صلاة عظيم الواحد الواهب البر

على المصطفى من مدحه جاء في الذكر

Blessings of the Mighty, the One, the Giver, the Beneficent,

upon the Chosen One, whose praise appears in the Qur'an.

أتيت رسول اللَه أشكوه ما يجري

ووجهت أفكاري لذي السر والجهر

I came to God's Messenger, complaining to him of what befalls me,

and turned my thoughts toward the Master of the secret and the open.

أتيت صفيَّ اللَه للغوث قائلاً

لعل إلهي بعد ذا يحدثن أمري

I came to God's chosen one for succor, saying:

Perhaps my God, after this, will transform my plight.

يناديك اذ ضراء مسته لم يكن

له همة الا التراجي لذي سري

He calls to you; when adversity touched him, he had

no aim but hopeful entreaty to the Master of my secret.

فأني رماني الدهر منه بنكبة

وجرعني كأساً أمر من الصبر

For Time has struck me with a calamity of its own,

and forced me to swallow a cup more bitter than aloes.

شفائي وترياقي وبرئي لديكم

وأنت منُى قلبي وحبك في سرى

My healing, my antidote, and my recovery are with you;

you are my heart's desire, and love for you dwells in my inner self.

أبيت أراعى النجم في ظلمة الدجا

لما مسني من معضل الامر والضر

I spend the night watching the stars in the darkness of night,

because of the intractable troubles and suffering that have afflicted me.

اليك اليك العاذل الصب من به

سقام وأوصاب يضيق بها الفكر

To you, to you turns the reproachful, lovesick one, afflicted with

sickness and pains that constrict the mind:

غرام وحزن واشتياق وغربة

اليك شكوت الحال فادرك لمضطر

passion, sorrow, longing, and estrangement.

To you I have lamented my plight; come to the distressed one's aid.

وفيك محب عاشق ذو صبابة

دهته خطوب لا يفيق بها الفكر

And devoted to you is a lover, enamored and full of yearning;

calamities have overwhelmed him, amid which his mind cannot recover.

لمن ألتجى من أرتجى سيد الورى

رسول الهدى بحر الندى صيب الفطر

To whom shall I turn for refuge? In whom shall I hope, O master of humankind,

Messenger of guidance, sea of generosity, raincloud of innate natures [sense uncertain]?

فانك خير المرسلين جميعهم

وسيدهم قد فقت في الوصف والفخر

For you are the best of all the messengers,

and their master; you have surpassed them in attributes and glory.

وجاهك يا خير العباد موسع

يفك به المأسور من شدة الأسر

Your standing, O best of servants, is wide-ranging;

through it the captive is freed from captivity's harshness.

وأنت حبيب اللَه أكرم خلقه

وطابت بك الأيام في الدهر والعصر

You are God's beloved, the noblest of His creation,

and through you the days have grown sweet throughout time and the ages.

توسلت يا مولاي بالجاه راجياً

وآلك مع أصحابك السادة الغر

I sought intercession, O my master, through your standing, hoping,

and through your family, with your companions, the radiant masters.

عبيدك بالاسقام قد قل حيلة

وضاقت به الأرجاء والمهمه القفر

Your humble servant, afflicted with illnesses, has little resource left,

and the wide reaches and barren wilderness have closed in upon him.

وطالت عليه الحادثات بخطبها

فداركه بالاحسان والغوث والنصر

Misfortunes, with their afflictions, have dragged on for him;

so come to his aid with kindness, succor, and victory.

بجاهك يا خير الوجود توسلى

دعوت إله العرش بالضعف والفقر

My appeal, O best of all existence, is through your standing;

I called upon the God of the Throne in weakness and poverty.

نبيٌّ كريم طهر اللَه وصفه

ومخجل بدر التم في ليلة البدر

A noble prophet, whose qualities God has purified,

who puts the perfect moon to shame on a full-moon night.

ألا يا نسيم الليل باللَه بِلّغن

سلامي وأشواقي وبث الذي يجري

Ah, night breeze, by God, convey

my greetings and my longings, and tell what is befalling me.

وقل لا هيل البان من سفح رامة

نظاماً ومتثورا تنظم كالدر

Speak to the dear dwellers among the moringa trees on the slope of Rāma,

in verse and prose, strung together like pearls.

فاني على الود الذي تعهدونه

على حبكم باقي مقيم إلى الحشر

For I remain true to the affection you have known,

steadfast and abiding in love for you until the final Gathering.

