أَبَدا تَحِنّ اِلَيكُم الاِرواح

أَبَدا تَحِنّ اِلَيكُم الاِرواح

وَلَكُم غَدوّ في العُلا وَرَواح

وَلَكُم غَدوّ في العُلا وَرَواح

Forever, souls yearn for you.

The spirits yearn for you forever,

And yours are morning and evening journeys in the heights.

And for you is a morning in the heights and plains,

يا سادَة لَولاهُم ما لاحَ في

يا سادَة لَولاهُم ما لاحَ في

أُفق المَكارِمِ لِلفَلاح صَباح

أُفق المَكارِمِ لِلفَلاح صَباح

O lords, without whom there would not shine in

O masters, were it not for them no dawn would have shone

The horizon of noble virtues a dawn of success.

Upon the horizons of virtues for the prosperous morning,

ما الفَضل اِلّا ما رَأَيت بِحيكم

ما الفَضل اِلّا ما رَأَيت بِحيكم

وَعَلَيكُم مِن نورِهِ مِصباح

وَعَلَيكُم مِن نورِهِ مِصباح

Excellence is only what I have seen in your quarter,

No merit except what I saw in your neighborhood,

And above you is a lamp of its light.

And upon you is a lamp from its light,

نطق الكِتاب بِمُجدِكُم وَبِفَضلِكُم

نطق الكِتاب بِمُجدِكُم وَبِفَضلِكُم

وَأَتَت أَحاديثُ بِذاكَ صَحاح

وَأَتَت أَحاديثُ بِذاكَ صَحاح

The Book proclaimed your glory and your excellence,

The Book spoke of your glory and your merit,

And authentic traditions have related this.

And authentic narrations came with that,

وَتَواتَرَت أَخبارُ مَجد عَنكُم

وَتَواتَرَت أَخبارُ مَجد عَنكُم

يَزهو بِها الاِمساء وَالاِصباح

يَزهو بِها الاِمساء وَالاِصباح

And reports of glory concerning you have come in succession;

And recurring news of your glory flowed,

Evening and morning take pride in them.

With which names and mornings bloom,

يا أَيُّها القَومُ الَّذينَ تَشَرَّفَت

يا أَيُّها القَومُ الَّذينَ تَشَرَّفَت

بِهِم بِقاع في العُلا وَبِطاح

بِهِم بِقاع في العُلا وَبِطاح

O you people, through whom have been ennobled

O people whom the heights and lowlands have been honored,

Regions and broad valleys in the heights.

With them in the heights and plains,

مَن ذا يُفاخِرُكُم وَأَنتُم عصبة

مَن ذا يُفاخِرُكُم وَأَنتُم عصبة

قرشية وَشَذاكُم فياح

قرشية وَشَذاكُم فياح

Who can rival you in glory, when you are a clan

Who can compete with you, while you are a Qurashi clan

Of Quraysh, and your fragrance spreads far and wide?

And your renown fragrant?

وَحَماكُم حرم النجاة وَحُبُّكُم

وَحَماكُم حرم النجاة وَحُبُّكُم

لِلقاصِدينَ وَلِلعُفاة مباح

لِلقاصِدينَ وَلِلعُفاة مباح

And your sanctuary is a sacred precinct of salvation, and love for you

The Sanctuary protects you, and your love

Is open to seekers and those who ask for bounty.

For those who seek and the pardoned is permitted,

وَاِلَيكُم كُلُّ الفَضائِل تَنتَمي

وَاِلَيكُم كُلُّ الفَضائِل تَنتَمي

وَعَلى يَدَيكم يُفتَح الفتاح

وَعَلى يَدَيكم يُفتَح الفتاح

And all virtues trace their origin to you,

All merits belong to you,

And through your hands the Opener opens the way.

And by your hands the Opener opens,

يَكفيكُم يا آل طه مَفخَرا

يَكفيكُم يا آل طه مَفخَرا

أَن العُلا عقد لَكُم اِفصاح

أَن العُلا عقد لَكُم اِفصاح

It is enough glory for you, O family of Taha,

It suffices you, O People of Taha, pride

That eminence is a necklace for you—an eloquent declaration.

