1. إِن حادثٌ يختصُّ أو يَشمَلُ

    وكارثٌ يَصعَدُ أو يَنزِلُ

    If a calamity affects one or all,

    And a disaster rises or descends,

  2. وأَزمةٌ تُنشِبُ اظفارَها

    ومِحنةٌ تُدبِرُ او تُقبِلُ

    And a crisis sinks its claws,

    And an ordeal departs or approaches,

  3. وكُربةٌ جُلَّى أَلَمَّت فما

    يُقشَعُ عنّا ثَوبُهاالمُسدَلُ

    And a grievous affliction strikes, and never

    Is its draped cloak lifted from us,

  4. ونَكبةٌ قد ادركت فجأَةً

    من أجلها كاد النُهى يَذهَلُ

    And a catastrophe has struck suddenly,

    Because of which reason nearly grows bewildered,

  5. وعِلَّةٌ عَلَّت فُؤَاداً ولم

    يَظفَر ببُرءٍ داؤُها المُعضِلُ

    And an illness has sickened a heart, yet never

    Has its intractable disease found a cure—

  6. عليك بالبِكرِ مَلاذِ الوَرَى

    فَهيَ المُنى والأَمنُ والمَوئِلُ

    Turn to the Virgin, the refuge of humankind;

    She is hope, safety, and sanctuary.

  7. واقصِد حِماها إِن تَكُن خائفاً

    فإِنها المَلجَأُ والمَعقلُ

    Seek her protection if you are afraid,

    For she is the refuge and the stronghold.

  8. ولا تخشَ من صَعبٍ إذ جئتَها

    فكلُّ حَزنٍ عندها يَسهُلُ

    Fear no difficulty when you have come to her,

    For every rugged place grows smooth in her presence.

  9. ما عافها العافون إذ أنهم

    نالوا بها فوقَ الذي أَمَّلوا

    Seekers of bounty have not shunned her, for

    Through her they gained more than they hoped.

  10. ان أَشكَل الأمرُ فَرِد عِلمَها ال

    شافي فكم حُلَّ بها مُشكِلُ

    If the matter is perplexing, seek her knowledge,

    Which heals: how many a difficulty has been solved through her!

  11. كم قد أتاها نائحٌ نادبٌ

    ففاءَ مسروراً بها يَجذَلُ

    How many a weeping mourner has come to her,

    And returned happy, rejoicing through her!

  12. حكَّمها اللَهُ بآلائِهِ

    فكلُّ ما يُقسَمُ أو يُرسَلُ

    God made her arbiter of His blessings;

    Thus everything apportioned or sent

  13. عن أمرها الماضي وعن إِذنِها

    فلا إلى مَن دُونَها تَحصُلُ

    Is by her binding command and by her permission,

    And reaches no one beneath her otherwise.

  14. سَيّدةُ الكَونَينِ مَن امرُها

    ماضٍ بلا رَدٍّ ولا تَفعَلُ

    Lady of both worlds, whose command

    Prevails without rejection or a 'Do not';

  15. ومَلكةُ الأَملاكِ مَن مُلكُها

    طولُ المَدى والدهرِ بل أَطوَلُ

    And Queen of the angels, whose reign

    Lasts the whole span of time—indeed, longer.

  16. جاءَت برَمزٍ جَبَلاً مُخصِباً

    مظلِّلاً دانت لهُ الأَجبُلُ

    She appeared in symbol as a fertile mountain,

    Casting shade, to which the mountains bowed.

  17. عَنَت لهُ الأَملاكُ حتى عَلَت

    منها على تِيجانِها الأَرجُلُ

    The angels bowed to it, until there rose

    Her feet above their crowns.

  18. ما طُغمةُ الكاروبِ إلَّا لَها

    جُندٌ لَدَى حَضرتها مُثَّلُ

    The order of cherubim is nothing but her

    Host, standing in attendance before her.

  19. ما الأَطلَسُ النُوريُّ إلَّا بِها

    يزهو وفيهِ نُورُها الأَفضَلُ

    The luminous outermost sphere only through her

    Shines in splendor; within it is her surpassing light.

  20. وما سَماءُ المجدِ ذاتُ البَها

    إلَّا ومريم بدرُها الأَكمَلُ

    And the heaven of glory, radiant in beauty,

    Has Mary as its most perfect full moon.

  21. ما العالَمُ الأَعلى الجميلُ السَنَى

    الَّا سَناها الأَشرَفُ الأَجمَلُ

    The lofty world, beautiful in radiance,

    Is nothing but her noblest, fairest splendor.

  22. ما مَنزِلٌ في سِدرة المُنتَهى

    إلَّا بهِ يعلو لها مَنزِلُ

    There is no station at the Lote Tree of the Utmost Bound

    At which her own station does not rise higher.

  23. ما الكاملونَ الغُرُّ في نَوعِهم

    إِلَّا ومنهم مريمٌ أَكمَلُ

    The radiant ones, perfect in their kind,

    Are all surpassed in perfection by Mary.