وحبكم ما زال في الدهر ساعة

عسى رحمة ترثو له من ضنا الهجر

Love for you has not ceased for an hour throughout time;

may mercy pity him for the wasting pain of estrangement.

وأقلق سرى والحشى لاعج الهوى

دواماً وجنح الليل حتى إلى الفجر

Passion's searing fire has unsettled my inner self and heart

unceasingly, through the night's darkness until dawn.

ألا فهبوا غوثاً سريعاً ونجدة

رؤف رحيم طيب المدح والذكر

Ah, grant swift succor and rescue,

O compassionate, merciful one, sweet in praise and remembrance.

أناديك حيراناً بكرب وملتجى

ولائذ بالاعتاب في الضيق والحصر

I call to you, bewildered with distress and seeking refuge,

sheltering at the thresholds amid straits and confinement.

أقلني من الأهواء والسوء واحمني

أغثني فاني بالردى ضيق الصدر

Deliver me from wayward desires and evil, and protect me.

Rescue me, for ruin has constricted my breast.

فكم من هموم ضاجعت سر بائس

فما أصبح الاصباح حتى أتى النصر

For how many cares have lain beside a wretched man's innermost self,

yet morning had not dawned before deliverance came.

فانكر جفناني المنام وصبوتي

إلى الحب لم تبرح وان فنى العمر

My two eyelids have rejected sleep, and my yearning

for the beloved has not departed, even should life end.

وما نلتقي أشكو بفرط صبابتي

فهل نلتقي من قبلي ذي اللحد والقبر

We do not meet; I lament my overwhelming yearning.

Shall we meet before this burial niche and grave?

فكم ليلة قد بت في الكرب اذ بها

تكفني من حيث أدري ولا أدري

How many nights have I spent in anguish, when in them

you shielded me in ways I know and do not know.

لعلياك يا خير العباد أتى فتى

يروم خلاصا من هموم ومن قهر

To your lofty station, O best of servants, a young man has come,

seeking deliverance from cares and oppression.

إلى كم أنا في ذي فعال رديئة

وجسمي عليل بالذنوب وبالوزر

How long shall I remain in these wicked deeds,

and my body be sick with sins and the burden of guilt?

وآثرت نفسي بالتواني ورندة

وليست لها ميل لنحح ولا خير

And I have indulged my soul in idleness and [an unclear word],

and it has no inclination toward success [uncertain reading] or goodness.

ولا غرو ان نلت الذي منك أرتجي

فكم نيل من افضالك السح كالبحر

No wonder if I gain what I hope for from you,

for so much has been received from your bounty, pouring like the sea.

وكم جاء وفاد سراع يرمنه

جلاءً لمحل فابتداهم بذي بشر

How many visitors have come hastening, seeking him

as relief from drought; he greeted them with good cheer.

عليه بآي الذكر أثنى مليكنا

وعظم في التنزيل أخلافه الطير

Our King praised him in the verses of the Qur'an,

and exalted in revelation his pure character [uncertain reading].

فجاه رسول اللَه ضافٍ وشامل

فمن قاصدٍ او مبتغ يلقه يسري

The standing of God's Messenger is ample and all-embracing;

every seeker or suppliant finds it flowing forth.

هدى هدينا من نور مشكاة ذاته

هو البر والمختار والسيد الطهر

He is guidance; we were guided by the light of his being's lamp-niche.

He is the beneficent, the Chosen One, the pure master.

عليه صلاة اللَه ما لاح كوكب

وما دام في أوصافك المدح والذكر

God's blessings be upon him as long as a star shines,

and as long as praise and remembrance endure in describing you,

وآل وأصحاب وأشياعك الأولى

متى هاشم يبدي نظاماً لذي سطر

and upon the family, companions, and your earliest followers,

whenever Hashim sets forth verse for this line,

وحزب وأتباع وأنصاره همو

أهيل التقى والمجد والعز والفخر

and upon his company, followers, and helpers—they are

the dear people of piety, glory, might, and pride.

أولئك صاروا دائماً في رضائه

فأجزل مولانا لهم غاية الأجر

Those have come to abide forever in His favor,

so our Lord lavished upon them the utmost reward.

وتسليمه ما ناح في الروض طائر

وفاحت غصون البان والزهر والعطر

And His salutations be upon him as long as a bird sings plaintively in the garden,

and moringa branches, blossoms, and perfume waft their fragrance.