That the Most High has composed a poem for you,

اللَهُ خَصَّكُم بِأَشرَفِ رُتبَة

اللَهُ خَصَّكُم بِأَشرَفِ رُتبَة

العَجز عَن عقد لَكم وُشاح

العَجز عَن عقد لَكم وُشاح

God has singled you out for the noblest rank;

God has privileged you with the noblest rank,

Inability to string a necklace for you is itself a sash.

Inability to compose a robe for you,

أَنا لا أَحول وَحَقكم عَن حبكُم

أَنا لا أَحول وَحَقكم عَن حبكُم

كَتم العَواذِل قَولُهُم أَو باحوا

كَتم العَواذِل قَولُهُم أَو باحوا

I do not turn from loving you, by your sacred right,

I do not waver from loving you, though they

Whether the reproachers hide their words or speak openly.

Conceal their love or chant it,

وَاِذا تَرَنَّمَت الاِنام بِذِكرُكُم

وَاِذا تَرَنَّمَت الاِنام بِذِكرُكُم

فَلِسان شُكري بِالثَنا صِياح

فَلِسان شُكري بِالثَنا صِياح

And when humankind sings of you,

And when people chant remembering you,

Then my grateful tongue cries aloud in praise.

My tongue shouts praise,

لِما نَصَبتُم لِلسُّرورَ أَسِرَّة

لِما نَصَبتُم لِلسُّرورَ أَسِرَّة

تَزهو بِها الاِرواحِ وَالاِشباح

تَزهو بِها الاِرواحِ وَالاِشباح

For you have set up couches for joy,

For you have set up tents of joy

In which souls and bodies rejoice.

With which spirits and ghosts bloom,

وَأَقَمتُم عِرسا يُضىء كَإِنَّما

وَأَقَمتُم عِرسا يُضىء كَإِنَّما

أَلدَهر مِنهُ كَوكَب وَضاح

أَلدَهر مِنهُ كَوكَب وَضاح

And you held a wedding that shines, as though

And held a wedding illuminated as if

Time itself were, through it, a radiant star.

The Age had born from it a shining star,

أَرّخته أَبدا بِعَهدِ جاكم

أَرّخته أَبدا بِعَهدِ جاكم

لاِبي الفَلاح تَجَدّد الاِفراح

لاِبي الفَلاح تَجَدّد الاِفراح

I dated it: “Forever, with a pledge that came to you,

Dated it forever in your era,

For Abu al-Falah, a renewal of joys.”

The time of your father the prosperous, joys are renewed,

ما اِن يُلام محبكُم في حُبِّكُم

ما اِن يُلام محبكُم في حُبِّكُم

أَبَدا وَلَيسَ عَلَيه فيه جُناح

أَبَدا وَلَيسَ عَلَيه فيه جُناح

One who loves you is not blamed for loving you,

Never blame the one who loves you for loving you,

Ever; nor is there any sin upon him for it.

He has no sin in it,

لا زِلتُم أَهلَ المَكارِمِ وَالتُقى

لا زِلتُم أَهلَ المَكارِمِ وَالتُقى

وَلَدَيكُم الاِرشاد وَالاِصلاح

وَلَدَيكُم الاِرشاد وَالاِصلاح

May you ever remain people of noble virtues and piety,

You remain the people of virtues and piety,

And with you are guidance and reform.

And with you are guidance and reform,

طِبتُم وَطابَ جَنابكم فَلا جل ذا

طِبتُم وَطابَ جَنابكم فَلا جل ذا

طاب المَديح وَطابَت المَدّاح

طاب المَديح وَطابَت المَدّاح

Sweet are you, and sweet is your abode; for that reason

You have been good and your side good, so no wonder

The praise is sweet, and sweet are those who praise.

Praise is good and praisers are good!