ما بالك يا قلبي أبدا

عُرب تحنو لَهُمُ أبدا

Why, my heart, do you always yearn

For a people who never return your longing?

أم شِمتَ بريق أبيرِقِهم

قد أومض فاستشعىت ندا

Or did a glimmer of their splendor dazzle you,

A flash that made you hope they might call?

كم أودعني ولهاً بهم

طيف بوصلهم وعدا

How often has love for them left me distraught,

A specter of their union that comes and goes!

حادي الأظعان فقف بهما

وانشُد قلباً منّي شردا

Guide my laments, stop them for their sake,

And make my heart sing though it is lost.

واقصد عرباً في حيّهم

مَن مات يعش عيشاً رغدا

Seek out the Arabs in their dwellings,

Those who, when dead, live on in joy.

وأعد يا سَعدُ حديثهم

لفتى بمحبتهم سعدا

Renew, Saad, the telling of their tales

For one made happy by his love for them.

وخُذَنّ الروح وما ملكت

وأرى لك فيه عليّ يدا

Take my soul, all that I own,

And I will count it a gift to you.

كم أنزل في طري رمدا

وجدي وعلى قلبي مَردا

How often has the dust of grief blown

And sorrow's wind gust over my heart!

عيني وَسَقَت دمعي وسقت

خدّي به ولقد نفدا

My eyes rain tears, pouring down,

My cheeks channel them, though they run dry.

فالوجد نما والدمع هما

والصبر وهى قلبي وغدا

Sorrow grew, and tears multiplied,

Patience and my heart met at dawn.

يا أهل الحيّ لكم حرم

مَن حلّ به ما ضلّ هدى

O people of the Abode, yours is a sanctuary

Violated by none who found guidance.

حرم يبت الرحمن به

ورسول اللَه به وُلدا

A sanctuary where the Merciful dwelt,

And the Messenger of God was born.

ذاك المختار ومَن أهدى

الإسلام لنا وإليه هدى

The Chosen One who gave guidance,

Brought Islam and guided us to it.

وأبان الملّة حين أتى

وطرائقها كانت قددا

He clarified the nation when he came

Though its precepts had been complex.

تنحلّ عقود الكفر له

بِلوا للنّصر قد أنعقدا

For him, the knots of unbelief came undone,

The lines of victory were drawn taut.

كم أورد جيشاً راحته

لمّا أرداه ظماً وردى

How often he marched an army to pasture

When he wished it to graze and rest!

يا أمة خير الخلق لقد

بلغت آمالكم السددا

O community of the Best of Mankind,

You have achieved your high ambitions.

جئتم للكعبة مُنيَتكم

فيها لُوذوا وادعُوا الصّمدا

You came to the Kaaba for your final rites-

Take refuge there, and call upon the Eternal!

كم قد وَجلَت نفس وجَلَت

لَمّا دُليت عنها الكمدا

How many souls shudder and shake

When uncovered before Him on Judgment Day!

أبداً ترتاح لها الأروا

ح ولا ترتاح لبُعد مدى

The souls will never rest, nor will their agony

Cease, no matter how far they flee.

اشرب من زمزم وانوبه

يا ذا ما شئت تَنَل رَشَدا

Drink at Zamzam, repent thereafter,

And you will attain righteousness.

والمُلتَزم الزَمه وقف

بالموقف وارفع فيه يدا

Commit yourself to the Station, halt,

And lift up your hands there in supplication.

واستَرجِ مُناك بأرض منى

تأمن خوفاً بالخِيف بدا

Beg for forgiveness on the plain of Mina,

Safe from fear, seeking sanctuary.

وزُر المُختار وطِب أمَلا

وأطِل في زَورَته الأمدا

Visit the Chosen One, and attain hope.

Prolong your ritual stay in his precincts.

وثبّت يا صاح بحُجرته

واسأله تَنَل منه المددا

Make firm, O my friend, your resolve,

And seek aid that you may attain succor.

وبه ثَمَ استشفع وعلى

كرم المولى كن مُعتَمدا

Through him, then, intercede, and rely

On the Munificent Lord's generosity.

حاشاه يُخَيب قاصده

كلا واللضه متى قصدا

Surely He would not disappoint one who seeks Him—

Never! When asked, He giveth bounteously.

فعليه صلاة اللَه كذا

ك سلام لا يحصى عددا

Upon him blessings and peace of God,

Forever boundless in number.