أهلا وسهلاً بالحبيب القادم

أهلا وسهلاً بالحبيب القادم

هذا النهار لديّ خير مواسم

هذا النهار لديّ خير مواسم

Welcome to the beloved who is arriving.

Welcome, my beloved visitor

Welcome and greetings to the arriving beloved,

This day, for me, is the finest of festive seasons.

This day I have the best of seasons

This day is, for me, the finest of seasons.

جاء السرور مصاحبا لقدومه

جاء السرور مصاحبا لقدومه

وانزاح ما قد كان قبل ملازمي

وانزاح ما قد كان قبل ملازمي

Joy came, accompanying his arrival.

Joy has come accompanying your arrival

Joy has come, accompanying his arrival,

And what had clung to me before was dispelled.

And gone is what had been my companion

And the burden that once clung to me has vanished.

أفديك بالنفس النفيسة زائراً

أفديك بالنفس النفيسة زائراً

من غير ما منٍّ ولستُ بنادم

من غير ما منٍّ ولستُ بنادم

I would ransom you with my precious soul, O visitor,

I ransom you with my precious soul, guest

I offer my precious soul as ransom for you, O visitor,

Without reproach for the favor, and with no regret.

Without favor, and I have no regrets

Without reckoning the favor, nor do I feel regret.

طالت مسائلتي الركاب تشوّقاً

طالت مسائلتي الركاب تشوّقاً

لجمال رؤية وجهك المتعاظم

لجمال رؤية وجهك المتعاظم

Long have I questioned the camel caravans, yearning

My questioning of the caravans grew long

Long did I question the riders out of yearning,

For the beauty of beholding your majestic face.

Yearning for the beauty of seeing your magnificent face

For the beauty of beholding your magnificent face.

لا غرو إن أحببتكم من قبل ما

لا غرو إن أحببتكم من قبل ما

شاهدتكم أنتم جمال العالم

شاهدتكم أنتم جمال العالم

No wonder if I loved you before

No wonder I loved you before

It is no wonder that I loved you before ever

I saw you—you are the beauty of the world.

I saw you, you are the world's beauty

Laying eyes on you, for you are the beauty of the world.

كانت على سمعي تغار نواظري

كانت على سمعي تغار نواظري

حتى رأيتك أنت أنتَ مكالمي

حتى رأيتك أنت أنتَ مكالمي

My eyes were jealous of my hearing,

My hearing was jealous, and my sight envious

My eyes used to be jealous of my hearing,

Until I saw you—you yourself, my interlocutor.

Until I saw you, you who completes me

Until I saw you, your very self, conversing with me.

عندي الأيادي البيض حيث أريتني

عندي الأيادي البيض حيث أريتني

ما كان قبلاً في يقين العالم

ما كان قبلاً في يقين العالم

You have bestowed white-handed favors on me, for you showed me

I have fair hands since you showed me

I owe you gratitude for favors, for you have shown me

What had previously lain in the knower's certainty.

What had not been certain before

What was previously merely the certainty of knowledge.

والآن صرت من اليقين بحقّه

والآن صرت من اليقين بحقّه

وبعينه إن السرور منادمي

وبعينه إن السرور منادمي

And now I have attained the truth of certainty,

And now I am certain in truth

But now I have attained the truth of certainty regarding it,

And the eye of certainty; indeed, joy is my boon companion.

And in its essence, that joy is my companion

And the very eye of certainty, for joy is my companion.

أسميّ قطب العارفين لك لعلا

أسميّ قطب العارفين لك لعلا

متبوّئاً منه أجلّ معالم

متبوّئاً منه أجلّ معالم

O namesake of the Pole of the gnostics, yours indeed is eminence,

I name you the pole of the gnostics, so perhaps

I name you the Pole of the Gnostics for your eminence,

Taking your place at its most exalted landmarks.

Occupying the highest place of pillars

Occupying the most majestic of its landmarks.

أنت الذي في الفضل أصبح مفرداً

أنت الذي في الفضل أصبح مفرداً

لعلاه ما من مدّعٍ ومزاحم

لعلاه ما من مدّعٍ ومزاحم

You are the one who has become peerless in excellence;

You who in merit has become singular

You are the one who has become singular in virtue,

His exalted rank has no claimant or rival.

Maybe no pretender or rival

To whose heights there is no claimant nor rival.

لا زلت ميمون النقيبة طالعا

لا زلت ميمون النقيبة طالعا

بالسعد ذا فضلٌ وخدنُ مكارم

بالسعد ذا فضلٌ وخدنُ مكارم

May you ever remain of blessed disposition, rising

You still rise with auspicious ascent

May you remain blessed in nature, ascending

With good fortune, possessed of virtue and a companion of noble deeds.

With merit, gentleness, and generosity

In good fortune, a possessor of grace and friend of noble deeds.