أَبْرَكْتُ آمَالِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَبْرَكْتُ آمَالِي ابْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ

بِجَانِبِكَ الْعَالِي وَلِيَّ اللهِ

بِجَانِبِكَ الْعَالِي وَلِيَّ اللهِ

I have made my hopes kneel, O son of Abd Allah,

I placed my hopes, son of Abdullah

I have made my hopes kneel, O Son of Abd Allah, beside your exalted presence, O intimate friend of God.

at your lofty side, O friend of God.

In your lofty side, friend of God

Untie their firm tethers with your generous bounty, O you who possess the honor of the sanctuary and noble rank.

أَطْلِقْ مَتِينَ عُقَالِهَا بِنَوَالِكُمْ

أَطْلِقْ مَتِينَ عُقَالِهَا بِنَوَالِكُمْ

يَا مَنْ لَهُ شَرَفُ الْحِمَى وَالْجَاهِ

يَا مَنْ لَهُ شَرَفُ الْحِمَى وَالْجَاهِ

Unfasten their stout tether with your bounty,

Unleash her firm resolve with your help

And pour upon the supplicant the oceans of your generosity, O you whose nobility towers above all peers;

O you whose sanctuary and standing are noble.

O you of honored protection and status

For the sake of the purest Chosen One, the Messenger of God, the best of all creation among those who command and forbid;

وَأَفِضْ علَى الْعَافِي بُحُورَ نَدَاكُمُ

وَأَفِضْ علَى الْعَافِي بُحُورَ نَدَاكُمُ

يَا مَنْ سَمَا شَرَفاً عَلَى الأَشْبَاهِ

يَا مَنْ سَمَا شَرَفاً عَلَى الأَشْبَاهِ

And pour seas of your generosity upon the supplicant,

And pour upon the healthy your abundant generosity

The dispeller of misguidance through guidance, he whose remembrance is sweeter in the mouth than the finest Barni dates;

O you who have risen in nobility above your peers.

O you who ascended in nobility above peers

Whom the Most Merciful singled out from among His servants, with a divine providence attained by no other person of rank.

بِالْمُصْطَفَى الأَزْكَى رَسُولِ اللهِ

بِالْمُصْطَفَى الأَزْكَى رَسُولِ اللهِ

خَيْرِ الْوَرَى مِنْ آمِرٍ أَوْ نَاهِ

خَيْرِ الْوَرَى مِنْ آمِرٍ أَوْ نَاهِ

By the Chosen One, the purest, the Messenger of God,

With the Most Chosen, the Purest, Messenger of God

May He who chose him bestow His enduring blessings upon him, continuous and successive, without end,

the best of humankind among those who command or forbid,

The best of creation, commander or advisor

And upon all his family and companions, those who sold their very souls for the mercy of God;

مُجْلِي الضَّلاَلَةِ بِالْهُدَى مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ

مُجْلِي الضَّلاَلَةِ بِالْهُدَى مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ

أَحْلَى مِنَ الْبَرْنِيِّ فِي الأَفْوَاهِ

أَحْلَى مِنَ الْبَرْنِيِّ فِي الأَفْوَاهِ

who dispels error with guidance, whose remembrance

Vanquishing misguidance with guidance, his mention

Those whose remembrance cures hearts of their burning thirst, and is sweeter to the desperate than cool waters.

is sweeter in the mouth than Barni dates;

Sweeter than nectar in mouths

And upon your exalted station, from one who has come seeking justice against the actions of an arrogant scoundrel,

مَنْ خَصَّهُ الرَّحْمَانُ دُونَ عِبَادِهِ

مَنْ خَصَّهُ الرَّحْمَانُ دُونَ عِبَادِهِ

بِعِنَايَةٍ مَا حَازَهَا ذُو جَاهِ

بِعِنَايَةٍ مَا حَازَهَا ذُو جَاهِ

whom the All-Merciful singled out from His servants

He whom the Merciful favored over His servants

Crying out for rescue in your sanctuary, suffering a burning agony whose scorching flames cannot be quenched by water:

with a care no person of rank has attained.

With care unmatched by the eminent

Be the purest peace, like sweet perfume and its spreading scent, as long as doves coo upon the branches of the acacia.

أَبْقَى عَلَيْهِ مَنِ اصْطَفَاهُ صَلاَتَهُ

أَبْقَى عَلَيْهِ مَنِ اصْطَفَاهُ صَلاَتَهُ

مَوْصُولَةً تَتْرَى بِغَيْرِ تَنَاهِ

مَوْصُولَةً تَتْرَى بِغَيْرِ تَنَاهِ

May He who chose him perpetuate His blessing upon him,

Kept His prayers upon him eternally

unbroken, following in succession without end,

Continuous, without cessation

وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الآلِ وَالأَصْحَابِ مَنْ

وَعَلَى جَمِيعِ الآلِ وَالأَصْحَابِ مَنْ

بَاعُوا نُفُوسَهُمْ بِرُوحِ اللهِ

بَاعُوا نُفُوسَهُمْ بِرُوحِ اللهِ

and upon all his family and companions, those who

And upon all his family and companions who

sold their souls for the spirit of God;

Sold their souls for the soul of God

مَنْ ذِكْرُهُمْ يَشْفِي الْقُلُوبَ مِنَ الصَّدَى

مَنْ ذِكْرُهُمْ يَشْفِي الْقُلُوبَ مِنَ الصَّدَى

وَأَلَذُّ لِلَّهْفَانِ مِنْ أَمْوَاهِ

وَأَلَذُّ لِلَّهْفَانِ مِنْ أَمْوَاهِ

whose remembrance cures hearts of thirst

Whose remembrance heals hearts from discontent

and is sweeter to the parched than water.

And is more delightful to the ardent than sweet water

وَعَلَى رَفِيعِ مَقَامِكُمْ مِمَّنْ أَتَى

وَعَلَى رَفِيعِ مَقَامِكُمْ مِمَّنْ أَتَى

مُتَظَلِّماً مِنْ فِعْلِ وَغْدٍ زَاهِ

مُتَظَلِّماً مِنْ فِعْلِ وَغْدٍ زَاهِ

And upon your exalted station, from one who came

And upon your lofty status, for one who comes

seeking redress for an arrogant knave's deed,

Complaining of the actions of yesterday and tomorrow

مُسْتَصْرِخاً بِحِمَاكُمْ ذَا حُرْقَةٍ

مُسْتَصْرِخاً بِحِمَاكُمْ ذَا حُرْقَةٍ

لاَ تَنْطَفِي لَفَحَاتُهَا بِمِيَاهِ

لاَ تَنْطَفِي لَفَحَاتُهَا بِمِيَاهِ

crying for help in your sanctuary, bearing a burning anguish

Crying for your protection, burning with no

whose scorching blasts water cannot extinguish,

Relief from the flames but by water

أَزْكَى سَلاَمٍ كَالْعَبِيِرِ وَنَشْرِهِ

أَزْكَى سَلاَمٍ كَالْعَبِيِرِ وَنَشْرِهِ

مَا رَدَّتْ وُرْقٌ بِقُضْبِ عِضَاهُ

مَا رَدَّتْ وُرْقٌ بِقُضْبِ عِضَاهُ

be the purest greeting, like perfume and its spreading scent,

The purest greeting like fragrance and its diffusion

as long as gray doves coo on the boughs of thorn trees.

That no petal blocks with its thorns