هدى اللَه معشوق الجمال إلى الهدى

هدى اللَه معشوق الجمال إلى الهدى

وجنبه ما يختشيه من الردى

وجنبه ما يختشيه من الردى

May God guide the one beloved for his beauty to guidance,

May God guide the beloved of beauty to guidance

And spare him the ruin he fears.

And spare him from what he fears of deviation

ونفس حسود أسخن اللَه عينه

ونفس حسود أسخن اللَه عينه

وأسهره حتى يبيت مسهداً

وأسهره حتى يبيت مسهداً

And as for an envious soul, may God make his eye burn,

And an envious soul, may God heat his eye

And keep him awake until he spends the night sleepless.

And keep him awake until he sleeps laying down

أحب لها دمون والنجد والربى

أحب لها دمون والنجد والربى

وظبية والشعب الذي نوره بدا

وظبية والشعب الذي نوره بدا

For her sake I love Dammūn, al-Najd, and the hills,

I wish for him the bliss of Dumun, Najd and the countryside

And Dhabyah, and the ravine whose light appeared—

And a gazelle and the people whose light has emerged

محجبة من هاشم ومحمد

محجبة من هاشم ومحمد

عليه صلاة اللَه دأباً وسرمدا

عليه صلاة اللَه دأباً وسرمدا

A veiled woman of Hashim and Muhammad,

Veiled from Hashim and Muhammad

Upon him be God's blessings, continually and forever.

Upon him be the prayers of God always and forever

فلا تعذلوني في المليحة واعذروا

فلا تعذلوني في المليحة واعذروا

فقلبي بها يمسي عليها كما غدا

فقلبي بها يمسي عليها كما غدا

So do not reproach me for the lovely one, and excuse me;

So do not blame me for praising the beautiful one and excuse me

For my heart is with her at dusk, fixed on her as it was at dawn.

For my heart stays with her as it enters the morning

فيا أيها العذال رفقاً ورحمة

فيا أيها العذال رفقاً ورحمة

بصب كئيب عيشه قد تنكدا

بصب كئيب عيشه قد تنكدا

So, O you reproachers, show gentleness and mercy

Oh you who blame, be gentle and merciful

To a sorrowful lover whose life has turned bitter.

To a gloomy love whose life has become gloomy

ولا تتوهم ظبية الحي إنني

ولا تتوهم ظبية الحي إنني

صبوت معاذ اللَه والحاد قد حدا

صبوت معاذ اللَه والحاد قد حدا

Nor imagine, concerning the tribe's gazelle, that I

And do not assume the gazelle of the tribe that I

Have fallen in love—God forbid! The camel-driver has sung,

Have become, God forbid, deviant and exceeded proper bounds

وساق نياق الشوق يقصدن معهداً

وساق نياق الشوق يقصدن معهداً

به نزل الأقوام في روضة الندا

به نزل الأقوام في روضة الندا

And driven the she-camels of longing toward a familiar abode,

The she-camels of longing carry me to a place of gathering

Where the people settled in a garden of bounty.

In which people descended in the meadow of Nada

تعيديد حي اللَه عيديد كله

تعيديد حي اللَه عيديد كله

بسارية كماسري البرق أو رعدا

بسارية كماسري البرق أو رعدا

At ʿAydīd [opening uncertain], may God bless all of ʿAydīd

Repeating the celebration of the living God, all of it

With a night raincloud, coursing like lightning or thunder.

With a banner as the banners of lightning or thunder

وجاز الرياض الخضر من وادي النقا

وجاز الرياض الخضر من وادي النقا

بزنبل من بشار ما قمري شدا

بزنبل من بشار ما قمري شدا

And may it cross the green gardens of Wādī al-Naqā,

Passing through the green meadows from the valley of Nqa

At Zanbal, from Bashshār, as long as a turtledove sings.

With glad tidings from Bashar, my moon has risen

وعم الفريط لنور مع أهل بكدر

وعم الفريط لنور مع أهل بكدر

هو أطل غفران مع الأمن من ردى

هو أطل غفران مع الأمن من ردى

And may it envelop al-Furayṭ in light, with the people of Bakdar [reading uncertain],

And it covered all of Frayte with light along with the people of Bkadr

With showers of forgiveness and safety from ruin [reading uncertain].

He is the most forgiving despite evil and deviation

فكم ضمن هاتيك كل عيد أنيسة

فكم ضمن هاتيك كل عيد أنيسة

مع الجيرة الغادين من معشر الهدى

مع الجيرة الغادين من معشر الهدى

How many dear companions dwell within those places at every feast [wording uncertain],

So how much these days contain of every pleasant celebration

With the neighbors who set out at dawn, from the company of guidance—

Along with the neighbors proceeding from the group of guidance

أثمة دين اللضه يدعون خلقه

أثمة دين اللضه يدعون خلقه

إلى بابه طوبى لمن سمع الندا

إلى بابه طوبى لمن سمع الندا

Imams of God's religion, calling His creatures

Leaders of the religion of God calling people

To His door—blessed is whoever hears the call,

To His door, bliss to those who hear the call

وسار إلى الرب الرحيم مبادراً

وسار إلى الرب الرحيم مبادراً

لطاعته يرجو النعيم المخلدا

لطاعته يرجو النعيم المخلدا

And hastens toward the Merciful Lord,

And rush to the Merciful Lord eagerly

To obey Him, hoping for everlasting bliss,

Seeking eternal bliss

ويخشى عذاب اللَه في ناره التي

ويخشى عذاب اللَه في ناره التي

يخلد فيها من طغى وتمردا

يخلد فيها من طغى وتمردا

And fears God's punishment in His fire, where

And fearing God's punishment, the fire in which

Those who transgress and rebel abide forever,

Those who tyrannized and rebelled will suffer eternally

ولم يتبع خير الأنام محمدا

ولم يتبع خير الأنام محمدا

نبي الهدى بحر الندى مجلى الصدى

نبي الهدى بحر الندى مجلى الصدى

And do not follow the best of creation, Muhammad—

And did not follow the best of people, Muhammad

The prophet of guidance, sea of generosity, remover of rust.

The prophet of guidance, the sea of dew, the polished mirror

عليه صلاة اللَه ثم سلامه

عليه صلاة اللَه ثم سلامه

صلاة وتسليماً إلى آخر المدى

صلاة وتسليماً إلى آخر المدى

Upon him be God's blessings, and then His peace,

Upon him be the prayers of God and then his greetings

Blessings and salutations until the end of time.

Prayers and peace be upon him until the end of time