تذكّرَ مِن طيبةٍ أربُعا

تذكّرَ مِن طيبةٍ أربُعا

فَأَذرى البُكى أربعاً أربعا

فَأَذرى البُكى أربعاً أربعا

He recalled the dwellings of Tayba,

I remembered her goodness in four ways

and shed tears four by four.

So I shed tears - four by four

دَعاني فأبطأتُ شوقي لها

دَعاني فأبطأتُ شوقي لها

وَكانَ بودّي أن أُسرعا

وَكانَ بودّي أن أُسرعا

My longing for her called me, but I was slow to respond,

He called me but my yearning for her delayed me

though I wished to hasten.

And I wished to hasten

وَلَولا قُيودي من النائبات

وَلَولا قُيودي من النائبات

لكنتُ لَها عبدَها الطيّعا

لكنتُ لَها عبدَها الطيّعا

And were it not for my shackles of misfortune,

Were it not for the shackles of misfortune upon me

I would have been her obedient slave.

I would have been her obedient slave

فَيا برقُ باللَّه إن جئتَها

فَيا برقُ باللَّه إن جئتَها

وَطفتَ بها مَربعاً مربعا

وَطفتَ بها مَربعاً مربعا

So, O lightning, by God, if you reach her,

So O lightning by Allah if you pass by her

and roam through her, dwelling by dwelling,

And hover around her four times over

فَدونكَ فاِسجد على تُربها

فَدونكَ فاِسجد على تُربها

وَيمّم بها المنزلَ الأرفعا

وَيمّم بها المنزلَ الأرفعا

then go ahead: prostrate yourself upon her soil,

Prostrate yourself upon her grave

and make for the loftiest dwelling within her.

And make her abode your highest sanctuary

وَبلّغ سَلامي رسولَ الهُدى

وَبلّغ سَلامي رسولَ الهُدى

محمّداً السيّدَ الأروَعا

محمّداً السيّدَ الأروَعا

And convey my greeting to the Messenger of guidance,

And convey my greetings O messenger of guidance

Muhammad, the most magnificent master.

Muhammad the most noble master

وَقُل يا أعزّ الورى بائسٌ

وَقُل يا أعزّ الورى بائسٌ

رَجاك لدينٍ ودُنيا معا

رَجاك لدينٍ ودُنيا معا

And say: 'O most honored of humankind, a wretched man

And say O most precious of creation I am suffering

has placed his hope in you for faith and worldly life together.

I hope in you for this life and faith

فَكُن شافعاً فيهما للإلَ

فَكُن شافعاً فيهما للإلَ

هِ بأن يَمنحه الأصلحَ الأنفعا

هِ بأن يَمنحه الأصلحَ الأنفعا

So intercede for him in both before God,

So intercede for me in both

that He may grant him what is best and most beneficial.'

That God may grant me what is best

وَإنّي لأعلمهُ حاضراً

وَإنّي لأعلمهُ حاضراً

يَراني وأدعو لهُ مُسمعا

يَراني وأدعو لهُ مُسمعا

And I surely know him to be present:

And I know you are present

he sees me, and I pray for him, making myself heard.

Seeing me as I call out to you

وَلكنّه الشمسُ شمسُ الهدى

وَلكنّه الشمسُ شمسُ الهدى

وَطيبةُ أَضحت له مَطلعا

وَطيبةُ أَضحت له مَطلعا

Yet he is the sun, the sun of guidance,

But you are the sun the sun of guidance

and Tayba has become his place of rising.

And Taybah has become your place of emergence