1. آنست نور الله جلَّ جلاله

    ومشيت حيث مشي النبُّي وآله

    I beheld the light of God—exalted is His majesty.

    And walked where the Prophet and his family walked.

  2. وبلغت أحسن ما تمني مسلم

    وأعزُّ ما يسمو إليه خيالُه

    And attained the best a Muslim ever wished for,

    And the most precious thing to which his imagination aspires.

  3. مُكِّنتُ من حظِّي فليس بشاغلي

    إدباره عني ولا إقباله

    I have been granted my share of fortune; I am not troubled by

    Its turning away from me or its drawing near.

  4. من تختتم سفر الحياة برجعة

    لله طاب ختامه ومآله

    Whoever ends life's journey with a return

    To God—blessed are his ending and his destination.

  5. يا رب جاء إليك يسألك الهدي

    عبد له عصيانه وضلاله

    O Lord, there has come to You, asking You for guidance,

    A servant with his disobedience and his straying.

  6. قد خال آفاق الحجاز تضيق عن

    آثامه وبها تنوء جباله

    He thought the horizons of the Hejaz too narrow for

    His sins, and its mountains weighed down by them.

  7. هذا المنيب إلي عفوٍّ غافر

    ما باله في روعه من حاله

    This penitent, turning to One who pardons and forgives—

    What ails him, so terrified by his own condition?

  8. ذكر الوعيد فزعزعت آماله

    خوف الوعيد وزلزلت أوصاله

    He remembered the warning, and his hopes were shaken

    By fear of the warning, and his limbs convulsed.

  9. حتي إذا البيت المحَّرم ضمّهُ

    قرَّت بلابله وأصلح باله

    Until, when the Sacred House embraced him,

    His anxieties grew still, and his mind was set at ease.

  10. يا رب قد حققت لي أملي ومن

    آواه بيتك لم تخب آماله

    O Lord, You have fulfilled my hope; and whoever

    Your House has sheltered has never seen his hopes fail.

  11. أنزلت في القلب اللهيف سكينة

    لا روعه باق ولا زلزاله

    You sent tranquility down into the anguished heart;

    Neither its terror nor its trembling remains.

  12. يا من يحب التائبين دعاك من

    صدق المتاب فهل يجاب سؤاله

    O You who love the repentant, You have been called upon by one

    Sincere in repentance—will his plea be answered?

  13. المسلمون ودينهم في محنة

    لم يخف حالهم عليك وحاله

    Muslims and their faith are in tribulation;

    Their plight and its plight are not hidden from You.

  14. وأراهم متفرقين كأنهم

    جسم سوي مزقت أوصاله

    And I see them scattered, as though they were

    A sound body whose limbs have been torn apart.

  15. وأراهم قد مكنوا لعدوهم

    فتملكت أعناقهم أغلاله

    And I see that they have empowered their enemy,

    So his shackles have seized their necks.

  16. صال العدو عليهمو متجبرا

    واشتد فيهم بطشه ونكاله

    The enemy assailed them tyrannically,

    And his violence and punishment against them intensified.

  17. وأخال منهم من يخون قبيله

    ومن الخيانة جاهه أو ماله

    And I think among them is one who betrays his tribe,

    And whose rank or wealth comes from betrayal.

  18. وأخال من فساقهم من غره

    إمهال رب العرش لا إهماله

    And I think among their sinners is one deluded by

    The Lord of the Throne's reprieve—not His neglect.

  19. وأخال منهم من يتوب لعلة

    فإذا انقضت غلب المتاب ضلاله

    And I think among them is one who repents for some cause;

    Then, once it passes, his straying overcomes his repentance.

  20. يا رب ألهمنا صراطك تنصرف

    عنا مآسي يومنا ووباله

    O Lord, inspire us to follow Your path, that there may depart

    From us the tragedies of our day and its dire consequences.

  21. يا من ينير الروح باهر نوره

    ويزفُّ ألوان الجمال جماله

    O You whose dazzling light illuminates the soul,

    And whose beauty ushers in the colors of beauty.