يا آلَ خيرِ عبادِ اللَّه كلّهمُ

يا آلَ خيرِ عبادِ اللَّه كلّهمُ

ومَن لهمْ فوق أعناق الورى مِنَنُ

ومَن لهمْ فوق أعناق الورى مِنَنُ

O family of the best of all God's servants,

O kin of the best servants of God altogether

And you whose favors rest upon the necks of humankind!

And those who have favors upon the necks of all creatures

كم تُثْلَمون بأيدي النّاسِ كلّهِمُ

كم تُثْلَمون بأيدي النّاسِ كلّهِمُ

وكم تُعَرِّسُ فيكمْ دهرَها المِحَنُ

وكم تُعَرِّسُ فيكمْ دهرَها المِحَنُ

How often you are wounded at the hands of all people!

How often you are wronged by the hands of all people

And how often afflictions encamp among you for all their days!

And how often do hardships marry you

وكم يَذودُكُمُ عن حقّكمْ حَنَقاً

وكم يَذودُكُمُ عن حقّكمْ حَنَقاً

مُمَلّأُ الصَّدْرِ بالأحقادِ مُضطغِنُ

مُمَلّأُ الصَّدْرِ بالأحقادِ مُضطغِنُ

And how often, out of rage, you are driven from your rightful due

And how often does one filled with hatred and grudges

By a spiteful man whose breast is filled with grudges!

Prevent you from your right out of anger

إنّ الّذين نَضَوْا عنكمْ تُراثَكمُ

إنّ الّذين نَضَوْا عنكمْ تُراثَكمُ

لم يَغبنوكمْ ولكنْ دينَهمْ غَبَنوا

لم يَغبنوكمْ ولكنْ دينَهمْ غَبَنوا

Indeed, those who stripped you of your inheritance

Indeed, those who inherited your inheritance from you

Did not cheat you, but cheated their own faith.

Did not cheat you, but cheated their own religion

باعوا الجِنانَ بدارٍ لا بقاءَ لها

باعوا الجِنانَ بدارٍ لا بقاءَ لها

وَليسَ للَّه فيما باعه ثمنُ

وَليسَ للَّه فيما باعه ثمنُ

They sold Paradise's gardens for an abode that will not endure,

They sold paradise for an abode with no permanence

And God receives no payment for what He has sold.

And God has no price for what they sold

أُحِبُّكمْ والّذي صلّى الجميعُ له

أُحِبُّكمْ والّذي صلّى الجميعُ له

عند البناءِ الّذي تُهدى له البُدُنُ

عند البناءِ الّذي تُهدى له البُدُنُ

I love you, by Him to whom all have prayed

I love you and the one to whom all prayed

At the House to which sacrificial camels are offered.

At the building to which bodies are gifted

وَأَرتَجيكمْ لما بعد المماتِ إذا

وَأَرتَجيكمْ لما بعد المماتِ إذا

وارى عن النّاس جَمْعاً أعظمٌ جُبُنُ

وارى عن النّاس جَمْعاً أعظمٌ جُبُنُ

And I look to you for what comes after death, when

And I hope for you after death when

Timid bones conceal a throng from people's sight.

Most people conceal themselves from others out of cowardice

وإنْ يَضِلَّ أُناسٌ عن سبيلهِمُ

وإنْ يَضِلَّ أُناسٌ عن سبيلهِمُ

فليس لِي غيرُ ما أنتمْ به سَنَنُ

فليس لِي غيرُ ما أنتمْ به سَنَنُ

And if some people stray from their path,

And if some people stray from their path

Then I have no path but the one you follow.

I have no other course but what you have set as precedent

وَما أُبالِي إذا ما كنتُمُ وَضَحاً

وَما أُبالِي إذا ما كنتُمُ وَضَحاً

لناظِرَيَّ أضاء الخلقُ أم دَجَنوا

لناظِرَيَّ أضاء الخلقُ أم دَجَنوا

And I care not, so long as you are a light

And I do not care if when I am evident

To my eyes, whether mankind shines or grows dark.

To my observers, the creation shone or turned gloomy

وَأَنتمُ يوم أرمِي ساعدي ويدي

وَأَنتمُ يوم أرمِي ساعدي ويدي

وأنتُمُ يَوم يرميني العِدا الجُنَنُ

وأنتُمُ يَوم يرميني العِدا الجُنَنُ

And you are my forearm and my hand on the day I shoot,

You are there on the day I hurl my arms and hands

And you are my shields on the day enemies shoot at me.

And you are there on the day the insane hurl me into madness