بمحمد أتعلق

وبخلقه أتخلق

I hold fast to Muhammad,

To Muhammad I am attached,

And with his character I adorn myself,

And his character I adopt as my own,

وعلى البنين جميعهم

في حبه اتفوق

And over all people

And above all other youths,

In love for him I prevail.

I excel in my love for him.

نفسي الفتية دائما

من حبه تتحرق

My soul, young forever,

My youthful soul is constantly,

Is always aflame with love for him,

Burning with love for him.

وجوانحي مهتاجة

ومدامعي تترقرق

And my heart is impassioned,

My inner being is stirred,

My tears flowing.

And my tears flow freely.

مالي وللعب التي

تختار لي وتنسق

What care have I for the games

What have I to do with the games that

That choose for me and arrange,

Are chosen and arranged for me?

ان التعلق بالرسو

ل ودينه بي أليق

When holding fast to the Messenger

Indeed, attachment to the Messenger

And his religion suits me more?

And his religion is more befitting of me.

أنا مسلم أهوى الهدى

بسواه لا أتحقق

I am a Muslim who loves guidance,

I am a Muslim who loves guidance;

With none other do I become fulfilled.

Through nothing else do I find my true self.

بخلال أحمد أرتدي

وبحبه أتمنطق

With the traits of Ahmed I clothe myself,

I clothe myself in the virtues of Ahmad,

And with love for him I strengthen myself.

And with his love I gird myself.

في مثل هذا الشهر لا

ح كبدره يتألق

In a month like this, no

In a month like this, there appeared

Sorrows can tarnish its radiance.

One shining like his full moon.

اليوم ألسنة العوا

لم بالبشائر تطلق

Today tongues of the world

Today, the tongues of all realms

Announce the good tidings.

Are unleashed with glad tidings.

فعلى الوجود نضارة

ملء العيون ورونق

So freshness fills existence,

So upon all existence rests a freshness,

Eyes brim and glow.

Filling the eyes with splendor.

لا يوم أشرف فيه من

يوم الرسول وأسرق

No day nobler than the one

There is no day therein more honorable

Of the Messenger's night journey.

Than the Prophet's day, nor more radiant.

أهلا بشهر بالقلو

ب وبالنواظر يرمق

Greetings to the month that

Welcome to a month that by hearts

Captivates hearts and dazzles sights.

And eyes is gazed upon with longing.

أنا منذ غبت اليك من

حرالهوى أتشوق

Since I've been absent from you

Ever since you departed, I yearn for you

I've pined from the fever of passion.

With the burning heat of love.

عرف النبي محمد

يشتم منك وينشق

I know the Prophet Muhammad

The fragrance of Prophet Muhammad

Is insulted by you and torn apart.

Is sensed and inhaled from you.

ما زلت فيه ولن أزا

ل بعهده أتوثق

I still love him and will never

I remain within it, and I shall never cease

Break my covenant to him.

To hold firmly to his covenant.

يا خير من تعنى اليـ

ـه الهاديات وتعنق

O best of those whose care

O best of those towards whom the guided mounts

The rightly guided vie for and embrace.

Are wearied as they rush forward.

ذكراك أسمى ذكريا

ت الخالدين وأسمق

Your remembrance is the highest

Your remembrance is the most sublime memory

Of the eternal remembrances I treasure.

Of the immortals, and the most lofty.

أنا أسرع الفتيان في

ما ترتضيه وأسبق

I am the quickest of the youths

I am the swiftest of youths in pursuing

In what you approve and precede in.

That which pleases you, and the foremost.

جنديك الغازي بأمـ

ـرك يوم يغزو الفيلق

Your soldier who raids by your command

I am your soldier, campaigning by your command

The day your regiments march forth.

On the day the legion marches to war.

قسما بربك إنني

من غيره لا أفرق

I swear by your Lord I

I swear by your Lord that I

Will never distinguish between Him and another.

Fear no one other than Him.

اني على البيضاء معـ

ـتدل الخطا لا أزلق

I am steadfast upon the clear path

I walk upon the clear white path

Not slipping or straying.

With steady steps, and I do not slip.

لا أنثنى عنها ولو

أصلى الجحيم وأشنق

I will not divert from it even if

I will not turn away from it, even if

I must enter Hell and be hanged.

I am cast into hellfire or hanged.

