1. يا هاجري كم ذا تكون مهاجري

    أو ما علمت بأن هجرك ضائري

    O you who forsake me, how long will you keep forsaking me?

    Or did you not know that your abandonment harms me,

  2. وشعرت أني قد أبيت مسهداً

    سهران في جنح الظلام الداجري

    And realize that I spend the night sleepless,

    Wakeful beneath the cover of deep darkness?

  3. أرعى النجوم بناظر أو ناظراً

    ومسائلاً عن عابر من عابر

    I watch the stars with my eye, or gaze upon them,

    And ask one passerby about another.

  4. ما كان هذا يا رعاك اللَه من

    ظني ولا مما يجول بخاطري

    This—O, may God protect you—was not among

    My expectations, nor among what passes through my mind.

  5. أتحب أن تشمت على عواذلي

    وحواسدي ومعاندي ومناكري

    Do you wish my reproachers to gloat over me,

    And my enviers, my opponents, and my detractors?

  6. حاشاك من هذا ومن قطعي وقد

    واصلتني يا نور عين سرائري

    Far be it from you to do this, or to cut me off, when

    You have joined with me, O light of my inner heart’s eye.

  7. أمنن علي بعودة أو زورة

    أشفى بها يا يا عائدي يا زائري

    Grant me the favor of a return or a visit,

    That I may be healed by it—O, O my visitor in illness, O my visitor.

  8. أشكو إليك وأشكيك إلى الذي

    فطر السموات العزيز الغافر

    I complain to you, and complain of you to the One who

    Created the heavens—the Mighty, the Forgiving,

  9. الواحد الملك العظيم جلاله

    ذي العز والمجد الرفيع الباهر

    The One, the King, great in His majesty,

    Possessor of might and lofty, dazzling glory.

  10. يا رب يا رباه يا أملاه يا

    ذخري إذا ضن السحاب بماطر

    O Lord, O Lord, O my hope, O

    My treasure when the clouds withhold their rain.

  11. غثني بغيث إنني لك خاضع

    عبد ذليل لا أقوم لضائر

    Succor me with rain; indeed, I am submissive to You,

    A lowly servant, unable to withstand one who harms me.

  12. يا مطلبي يا مأربي يا مهربي

    يا مفزعي في يسرتي ومعاسري

    O my goal, O my desire, O my refuge,

    O my sanctuary in my ease and my hardships.

  13. يا عدتي في شدتي يا عمدتي

    في مدني ومواردي ومصادري

    O my resource in my distress, O my mainstay

    In my cities, my comings, and my goings.

  14. أنظر إلى نظرة من رحمة

    كي يحى مني كل ميت داثر

    Look upon me with a glance of mercy,

    So that all that is dead and faded within me may live.

  15. إني إليك بأحمد متشفع

    ختم النبيين الرسول الطاهر

    I seek intercession with You through Ahmad,

    The seal of the prophets, the pure Messenger,

  16. ويصنوه ووليه وصفيه

    المرتضي البر التقي الناصر

    And through his peer, his ally, and his chosen intimate,

    Al-Murtada, the righteous, the devout, the helper,

  17. وبسيطهم وحفيدهم وسليلهم

    الشيخ محي الدين عبد القادر

    And through their grandson, their grandchild, and their descendant,

    Shaykh Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Qadir,

  18. الحيلي المشهور فرد زمانه

    شيخ الشيوخ بباطن وبظاهر

    Al-Hayli, the renowned, peerless in his age,

    Shaykh of shaykhs, inwardly and outwardly.

  19. غيث البلاد وغيثها ومغيثها

    عن إذن سيده المليك القاهر

    Rain for the lands, their rain and their succorer,

    By permission of his Master, the Sovereign, the All-Subduing.

  20. طود الشريعة والطريقة والهدى

    بحر الحقيقة الخضم الذاخر

    A mountain of sacred law, the spiritual path, and guidance,

    A vast, brimming sea of truth,

  21. صدر الصدور بلا نكير لمنكر

    وإمام أهل الحق غير مناكر

    Chief of chiefs, unchallenged by any denier,

    And undisputed imam of the people of truth.

  22. نور العباد أناره لعباده

    كي يهتدوا في عاجل وأواخر

    The servants’ light, whom He made shine for His servants,

    So that they may be guided now and in times to come.

  23. كم قد هدى الرب الكريم بنصحه

    ودعائه من جاهل أو حائر

    How many has the generous Lord guided through his counsel

    And his prayers, whether ignorant or bewildered!

  24. قد قال عن أمرٍ على كرسيه

    قدمي على أعناق أهل دوائري

    He said, by command, upon his seat:

    “My foot is upon the necks of those within my circles.”

  25. فأقرت الكبراء في أقطارها

    وتواضعوا طوعاً لقدرة قادر

    Then the great ones in their regions acknowledged it,

    And willingly humbled themselves before the power of the Powerful.

  26. يا شيخ محي الدين يا أستاذنا

    وملاذنا أدرك يغوث حاضر

    O Shaykh Muhyi al-Din, O our teacher,

    And our refuge, come with aid at hand!

  27. إن الكروب وكل خطب هائل

    قد يممت سوح الفقير القاصر

    Indeed, the afflictions and every dreadful calamity

    Have headed toward the courtyards of this poor, deficient man.

  28. فانهض به وأدرك به مستنجداً

    مستنصراً مستنظراً لبوادر

    So raise him up and come to his aid as he seeks rescue,

    Seeking help and a reprieve from sudden calamities,

  29. مستعطفاً مسترحماً متوسلاً

    مستشفعاً بك للرحيم الغافر

    Seeking compassion, seeking mercy, seeking mediation,

    Seeking intercession through you with the Merciful, the Forgiving,

  30. وإلى النبي محمد خير الورى

    صلى عليه اللَه عد الماطر

    And with the Prophet Muhammad, the best of creation.

    May God bless him as many times as the rain

  31. في قطره والبحر في أمواجه

    والرمل في ذراته المتكاثر

    Has drops, and the sea has waves,

    And the sand has its countless grains;

  32. والآل والأصحاب مع أتباعهم

    من كل صبار منيب شاكر

    And his family and companions, along with their followers,

    Every steadfast, repentant, grateful one.

  33. الحمد للَه الكريم ختامها

    أبداً على إحسانه المتواتر

    Praise to God, the Generous, is its conclusion,

    Forever, for His unceasing kindness.