هذا هلال الصوم من رمضان

هذا هلال الصوم من رمضان

بالأفق بان فلا تكن بالواني

بالأفق بان فلا تكن بالواني

This is the crescent of Ramadan's fast;

This is the crescent moon of fasting in Ramadan

it has appeared on the horizon, so do not be remiss.

It rose in the horizon, so do not be despondent

وافاك ضيفا فالتزم تعظيمه

وافاك ضيفا فالتزم تعظيمه

واجعل قراه قراءة القرآنِ

واجعل قراه قراءة القرآنِ

It has come to you as a guest, so commit yourself to honoring it;

Welcome it as a guest, so treat it with respect

and make reciting the Qur'an the fare you offer it.

And make its nights for reciting the Quran

صمه وصنه واغتنم أيامه

صمه وصنه واغتنم أيامه

واجبر ذما الضعفاء بالإحسان

واجبر ذما الضعفاء بالإحسان

Fast through it, safeguard it, and make the most of its days;

Fast during it, protect it, and value its days

and restore the weak's fading vitality with kindness.

And be kind to the poor with good deeds

واغسل به خطّ الخطايا جاهدا

واغسل به خطّ الخطايا جاهدا

بهمول وابل دمعك الهتّان

بهمول وابل دمعك الهتّان

And strive through it to wash away the inscription of sins,

Wash with it the stains of sins, striving

with your streaming tears pouring down in a deluge.

With tears flowing down your cheeks in devotion

لا غرو أن الدمع يمحو جريه

لا غرو أن الدمع يمحو جريه

بالخدّ سكبا ما جناه الجاني

بالخدّ سكبا ما جناه الجاني

No wonder that the flow of tears erases,

It's no surprise that tears erase sins

as it pours down the cheek, what the sinner has committed.

Pouring on the cheek what the sinner committed

للَه قوم أخلصوا فخلّصوا

للَه قوم أخلصوا فخلّصوا

من آفة الخسران والخذلان

من آفة الخسران والخذلان

God has people who were sincere and so were delivered

God has sincere people who were purified

from the scourge of loss and abandonment.

From the harm of loss and abandonment

هجروا مضاجعهم وقاموا ليله

هجروا مضاجعهم وقاموا ليله

وتوسلوا بالذل والإذعان

وتوسلوا بالذل والإذعان

They forsook their beds and stood in prayer through its night,

They abandoned their beds and stood up at night

and sought nearness through self-abasement and submission.

And pleaded with humility and submission

قاموا على قدم الوفاء وشمّروا

قاموا على قدم الوفاء وشمّروا

فيه الذيول لخدمة الديان

فيه الذيول لخدمة الديان

They stood on the footing of fidelity and tucked up

They stood with loyalty and rolled up

their hems in it to serve the Judge.

Their garments to serve the Judge

ركبوا جياد العزم والتحفوا الضنا

ركبوا جياد العزم والتحفوا الضنا

وحدا بهم حادي جوى الأشجان

وحدا بهم حادي جوى الأشجان

They mounted the steeds of resolve and cloaked themselves in wasting sickness,

They rode the steeds of determination and endured adversity

and the camel-chanter of sorrows' burning anguish sang them onward.

And were guided by the confidant of passions

وثبوا وللزفرات بين ضلوعهم

وثبوا وللزفرات بين ضلوعهم

لهب يشبّ بأدمع الأجفان

لهب يشبّ بأدمع الأجفان

They sprang up, while the sighs between their ribs held

They leapt up with flames in their chests

a flame that flared up with tears from their eyelids.

From the tears of their eyelids

راضوا نفوسهم لخدمة ربهم

راضوا نفوسهم لخدمة ربهم

ولذاك فازوا منه بالرضوان

ولذاك فازوا منه بالرضوان

They tamed their souls to serve their Lord,

They made their souls content to serve their Lord

and so they won His good pleasure from Him.

And so they succeeded in earning His approval

إن لم تكن منهم فحالفهم عسى

إن لم تكن منهم فحالفهم عسى

تجنى بجاههم رضا المنام

تجنى بجاههم رضا المنام

If you are not one of them, ally yourself with them; perhaps

Even if you are not one of them, hopefully

you may reap, through their standing, the favor of sleep [unclear in context].

Through their status you may gain God's satisfaction

حالفهم والزم فديتك حبهم

حالفهم والزم فديتك حبهم

واجعله في دنياك فرض عيان

واجعله في دنياك فرض عيان

Ally yourself with them and cling to love for them—may I be your ransom;

Befriend them and make loving them incumbent

and make it an evident duty in your worldly life.

And make it in your life an evident duty

يا لهف نفسي إن تخلفني الهوى

يا لهف نفسي إن تخلفني الهوى

عن حلبة سبقت إلى الرحمان

عن حلبة سبقت إلى الرحمان

Alas for my soul if desire holds me back

Oh how my soul yearns, if passion prevents me

from a company of racers who sped ahead to the All-Merciful!

From the racecourse that leads to the Merciful

فلأنزفن مدامعي أسفا على

فلأنزفن مدامعي أسفا على

عمر تولى في هوى وتوان

عمر تولى في هوى وتوان

So I shall surely exhaust my tears in sorrow over

Then I will shed tears of regret over

a lifetime that passed in desire and indolence.

A life that passed in passion and hesitation

يا رب بالمختار أحمد خير من

يا رب بالمختار أحمد خير من

حاز المكارم في ذرى عدنان

حاز المكارم في ذرى عدنان

O Lord, by the Chosen One, Ahmad, the best of those who

O Lord, with the chosen Ahmad, the best of

attained noble virtues on the heights of Adnan,

Those who gained virtues among the children of Adnan

لا تحرّمنى فضل شهر الصوم ولم

لا تحرّمنى فضل شهر الصوم ولم

تجعل مقرّى جنّة الرضوان

تجعل مقرّى جنّة الرضوان

do not deprive me of the fasting month's bounty; and You have not [as written]

Do not deprive me of the grace of the fasting month

made my abode the Garden of Divine Pleasure.

Or make my dwelling Paradise and approval