that station, while the Fire blazes.

And through the prophet, the praised of action, our master

وبالنبي حميد الفعل سيدنا

وبالنبي حميد الفعل سيدنا

أوليتنا خالقي من سابغ النعم

أوليتنا خالقي من سابغ النعم

And through the Prophet, praiseworthy in deed, our master,

My Creator has granted me of abundant favor.

You have bestowed upon us, my Creator, abundant blessings.

He praised him with the inimitable verses of the Scripture,

أثنى عليه بآي الذكر محكمة

أثنى عليه بآي الذكر محكمة

ربٌّ تنزه عن كيف وعن عدم

ربٌّ تنزه عن كيف وعن عدم

He was praised in the firmly established verses of the Remembrance

A Lord exalted above “how” and “not.”

By a Lord beyond any 'how' and beyond nonexistence.

God extolled his name and specified him

اللَه نوَّه باسمه وخصصه

اللَه نوَّه باسمه وخصصه

بعمره مقسماً في الآي ذي الحكم

بعمره مقسماً في الآي ذي الحكم

God extolled his name and singled him out,

In his life swearing by him in the verse of wisdom.

Swearing by his life in verses full of wisdom.

So bestow favor upon the composer in haste,

فامنن على ناظم بالجود في عجل

فامنن على ناظم بالجود في عجل

فانني ضاع صبري ضائق النسم

فانني ضاع صبري ضائق النسم

So favor the poet with generosity, without delay;

For my patience has vanished, constricted is my breath.

For I have no patience left, and my breath is constricted.

And give drink to your slave whom his sorrow has weakened, from

وتشفه من عنى أضناه عبدك من

وتشفه من عنى أضناه عبدك من

محمد هاشم ابن الميرغني الختم

محمد هاشم ابن الميرغني الختم

And heal him of the hardship that has worn him down—Your servant, who is

Muhammad Hashim son of Mirghani the seal.

Muhammad Hashim, son of al-Mirghani al-Khatm.

And bless, O Lord, the Chosen One as long as the sun rises

وصل رب على المختار ما بزغت

وصل رب على المختار ما بزغت

شمس وبدر أضافي حندس الظلم

شمس وبدر أضافي حندس الظلم

And bless the Chosen One, Lord, as long as there rise

And the full moon, my hands stretched out in darkness.

The sun and a full moon shining in the gloom of darkness,

A Muslim, hopeful, as long as the full moon gleams

مسلماً وائماً ما لاح بدر سما

مسلماً وائماً ما لاح بدر سما

وما سرى البرق في الظلماء من إضم

وما سرى البرق في الظلماء من إضم

Granting peace continually, whenever a full moon shines aloft,

And as lightning flashes in the deep darkness.

And whenever lightning travels through the darkness from Idam.

Dazzled by the lightning of Quba and it blinked, and knocked from the clouds

مَغترَّ برقُ قبا واخضلّ ودقُ ربا

مَغترَّ برقُ قبا واخضلّ ودقُ ربا

من عُربِ كاظمة جيران ذي سلم

من عُربِ كاظمة جيران ذي سلم

Proudly flashes Quba's lightning, and rain moistens the heights,

Of silent Arabs, neighbors of one with peace.

Among the Arabs of Kazimah, neighbors of Dhu Salam.

And the family and companions, my masters, and through them

وعُمَّ آلٍ وصحبٍ سادتي وبهم

وعُمَّ آلٍ وصحبٍ سادتي وبهم

أنال قصدي الذي أهوى بفضلهم

أنال قصدي الذي أهوى بفضلهم

And extend blessings to the family and companions, my masters; through them

I attain my aim which I yearn for through their excellence.

I attain the goal I desire, through their grace.