  24. حازوا الكَمالَ التِمَّ لكِنَّهم

    لولا يدا مريمَ لم يَكمُلوا

    They attained complete perfection, yet

    Without Mary's two hands, they would not have become perfect.

  25. من حينِ ما ليسَ لهُ أَوَّلٌ

    قد اجتباها الأَزَلُ الأَوَّلُ

    From a time that has no beginning,

    Primordial Eternity had already chosen her,

  26. واختارَها أُمّاً لهُ عاتقاً

    من غير ما زَرعٍ بهِ تَحبَلُ

    And chose her, a maiden, to be His mother,

    Without any seed by which she might conceive.

  27. والدةٌ عذراءُ من ذا رأى

    أُمّاً وبِكراً امرُها مُذهِلُ

    A virgin mother—who has ever seen

    A mother and a virgin? Her state is astounding.

  28. حاكَ لهُ اللَهُ بأَحشائِها

    حُلَّةَ إِنسٍ حُسنُها آثَلُ

    God wove for Him, within her womb,

    A robe of humanity, whose beauty is deeply rooted.

  29. من لم تُحيِّزهُ رِحابُ العَلا

    حازَ عليهِ البَشَرُ الأَسفَلُ

    He whom the vast expanses of heaven could not contain,

    Was enclosed within lowly human flesh.

  30. وحاملُ الكونَينِ في كفِهِ

    على ذِراعَي مريمٍ يُحمَلُ

    And He who bears both worlds in His palm

    Is borne upon Mary's two arms.

  31. يا خيرَ خَلقِ اللَهِ مالي سُوَى

    فضلكِ يا غايةَ ما أَسأَلُ

    O best of God's creation, I have nothing but

    Your grace, O ultimate object of all I ask.

  32. انتِ عَصا هارونَ إذ فَرَّعَت

    فمَن رأَى يابسةً تَخضَلُ

    You are Aaron's rod when it sprouted branches;

    Who has seen a dry rod grow green?

  33. وانتِ قُدسُ القُدس ثم الخِبا

    والعرشُ والتابوتُ والهيكلُ

    And you are the Holy of Holies, and also the Tent,

    And the Throne, the Ark, and the Temple;

  34. وموضعُ الغُفرانِ بحرُ النَقا

    في مائِهِ آثامُنا تُغسَلُ

    And the place of forgiveness, a sea of purity,

    In whose water our sins are washed away;

  35. وجَرَّةُ المَنِّ وخُبزُ الوُجو

    هِ المانحُ الطُهرِ لَمن يأكُلُ

    And the jar of manna, and the bread of the

    Presence, granting purity to whoever eats.

  36. أَرجوكِ أُمَّ اللَهِ ان تَعطِفي

    نحوي لاني بائسٌ مُرمَلُ

    I beseech you, Mother of God, to incline

    Toward me, for I am wretched and destitute.

  37. لا تَخذُليني إِنَّني طالبٌ

    رِفدَكِ والطالبُ لا يُخذَلُ

    Do not forsake me; I am seeking

    Your aid, and the seeker is not forsaken.

  38. كانما القلبُ يُغاثٌ وما

    اهمَّهُ البازيُّ والأَجدَلُ

    It is as though the heart were being aided, and

    Neither hawk nor falcon had distressed it.

  39. اشكَلَهُ الدهرُ بأَشكالِهِ

    فمَدمَعي من خَطبهِ أَشكَلُ

    Time has bewildered it with its forms,

    And my tearful eye is bloodshot from its calamity.

  40. جئتُكِ ظمآناً أرومُ الرَوا

    فانكِ المَورِدُ والمَنهَلُ

    I came to you thirsty, seeking to be quenched,

    For you are the watering place and the spring.

  41. نَزَّهتُ في حُبِّكِ عن شاغلٍ

    عقليَ والمشغولُ لا يُشغَلُ

    In loving you, I freed from all distraction

    My mind; the already occupied cannot be occupied anew.

  42. بَرِئتِ بالعِصمةِ من وَصمةٍ

    أورَثَناها جَدُّنا الأَوَّلُ

    Through protection from sin, you were free of a stain

    That our first forefather bequeathed to us.

  43. كانما استثناكِ من ذا الوَرَى

    مما قَضاهُ الحاكمُ الأَعدَلُ

    It is as though you were exempted, among these mortals,

    From what the most just Judge decreed.

  44. فأَنتِ آيُ اللَه في خَلقهِ

    معنىً لقد فَصَّلهُ المُجمَلُ

    For you are God's signs among His creation,

    A meaning the concise expression has indeed made plain.

  45. ما فُهتُ في مدحكِ الَّا وقد

    فاحَ اريجُ الندّ والمَندَلُ

    Never have I spoken in your praise but

    The fragrance of nadd incense and aloeswood has wafted forth.

  46. عليكِ ما هَبَّت جَنُوبٌ سَلا

    مُ اللَهِ دهراً او سَرَت شَمأَلُ

    Upon you, as long as a south wind blows,

    Be God's peace forever—or as long as a north wind passes.