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جِئْنَا إِلَى عَرَفَاتِ .. نَعْرِفُ قَدْرَنَا
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وَمَقَامَنَا.. يَا رَبِّ جَلَّ عُلاكَا
We have come to You at Arafat, knowing our true worth,
and our station... O Lord, exalted is Your majesty.
جِئْنَا لِنَذْكُرَ سَعْيَ هَاجَرَ أُمِّنَا
تَخْشَى عَلَى الطِّفْلِ الرَّضِيْعِ هَلاكَا
We have come to commemorate the striving of Hagar, our mother,
fearing for the nursing child that she herself might perish.
جِئْنَا لِزَمْزَمَ نَرْتَوِي بِرَحِيْقِهَا
يَا مَاءَ زَمْزَمَ رَوِّنَا بِحَلاكَا
We have come to Zamzam to drink our fill of its nectar.
O water of Zamzam, quench us with your sweetness.
وَلَنَا بِإِبْرَاهِيْمَ أَعْظَمُ عِبْرَةٍ
وَفِدَاءِ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ مِنْ عَلْيَاكَا
And in Abraham we have the greatest lesson,
and Ishmael’s ransom is one of the exalted glories of you both.
جِئْنَا البَقِيْعَ نَزُوْرُ سَادَتَنَا الأُلَى
بَذَلُوا النُّفُوْسَ رَخِيْصَةً لِرِضَاكَا
We have come to al-Baqi to visit our foremost masters,
who offered up their lives, counting them cheap for Your pleasure.
جِئْنَا لِقَبْرِ نَبِيِّنَا وَحَبِيْبِنَا
مَنْ كَانَ بِالْقَلْبِ النَّقِيِّ يَرَاكَا
We have come to the grave of our Prophet and our beloved,
who used to behold You with a pure heart.
جِئْنَاكَ نَغْسِلُ بِالدُّمُوْعِ ذُنُوْبَنَا
وَنَصُوْغُ مِنْ نَبْضِ القُلُوْبِ ثَنَاكَا
We have come to You to wash away our sins with our tears,
and fashion Your praise from the heartbeat.
جِئْنَاكَ نَرْجُو أَنْ تُوَحِّدَ شَمْلَنَا
لِيَعُوْدَ مَنْ ضَلُّوْا طَرِيْقَ هُدَاكَا
We have come to You, hoping that You will reunite our scattered company,
so that those who strayed from the path of Your guidance may return.
فَالمُسْْلِمُوْنَ تَخَاذَلُوْا يَا رَبَّنَا
وَتَفَرَّقُوْا شِيَعَاً هُنَا وَهُنَاكَا
For the Muslims have failed one another, O our Lord,
and split into sects here and there.
عَاثَ العَدُوُّ بِأَرْضِنَا وَدِيَارِنَا
رُحْمَاكَ يَا رَبَّ الوَرَى رُحْمَاكَا
The enemy has wrought havoc throughout our lands and homes.
Your mercy, O Lord of all creation—Your mercy!
فَبِحَقِّ ذَاتِكَ يَا إِلَهِي كُنْ لَنَا
عَوْنَاً عَلَى أَعْدَائِنَا وَعِدَاكَا
By the sanctity of Your very Being, my God, be for us
a help against our enemies and Yours.
وَإِلَيْكَ في جُنْحِ الدُّجَى دَعَوَاتِنَا
مَا خَابَ عَبْدٌ في الدُّجَى نَاجَاكَا
And to You, in the depths of the dark night, our supplications rise;
no servant who communed with You in the darkness ever went away disappointed.
Sol 5.6