وَصلَ السراةُ وأنتَ ماكِث

وَصلَ السراةُ وأنتَ ماكِث

أَأمنتَ أَحداث الحوادِث

أَأمنتَ أَحداث الحوادِث

The night travelers have arrived, while you remain behind.

The caravan departed while you lingered

Do you feel safe from the onset of calamities?

Did you feel secure from the blows of fate?

سَحَرتك دُنيا لَم تزل

سَحَرتك دُنيا لَم تزل

أَنفاسُ زَهرتها نوافِث

أَنفاسُ زَهرتها نوافِث

Worldly life has bewitched you; still

You were spellbound by a world that does not last

its blossom's breaths blow their spells.

Whose exhilarating breaths are but scattering winds

بِزخارفٍ مَلَكت هوا

بِزخارفٍ مَلَكت هوا

كَ فأنتَ فيها الدهرَ رافِث

كَ فأنتَ فيها الدهرَ رافِث

With finery it has captured your desire;

With ornaments that captivated your passion

so you spend all your days in it indulging in lust.

So you lingered in it lifetimes coming and going

لِم لا تسيرُ لخيرِ خل

لِم لا تسيرُ لخيرِ خل

قِ اللَّه أفضل كلّ حادِث

قِ اللَّه أفضل كلّ حادِث

Why do you not journey to the best of

Why don’t you set forth for the good of the people?

God's creation, the finest of all created beings?

Saying: God is best over every matter

المُصطفى مِن آل سا

المُصطفى مِن آل سا

مٍ مِن بَني حامٍ ويافِث

مٍ مِن بَني حامٍ ويافِث

The Chosen One, from the lineage of Shem,

Al-Mustafa from the family of Saam

chosen above the descendants of Ham and Japheth;

From the tribes of Ham and Yaafith

سرّ البريّة صفوةِ ال

سرّ البريّة صفوةِ ال

خلّاق مِن كلّ الحوادِث

خلّاق مِن كلّ الحوادِث

the secret of creation, the chosen one of the

Secret of the wilderness, elite of all creations

Creator, from among all created things.

Over every matter and happening

هوَ أوّلٌ والشمس ثا

هوَ أوّلٌ والشمس ثا

ني نورهِ والبدرُ ثالِث

ني نورهِ والبدرُ ثالِث

He is first, and the sun is second

He is the first, and the sun is second

to his light, and the full moon third.

His light, and the moon is third

فَهُناكَ تأمنُ مِن صرو

فَهُناكَ تأمنُ مِن صرو

فِ الدهرِ والكرب الكوارِث

فِ الدهرِ والكرب الكوارِث

There, then, you are safe from the vicissitudes

So there you will be safe from the evils of time

of time and from devastating afflictions.

And disasters that cause anguish and grief

وَتعيشُ مُرتاحَ الضما

وَتعيشُ مُرتاحَ الضما

ئرِ غير تعبانٍ ولاهِث

ئرِ غير تعبانٍ ولاهِث

And you live with your inner thoughts at peace,

And you will live comfortably free of worries

neither weary nor panting.

Not tired or perplexed in the least

وَإِذا حَلَفتَ بأنّ مَث

وَإِذا حَلَفتَ بأنّ مَث

واكَ الجِنان فلستَ حانِث

واكَ الجِنان فلستَ حانِث

And if you swear that your abode

And if you swear that your likeness is paradise

is Paradise, you will not have sworn falsely.

You would not be lying in the least