يا رب صلّ على المختار من مضر

من قد أتانا بهديٍ طيب الخبر

O Lord, bless the Chosen One of Mudar,

Who came to us with guidance and good tidings.

معرجا للحمى النجدي مبتذراً

كالبرق حثاً بجدِّ السير والسفر

Turning toward Najd's sanctuary, hastening,

Like lightning, pressing on with earnest journeying and travel.

وسائق الظعن في البيداء عجل

وطاو سيرك بالآصال والبكر

And, driver of the caravan in the wilderness, hasten!

And cover your journey in the evenings and early mornings.

يا أيها السائق المزجي ركائبه

وذا من الشوق والوجدان مبتدر

O driver, urging his riding-camels onward,

And this one hastens from longing and deep feeling.

هذا الذي كنت أخشاهُ أُكابده

وعلم الجفن بغض النوم والسهر

I endure the very thing I used to fear.

And it taught the eyelid to shun sleep and keep vigil.

يا طيب رامة ما هذا الصدود وقد

تعلمت شغل البال والفكرِ

O fragrance of Rama, why this rejection, when

You have learned to preoccupy mind and thought?

ذي مهجتي وأنا البر الصدوق بما

قد قلت فاعجب لصبّ فيك منهر

Here is my heart; I am faithful and truthful in what

I have said; marvel at a lover of you, overwhelmed.

فلا تلمني بما قد قيلَ مرتجلا

وانظر لعشقي فان العاشقين بر

So do not blame me for what was said extemporaneously.

And behold my love, for lovers are faithful.

إن أسعد الدهر بالمحبوب ذا فرح

ونلت كل المني والسعد والظفر

If time grants happiness with the beloved, that is joy,

And I have attained every wish, good fortune, and victory.

بدرٌ بأسفاره للناظرين بدا

بكل أمرٍ عجاب منه معتبر

A full moon appeared to onlookers in his radiance.

In every wondrous aspect of him there is a lesson.

وكل حسنٍ فجزءٌ من محاسنه

فاق الأنام وضوء الانجم الزهر

And every beauty is but a part of his beauties.

He surpassed humankind and the light of the radiant stars.

والشمس من وجهه الوضاح طالعة

أين الثواقب في الافلاك والقمر

And the sun rises from his radiant face.

Where are the piercing stars in their spheres, and the moon?

وان تبسم ثغر خلت من عجب

لاح الصباح ونظم فيه كالدرر

And if his lips smile, I imagine, in wonder,

Dawn has broken, and the array within is like pearls.

فيه المحاسن من ظرف ومن أدب

واللحظ والغنج ثم الطرف والحور

In him are beauties of grace and refinement,

And glances and coyness, then eyes and their black-and-white beauty.

براني الشوق إذ لم ألق من أرب

ولا خليل رثى لي ينتفي كدري

Longing wore me away, for I attained no desire,

Nor did a friend pity me, so that my distress might pass.

من صده أججت احشاء نار جوي

وجفوة عيل فيها صاح مصطبري

From his rejection, a fire of anguish inflamed the entrails,

And estrangement in which my patience was exhausted, O friend.

مالي مبلغ خير الظن أحسنه

بالعدو الفوز جدلي متعن نظري

I have no bearer of the best hope, its finest [unclear wording];

Against the enemy, victory; grant me [unclear word] for my gaze.

احسانكم أرتجي ثم المسيء أنا

مقنع بفعال الاثم متزر

Your kindness I hope for; yet I am the wrongdoer,

Veiled in deeds of sin, girded with them.

قد اعترفت كذا أثبت لا غلطا

بانني ذاك جاني سيء السير

I have confessed; thus I affirm it, not in error,

That I am that offender, of evil conduct.

وليس لي غير همٍّ في الترفُّه أو

حيازة الدم من لهو ومن هذر

I have no concern but living in luxury, or

Acquiring blood through frivolity and idle talk.

بك الوقاية بل حسن الختام اذا

حان الحمام أيا ذخري ويا أزري

Through you comes protection—rather, a good ending when

Death arrives, O my treasure and my support.

ها مهجتي تشتكي مما جنته يدي

كمعظم الذنب منه القلب منكسر

Here is my heart, lamenting what my hand has committed,

Like one who deems sin grievous, the heart broken by it.

كن منقذي من أسى مازال يأمرني

ومن عدو لنفس ناظر شذر

Be my rescuer from sorrow that still commands me,

And from an enemy of the soul, glaring askance.

فماعلى ذي السخا والجود من ثقل

اذا أجاد لراجي فيضه المطر

For what burden lies on one so generous and bountiful,

When he bestows rain upon one hoping for his abundance?

صلى على المصطفى والآل صحبهما

بهم تنال المنى يا رب والوطر

May blessings be upon the Chosen One, the family, and the companions of both.

Through them wishes and desires are attained, O Lord.

من جاهر وافى سبيل اللَه واجتهدوا

في اللَه حق جهاد كان مؤتمر

Those who proclaimed openly, reached God's path, and strove

For God with true striving, obedient to command.

وزحزحو الشرك حتى صار منخفضاً

بماضي البيض ثم القوس والوتر

And drove idolatry away until it was brought low,

With keen white blades, then the bow and bowstring.

