لــطــيــبة  الــــغــراء ذات الــنــور

لــطــيــبة الــــغــراء ذات الــنــور

ســـــــربـــــي            أســــــــــر

ســـــــربـــــي أســــــــــر

For radiant Taybah, possessor of light,

Toward radiant Tayba, endowed with light,

my soul has been taken captive;

my caravan, travel by night.

فــــإن  بــــي  لــتــربها  الــكــافور

فــــإن بــــي لــتــربها الــكــافور

شــــــوقــــــاً             أســــــــــر

شــــــوقــــــاً أســــــــــر

for within me, for her camphor-scented soil, is

For within me, for her camphor-like soil,

a yearning that has enthralled me.

is a yearning I conceal.

أبــقــى إذا مــا لاح لــلبرق ابــتسام

أبــقــى إذا مــا لاح لــلبرق ابــتسام

من  نحوها أو فاح لي عرف انتسام

من نحوها أو فاح لي عرف انتسام

I weep whenever a smile of lightning flashes

I remain, whenever lightning's smile appears

from her direction, or the fragrance of her breezes wafts to me,

from her direction, or a breeze's fragrance wafts to me,

أو  مـــر  بـــي ذكــرٌ لــتلك الــدور

أو مـــر بـــي ذكــرٌ لــتلك الــدور

كــــالــــمــــحــــتــــضــــر

كــــالــــمــــحــــتــــضــــر

or remembrance of that abode passes through me—

or mention of those dwellings passes my way,

like one in the throes of death.

like one at death's door.

قـــد  جـــد بــي وأغــراني الــغرام

قـــد جـــد بــي وأغــراني الــغرام

إلــى  مــقام الــمصطفى خير الأنام

إلــى مــقام الــمصطفى خير الأنام

Passionate love has assailed me in earnest and beguiled me

Passion has indeed grown intense within me and enticed me

toward the dwelling of the Chosen One, the best of humankind,

to the abode of the Chosen One, the best of humankind,

مــن جــاء كــالمصباح في الديجور

مــن جــاء كــالمصباح في الديجور

يـــــــهـــــدي        الـــــبـــــشـــر

يـــــــهـــــدي الـــــبـــــشـــر

who came like a lamp in deepest darkness,

who came like a lamp in deepest darkness,

guiding humankind.

guiding humankind.

وقــام  يــسعى في صلاح المهتدين

وقــام يــسعى في صلاح المهتدين

ثـــم  انــتحى لــلماردين الــمعتدين

ثـــم انــتحى لــلماردين الــمعتدين

He arose, striving for the welfare of the rightly guided,

And he arose, striving for the welfare of the rightly guided,

then set upon the rebellious aggressors,

then turned upon the rebellious aggressors,

مــثــل  انــتــحاء الــباز لــلعصفور

مــثــل انــتــحاء الــباز لــلعصفور

حــــــتــــــى            قـــــــهـــــر

حــــــتــــــى قـــــــهـــــر

as a falcon swoops upon a sparrow,

as a hawk swoops upon a sparrow,

until he vanquished them.

until he subdued them.

وجـــاء  لــلــخلق بــقــرآن مــجــيد

وجـــاء لــلــخلق بــقــرآن مــجــيد

فــي الــدين والــدنيا بــلا شك مفيد

فــي الــدين والــدنيا بــلا شك مفيد

He came to creation with a glorious Qur’an,

And he brought creation a glorious Quran,

beneficial in faith and worldly life, beyond all doubt.

beneficial beyond doubt in religion and worldly life.

الــــفــاظــه كــالــلــؤلؤ الــمــنــثور

الــــفــاظــه كــالــلــؤلؤ الــمــنــثور

فـــــــصـــــح           غــــــــــرر

فـــــــصـــــح غــــــــــرر

Its words are like pearls strewn abroad,

Its words are like scattered pearls,

eloquent and radiant.

eloquent and resplendent;

حــلــو  الــمــعالي لـــذة لــلسامعين

حــلــو الــمــعالي لـــذة لــلسامعين

يــا حــبذا هــاد إلــى الــحق المبين

يــا حــبذا هــاد إلــى الــحق المبين

Sweet in its lofty glories, a delight to listeners—

sweet in lofty qualities, a delight to listeners—

how excellent a guide to manifest truth!

ah, how excellent a guide to the manifest truth!