هي ملة يمحى بها

ريب القلوب ويمحق

It is the religion that effaces

It is a faith by which the doubt of hearts

Doubts of hearts and overcomes them.

Is erased and utterly crushed.

والعقل منها بالعلو

م وبالمعارف يرزق

The mind from it gains

Through it, the intellect is nourished

Knowledge and is provided understanding.

With sciences and deep knowledge.

أنفقت وقتي في هدى

فيه النفائس تنفق

I spent my time in its guidance

I have spent my time in a guidance

Wherein the finest gems are spent.

For which all precious things are spent.

أتذوق القرآن قو

ت الروح ما أتذوق

I taste the Quran, the spirit's

I savor the Quran, the nourishment

Power ― what a taste I taste!

Of the soul, in all that I taste.

أتلو الكتاب مصدقا

إن الكتاب مصدق

I recite the Book as true,

I recite the Book, affirming its truth,

The Book indeed is true.

For the Book is indeed the truth confirmed.

لا سفر أعمر منه في

شتى العلوم وأعمق

No journey is richer than it

No volume is more populated with

In diverse knowledges and deeper.

Diverse sciences, nor more profound.

لم لا أزاول درسه

وأنا اللبيب الأحذق؟

Why wouldn't I persist in its study

Why should I not pursue its study

When I am keen and clever?

When I am intelligent and astute?

يا قائدا في الحرب صـ

ـف جنوده لا يخرق

O leader in war, line up his troops

O commander in war, whose rank

That cannot be penetrated.

Of soldiers can never be breached.

لي أسوة بك في دفا

عك يوم خط الخندق

I have an example in you, in your defense

I have a model in you, in your defense

The day the trench was dug,

On the day the Trench was dug.

والصحب بالأحزاب تغـ

ـزى والمدينة تحدق

And the confederates attacked, besieging Medina,

When the Companions were attacked by the Confederates,

You were still reinforced from the heavens and supported

And Medina was encircled.

ما زلت ترفد بالمدو

د من السماء وترفق

Until you saw the people defeated,

You continued to receive reinforcements

Their multitude routed and torn apart.

From the heavens, and divine support.

حتى رأيت القوم يهـ

ـزم جمعهم ويمزق

O people who populate the prophet’s fragrant lands,

Until you saw the enemy host

Over your lands his call is announced.

Defeated and torn asunder.

يا شعب أنداء الربيـ

ـع على ربوعك تهرق

The lily adorned by him

O Nation, upon whom the dews of spring

His robes surrounding it and the hyacinth.

Are poured over your dwellings.

السوسن التحفت به

أكنافها والزنبق

I am a flower blossoming in it

Wrapped in the iris

Free and primping.

And the lily on every side.

أنا زهرة فيها تنمـ

ـى حرة وتنمق

I am a fresh fountain wherein is watered

I am a flower growing within it,

The breast of the enemy, aimed at and splashed.

Free and beautifully adorned.

أنا نبعة يرعى بها

صدر العدو ويرشق

I am a sword in the face of one

I am a tough bow-wood branch by which

Who intends to swallow you and masticate.

The enemy's chest is targeted and pierced.

أنا صارم في وجه من

ينوي ابتلاعك يمشق

Indeed whoever desires your destruction

I am a sharp sword, drawn against the face

Apart from you is a fool!

Of whoever intends to swallow you whole.

إن الذي يبغي (اندما

جك) في سواك لأحمق!

A people cannot be blotted out

Indeed, whoever seeks your assimilation

When girded by the prophets miracles.

Into another is truly a fool!

لا ينمحى شعب بشا

رات الرسول مطوق

Do not fear destruction, for you

A people encircled by the Messenger's

By His promise will not be destroyed.

Glad tidings shall never be erased.

لا تخش إيباقا فأنـ

ـت بوعده لا توبق

You still ascend the ranks of knowledge and elevation,

Fear not destruction, for by his promise

Ever climbing higher.

You shall not be ruined.

لا زلت في درج المعا

رف والعلى تتسلق

You are the true monotheist, so do not fear,

You continue to climb the steps of knowledge

The monotheist is successful.

And ascend towards the heights.

أنت الحنيف فلا تخف

إن الحنيف موفق

You are the true believer, so have no fear;

Indeed, the true believer is granted success.