أيُّ قلبٍ هامَ فيكُمْ وسكَنْ

أَو تَوالى غيرَكُمْ طولَ الزَّمَنْ

What heart among you has yearned and dwelled

Or longed for others throughout time

يا أُحَيْباباً سَقانا وَجْدُهُمْ

كأسَ آلامٍ وأَنواعِ مِحَنْ

O beloved ones whose love has intoxicated me

A cup of sorrows and all kinds of afflictions

كلَّما البرْقُ اليَمانِيُّ الْتوَى

حنَّ قلبي لنَواحيكُمْ وأنْ

Whenever the Yemeni lightning flashes

My heart inclines towards your regions

عن هَواكُمْ أخَذَ القَلبُ البِلى

وأَداةُ الجَرِّ فيكُمْ هي عَنْ

Of your love, my heart has taken the wear

And the instrument of my wounds is abandonment

أَفْرَطَ العاذِلُ في نُصحي بِكُمْ

ليتَ شِعْري بهدَ هَذا هوَ مَنْ

The reproacher has been excessive in his advice to me about you

I wish I knew if this is who

والأَماني لم تزَلْ طافِحَةً

يا لَعَمْرِي إنَّها بعضُ الفِتَنْ

And my hopes have remained overflowing

Oh my life they are some of the temptations

أَقلَقَ الشَّوقُ إليكُمْ خاطِري

وعليهِ غارَةَ الأَشْجانِ شَنْ

Yearning for you has disturbed my thoughts

And upon it the raid of sorrows has been cruel

وغَدا سِرِّي لشَجْوي عَلَناً

هل رأيْتُمْ قَطُّ سِرًّا كالْعَلَنْ

And my secret for my lament has become public

Have you ever seen a secret like what is public?

يا حُداةَ العِيسِ إنْ سِرتُمْ إلى

بُقْعَةٍ ماجَ بِها بحرُ المِنَنْ

O you who renewed the vow if you travel

To a spot flooded with the sea of blessings

أَرْفِقوني بتَوالي عيسِكُمْ

ولكُمْ قلبي على هذا ثمَنْ

Be gentle with me through your perpetual generosity

For you my heart is the price

وأَراكُمْ لم تُريدوا رُفْقَتي

عاقَني ذَنْبي فيا طولُ الحَزَنْ

And I see you did not want my company

My sin has forbidden me so oh the prolonged sadness

ساءَ ظنِّي بشُؤُني كلِّها

إنَّ سوءَ الظَّنِّ من أَزكى الفِطَنْ

My suspicions about all my affairs were evil

Indeed, evil suspicion is one of the purest insights

كيفَ أَرضَى عن شُؤُنٍ ما بِها

عندَ رُكْبانِ الحِمى شأنٌ حَسَنْ

How can I be content with affairs that

In the eyes of the zealous riders have no good?

يا كِرامَ الحيِّ جُودوا كَرَماً

واجْبُروا كَسْري فقد رُدَّ المِجَنْ

O generous souls, be generous

And mend my brokenness for the vessel has cracked

سَكَني حيثُ سَكَنْتُمْ وسِوى

ما سَكَنْتُمْ ليس لي فيهِ سَكَنْ

My peace is where you have dwelt, and except

Where you have not dwelt, there is no peace for me

وحِماكُمْ وحِماكُمْ وَطَني

ومنَ الإِيمانِ حُبٌّ للوَطَنْ

And your sanctuary, your sanctuary is my homeland

And love of homeland is part of faith

إنَّما أُمُّ عُبَادٍ مَكَّتي

وإليها وِجْهَتي من كلِّ فَنْ

Only Mecca is the mother of worshippers

And towards it is my direction from everything

بُغْيَتي بل مُنْيَتي ساكِنُها

كم على حَبْلي بالإِيصالِ مَنْ

My love, rather my death, resides in it

So many ropes are upon my neck from my longing

نائبُ المُخْتارِ عينُ المُرْتَضى

وارِثٌ عَليا حُسَيْنٍ والحَسَنْ

The Caliph’s governor is the chosen one’s eye

An inheritor of Ali, Hussein and Hasan

سيِّدي الغَوْثُ الرِّفاعِيُّ الَّذي

نابَ خيرَ الخَلْقِ بالخُلْقِ الحَسَنْ

My master, the Rifa’i succor, who

Represented the best of creation in good conduct

رَبِّ إنِّي اشْتَعَلَ الرأسُ بي ال

يومَ شَيْباً مِثلَما العَظْمُ وَهَنْ

My Lord, my head with age is ablaze

Like the bone has gotten feeble and weak

وفُؤادي كلَّما اسْتَسْكَنْتُهُ

خَفَقَتْ أَجزاؤهُ وَجداً وحَنْ

And whenever my heart settles down

Its parts flutter with fervor and yearning

فتَدارَكْني بلُطْفٍ سابِلٍ

واحْمِني من لَوْثِ آثارِ الإِحَنْ

So save me with an outpouring of kindness

And protect me from the marks of sorrows

واصْرِفَنْ قَلبي إلى قُدْسِكَ يا

عالِمَ الأَسْرارِ وامْحَقْ للفِتَنْ

And turn my heart to Your sanctity, O

Knower of secrets, and erase temptations

واجْعَلَنْ سَيْري بنهجِ المُصْطَفى

خالِصاً عن كلِّ رانٍ ودَرَنْ

And make my conduct the path of Mustapha

Pure from any blemish and fault

واجعَلِ الغَوْثَ الرِّفاعِيَّ يَدي

أَتَجَلاَّهُ إذا الدَّاءُ زَمِنْ

And make Rifa’i my hand I grasp

When affliction comes at its harshest

ولكَ الحمدُ على فضلِكَ مِنْ

عالَمِ الآزالِ يا مُولي المِنَنْ

And to You belongs all praise for Your bounty

O Lord of bounties, from the world of eternity

أَنْتَ قد أظْهَرْتنا بعد الخَفا

ثَبَتَ الوَعْدُ وقد حانَ الزَّمَنْ

You have shown us after being hidden

The promise has been fulfilled, the time has come

أَنشَقُ النَّسمَةَ من شَهْبائِهِمْ

كانْتِشاقِ المُصْطَفى ريحُ اليَمَنْ

The breeze cracks from their lightning

Like the cracking of Mustapha, the wind of Yemen