الحمد للّه وهو حسبي

وفاز مَنْ حَسْبُه الحسيبُ

Praise be to God, and He is sufficient for me.

And he triumphs for whom the All-Sufficient suffices.

يخصّ من شاء لا بشيء

إلاّ بجودٍ له صبيبُ

He favors whomever He wills, for no reason

but His own overflowing generosity.

ثم الصّلاة على المنبّا

وآدم طينُه لَزِيبُ

Then blessings upon the one made a prophet,

while Adam's clay was still sticky;

والآل والصّحب والموالي

مِنْ كُلِّ مَنْ في الهدى نجيب

and upon his family, companions, and loyal followers,

all who are noble in right guidance.

وبَعْدُ يا خالقي فإنّي

أدعو بكلّ الذي تجيب

And now, O my Creator, I

call upon You by all to which You grant an answer:

أن تجمع الشملَ وهو فرق

يجمعه المصطفى الحبيب

that You reunite the company, though it is scattered—

the Chosen One, the Beloved, gathers it;

الفاتح الخاتم المُرَجَّى

لِسَاعَةٍ هَوْلُها مُشيب

the Opener, the Seal, in whom hope is placed

for an Hour whose terror turns hair white;

السيّد الكامل المُعَلّى

الطاهر الطّيّب المطيب

the master, the perfect, the exalted,

the pure, the good, who makes others good;

كنز الكمال الذي لِكُلٍّ

وإِن علا قدرهُم نصيب

the treasure of perfection, in which everyone,

however lofty their rank, has a share.

مَنْ مدحه في الكتاب يُتْلَى

ماذا عسى يمدح الأديب

He whose praise is recited in the Book—

what praise could a man of letters offer?

هو الرّؤوف الرحيم جاء

في توبة نصُّها عجيب

He is the Compassionate, the Merciful—so it is stated

in Tawbah, whose wording is wondrous.

فيا رؤوف ويا رحيم

مَا غَيْرُ وَصْلِكَ لي طبيبُ

So, O Compassionate One, O Merciful One,

nothing but union with you is my physician.

إن لم تَدَارَكْ حليفَ سقم

فَعَيْشُهُ بَعْدَ ذَا غريب

If you do not rescue one bound to sickness,

then his survival beyond this would be a wonder.

هذا بكائي بدا مديحا

وذا اشتياقي وذا النحيب

This is my weeping, appearing as praise,

and this my longing, and this my sobbing.

عليك من ذي العلا صلاةٌ

من عرفها مِسكُنا يطيبُ

Upon you be a blessing from the Lord of Sublimity;

from its fragrance our musk grows sweet.

كذاك يصحبُها سلامٌ

غُصنُ الدوام له رطيبُ

Likewise may a greeting of peace accompany it,

whose bough of eternity is ever green.