بِحُبِّwith love for المصطفىthe Chosen One المختارِthe Elect
بِحُبِّ المصطفى المختارِ
قلْبيmy heart مغرمٌenamored مُغْريenthralled
قلْبي مغرمٌ مُغْري
With love for the Chosen One, the Elect,
With love of Mustafa the Chosen One
my heart is enamored, enthralled,
My heart is infatuated and allured
وحُبّand love for عليّAli الفَاروقthe Discerner (al-Faruq)
وحُبّ عليّ الفَاروق
والسّبطينand the two grandsons والزَّهراءand al-Zahra (the Radiant One)
والسّبطين والزَّهراء
and with love for Ali al-Faruq,
And love of Ali the Supreme
and the two grandsons and al-Zahra,
And the two grandsons and Zahra
وحُبّand love for أبيAbu (father of) الحسينal-Husayn إمامِimam of
وحُبّ أبي الحسين إمامِ
آلِthe family of المصْطفىthe Chosen One طُرّاall together
آلِ المصْطفى طُرّا
and with love for Abu al-Husayn, imam
And love of Abu al-Hussein the Imam
of all the Chosen One’s family.
Of the family of Mustafa, flying high
هُمُthey ذخريmy treasure إذاwhen مسَّتْنيtouches me
هُمُ ذخري إذا مسَّتْني
البأساءُhardship والضَرّاand adversity
البأساءُ والضَرّا
They are my treasure when I am touched
They are my treasure when hardship
by hardship and adversity.
And harm befall me
وهُمْand they عَوْنيَmy aid فيin الأوليthis life
وهُمْ عَوْنيَ في الأولي
وهُمْand they غَوثَيَmy succor فيin الأخْرىthe next life
وهُمْ غَوثَيَ في الأخْرى
And they are my aid in this life,
And they are my aid in the first life
and they are my succor in the next.
And my salvation in the last
بحبَّهمُthrough love for them يحطّremoves اللهُGod
بحبَّهمُ يحطّ اللهُ
عَنّيfrom me الذَّنبَsin والوِزْراand the burden of guilt
عَنّي الذَّنبَ والوِزْرا
Through love for them, God removes
With love of them Allah will lift
from me sin and the burden of guilt,
From me sin and heavy burden
ويُسْكننيand makes me dwell جَناناًgardens لاnot
ويُسْكنني جَناناً لا
أجوعُI go hungry بهاin them ولاَand not أعْرىَI go naked
أجوعُ بها ولاَ أعْرىَ
and makes me dwell in gardens where I shall not
And will settle me in gardens where
go hungry, nor go naked.
I will neither hunger nor thirst