ما ظلت الخضراء والغبراء أفضل من

صحب النبي سوى الأنباء في الخبر

The green sky and dusty earth have sheltered none better than

The Prophet's companions—save the reports [unclear wording] in the account.

وخصه خير برهان ومعجزة

وجاء بالحق والآيات والسور

And the finest proof and miracle distinguished him.

And he came with truth, signs, and surahs.

بعمره أقسم الديان بارئنا

في النور تنزيله الفرقان مستطر

By his life the Judge, our Creator, swore,

In the light of His revelation, the Criterion, it stands inscribed.

وجاوز الحجب والسبع الطباق كذا

رأى الاله بعين القلب والبصر

And he passed beyond the veils and the seven layered heavens; thus

He saw God with the eye of the heart and with sight.

ونال علماً وأخلاقاً ومنزلة

ليست ترام ولا واللَه للبشر

And gained knowledge, virtues, and a rank

Beyond reach—not, by God, for humankind.

وبالكلام كفاحاً نال منه منى

ولذة بجميع السمع والبصر

And through speech face to face, he gained his wishes from Him,

And delight through all his hearing and sight.

وأرشد الناس للدين القويم أتي

بذي حديث صحيح جاء في الخبر

And guided people to the upright faith; he came

With this sound tradition, transmitted in the report.

اني سألتك يا مولى الوري كرما

يا كاشف الغم والبلوى مع الضرر

I have asked You, O Master of creation, for generosity,

O dispeller of sorrow, affliction, and harm,

بذا الأجَلِّ وآل ثم عترته

هب نفحة منك جوف الليل في سحر

By this most exalted one, his family, and then his descendants,

Grant a breath from You in night's depths, before dawn.

كرامة أرج منك الحق مكرمة

ومنك ضوء وفي الجنات في نهر

A favor I hope for from You, the Truth—a gracious gift,

And light from You, and in the gardens by a river,

مع الصفيين أهل اللَه ذي الشغف

حتى ولو لست أهلاً انني نفر

With the chosen, God's people, possessed of ardent love,

Even if I am unworthy, I am but a person.

فهو الغياث ومنجي الناس من سقر

طه النبي ليوم الهول مدخر

For he is the succor and deliverer of people from Saqar,

Taha, the Prophet, held in reserve for the day of terror.

فجود طه عميم يرتجى أبدا

كصيّب القطر لا ينفك منحدر

For Taha's bounty is all-embracing, hoped for forever,

Like pouring rain that never ceases to fall.

وانه المرتجى في كل نائبة

وكل صرف وايجال ومنعسر

And he is the one hoped for in every calamity,

And every reversal, fright, and hardship.

من فيضه الرسل والأملاك تنهله

ونهجه ضاء في بدو وفي حضر

From his abundance the messengers and angels drink,

And his path shone among nomads and settled folk.

فكم أزال لبأس الشك منتدبا

وفل بأساً بنا كالصارم الذكر

How often he rose to remove the force of doubt,

And broke the might assailing us, like a keen, tempered sword.

من حبه ذاب جسمي واعترى كلفا

وأسس الوجد والبلوى وذا ذغر

From love of him my body melted and was seized with passion,

And longing and affliction took root, and this [unclear word].

كالشادن المذود قد حوى تحفا

من كل طرف بديع الحسن والصور

Like a young gazelle driven away, he gathered treasures,

From every quarter, wondrous in beauty and form.

بسره لم أبح والشوق أجج في

حشاشتي وسويد القلب منفطر

I did not reveal his secret, while longing kindled a blaze in

My inmost life, and the heart's dark core is torn apart.

قوم بمنعرج الأنوا عد التهم

بالود والصفح دوماً سادتي الغرو

A people at the bend of al-Anwa [unclear term]; count the accusations—

With love and pardon always, my wondrous masters.

كم أمه وافج للنجح نال وكم

أثنى وأمضى بذي الآداب والأثر

How many sought him and [unclear word], attained success, and how many

Praised and carried on with these manners and traditions.

فجد عليَّ بما يغني ويسعدني

واسقني منك فيض الكاس منهمر

So bestow on me what enriches me and makes me happy,

And give me drink from you, the cup's cascading overflow,

وصلاً وفتحاً وحظاً منك يشملني

ضما ونظماً بسمط القوم بالفخر

Union, an opening, and a share from you that embraces me,

Joining and threading me proudly onto the people's necklace.

مقدماً منك مع أهل الوصال أرى

بهيئة حسنَت حالاً بذي النظر

Given precedence by you among the people of union, I appear

In a beautiful form and state before the beholder.

ومنك قصدي وسؤلي والمرام فلا

زيد وعمرو وقل في السهل والمدر

From you come my aim, my petition, and my desire—not

Zayd and Amr; say it in the plain and among clay-built dwellings.

وصل رب على المختار ما بزغت

شمس وما نيل أهل الورد والدر

And bless the Chosen One, Lord, as long as there rises

A sun, and as long as the people of roses and pearls are reached [unclear wording];

أو هاشم ميرغني قال منتظماً

مدحاً وأَشند عُجبا فيك مبتدر

Or Hashim Mirghani speaks, composing in verse,

Praise, and recites marvels about you, hastening,

معرجا للحمى النجدي مبتدرا

كالبرق حثاً بجدِّ السير والسفر

Turning toward Najd's sanctuary, hastening,

Like lightning, pressing on with earnest journeying and travel.