مِن أَي مَولى اِرتَجي

مِن أَي مَولى اِرتَجي

وَلاي باب التَجي

وَلاي باب التَجي

In which patron should I place my hope,

From which patron shall I seek refuge,

and at which door should I seek refuge,

And guardian of trials that besiege,

وَاللَهُ حَيٌّ رازِقٌ

وَاللَهُ حَيٌّ رازِقٌ

يُعطي الجَزيل لمُرتَجي

يُعطي الجَزيل لمُرتَجي

while God lives and provides,

By Allah the Living, the Provider,

giving abundant bounty to whoever hopes in Him?

Who grants bountifully to one who pleads,

رَب جَواد لَم يَزَل

رَب جَواد لَم يَزَل

مِن كُل ضيقٍ مَخرَجي

مِن كُل ضيقٍ مَخرَجي

A generous Lord, who has always been

Lord Most Generous, never ceased,

my escape from every distress.

From every plight, a ready egress,

إِن رُحت أَرجوغَيرَهُ

إِن رُحت أَرجوغَيرَهُ

خابَ الرواح مَع المَجي

خابَ الرواح مَع المَجي

If I go hoping in someone other than Him,

If I depart, hoping for another,

my going and my coming are in vain.

My soul is lost, all hopes in excess,

يا عَيس آمالي أَقصدي

يا عَيس آمالي أَقصدي

باب الكَريم وَعَرجي

باب الكَريم وَعَرجي

O pale camels of my hopes, make for

O Jesus, my hopes, intercede,

the Generous One's door, and halt there.

At the door of the Noble, and ingress,

وَضَعي رِحالك وَاِرتَعي

وَضَعي رِحالك وَاِرتَعي

فَالأُم حَمل المُزعجِ

فَالأُم حَمل المُزعجِ

And set down your saddles and graze;

Lay down your luggage, and graze,

for [unclear: 'the mother'], the disturber's burden.

For mothers bear the most distress,

وَتَوسَلي بِمُحمدٍ

وَتَوسَلي بِمُحمدٍ

وَبِآلهِ كَي تَنتجي

وَبِآلهِ كَي تَنتجي

And seek intercession through Muhammad,

And plead in the name of Mohammed,

and through his family, that you may find deliverance:

And his family, that you progress,

الهاشمي المُصطَفى

الهاشمي المُصطَفى

صج الهُدى المُتَبَلِجِ

صج الهُدى المُتَبَلِجِ

the Hashimite, the Chosen One,

Al-Mustafa Al-Hashimi

the [dawn?] of guidance, shining forth;

The evident guidance, shining, pristine,

وَبِشَيبة الصَديق صا

وَبِشَيبة الصَديق صا

حب كل فَضل أَبهَجِ

حب كل فَضل أَبهَجِ

and through the gray hair of al-Siddiq, possessor

And the Omar's companion, most loyal,

of every resplendent virtue;

Whose virtue made all joy convene,

وَالسَيد الفاروق مِن

وَالسَيد الفاروق مِن

بِسِوى الهُدى لَم يَلهجِ

بِسِوى الهُدى لَم يَلهجِ

and the master al-Faruq, who

And The Chosen as a Guide Infallible,

never spoke of anything but guidance;

From other than guidance did not lean,

وَبصنوه عُثمان ذي الن

وَبصنوه عُثمان ذي الن

نورَين أَقوم مَنهَجِ

نورَين أَقوم مَنهَجِ

and through his peer Uthman, possessor of the

And Othman of two lights, most stable,

two lights, most upright in his path;

Upright example for us to glean,

وَعَليٍّ الكرّار فا

وَعَليٍّ الكرّار فا

تح كُل باب مُرتجِ

تح كُل باب مُرتجِ

and Ali, the ever-charging, opener

And Ali the Ever-Victorious Elite,

of every bolted door;

Who opened all doors once unseen,

وَبَقية الصَحب الكِرا

وَبَقية الصَحب الكِرا

م أَولي الثَنا المُتَأرجِ

م أَولي الثَنا المُتَأرجِ

and the rest of the noble Companions,

And the rest of the noble saints,

worthy of sweetly fragrant praise.

Foremost partakers of light serene,

هُم أَبحر الفَضل الَّذي

هُم أَبحر الفَضل الَّذي

نَ بِغَيرِهُم لَم تُفرجِ

نَ بِغَيرِهُم لَم تُفرجِ

They are seas of virtue, those

They are the oceans of virtue, that without them,

without whom you would find no relief.

No relief could ever careen,

وَكَذا السَفينة إِن نَجَت

وَكَذا السَفينة إِن نَجَت

فَجَميع مَن فيها نَجي

فَجَميع مَن فيها نَجي

Likewise, if the ship is saved,

Just as the ship, if saved,

everyone aboard it is saved.

Saves all aboard, without demean.