بــــه   انــمــحــت   آثــــار  كــــل

بــــه انــمــحــت آثــــار كــــل

زور      لـــــمـــــا     ظـــــهـــــر

زور لـــــمـــــا ظـــــهـــــر

Through it were effaced all traces of

Through it were erased the traces of every

falsehood whenever it appeared.

falsehood, when it appeared.

كم من براهين على صدق الرسول

كم من براهين على صدق الرسول

فــيــه  كـــم داع لأربــاب الــعقول

فــيــه كـــم داع لأربــاب الــعقول

How many proofs it bears of the Messenger’s truthfulness;

How many proofs of the Messenger's truthfulness

how many summons within it to people of reason,

are in it! How many calls to those endowed with reason,

إلــــــى   الـــهـــدى   والــــعــمــل

إلــــــى الـــهـــدى والــــعــمــل

الــــمــــبــرور   وكـــــم   عـــبـــر

الــــمــــبــرور وكـــــم عـــبـــر

toward guidance and knowledge

to guidance and action

blessed and approved—and how many lessons!

that is righteous—and how many lessons!

مــحــمد  رســـول رب الــعــالمين

مــحــمد رســـول رب الــعــالمين

بـــر  رؤوف  راحـــم بــالــمؤمنين

بـــر رؤوف راحـــم بــالــمؤمنين

Muhammad, Messenger of the Lord of all worlds,

Muhammad is the Messenger of the Lord of the worlds,

benevolent, tender and merciful toward believers.

benevolent, compassionate, merciful toward the believers.

وقــــــد     غــــــزا    بــجــيــشــه

وقــــــد غــــــزا بــجــيــشــه

الــمــنــصور  مــــن  قــــد  كــفــر

الــمــنــصور مــــن قــــد كــفــر

He waged war with his army,

And he waged war with his army,

divinely aided, against those who had disbelieved.

granted victory, against those who had disbelieved.

وعــنه  قــد أخــبرنا مــوسى الكليم

وعــنه قــد أخــبرنا مــوسى الكليم

بــأنــه  رســـول  مــولانــا الــكريم

بــأنــه رســـول مــولانــا الــكريم

Moses, the one addressed by God, told us of him:

And Moses, who spoke with God, indeed told us of him:

that he is the Messenger of our gracious Lord,

that he is the Messenger of our generous Lord;

وخـــط  فـــي  كــتــابه الــمــسفور

وخـــط فـــي كــتــابه الــمــسفور

هـــــــــــذا            الــــخــــبــــر

هـــــــــــذا الــــخــــبــــر

and inscribed in his written Book

and in his written book he inscribed

this report.

this report.

كــذاك  روح الله عــيسى عــنه قال

كــذاك روح الله عــيسى عــنه قال

بــــأنــه لــــيــس لــشــرعــه زوال

بــــأنــه لــــيــس لــشــرعــه زوال

Likewise Jesus, Spirit of God, spoke of him,

Likewise Jesus, the Spirit of God, said of him

saying that his Law shall never pass away.

that his law would never pass away;

وذاك    فــــــــي   إنــــجــــيــــلــه

وذاك فــــــــي إنــــجــــيــــلــه

الــمــســطــور   قـــــد  اســــتــقــر

الــمــســطــور قـــــد اســــتــقــر

And that, in his Gospel,

and that, in his Gospel,

stands firmly inscribed.

set down in writing, stands firmly established.

يــا  ربــنا احــشرنا جــميعاً آمــنين

يــا ربــنا احــشرنا جــميعاً آمــنين

ومــن نــحب مــن خــيار المؤمنين

ومــن نــحب مــن خــيار المؤمنين

O our Lord, raise us all at the Resurrection, safe,

O our Lord, gather us all in safety,

together with those we love among the choicest believers,

and those we love among the best of believers,

تــحــت  لـــواء  عـــزه الــمــنشور

تــحــت لـــواء عـــزه الــمــنشور

يـــــــــــوم            الـــــــحـــــذر

يـــــــــــوم الـــــــحـــــذر

beneath the unfurled banner of his glory

beneath the unfurled banner of his glory,

on the Day of Gathering.

on the day of dread.

عــليه  مــن ربــي الصلاة والسلام

عــليه مــن ربــي الصلاة والسلام

وآلـــه  وصــحــبه  الــغــر الــكرام

وآلـــه وصــحــبه الــغــر الــكرام

Upon him, from my Lord, be blessings and peace,

Upon him, from my Lord, be blessings and peace,

and upon his family and his radiant, noble companions,

and upon his family and his radiant, noble companions,

مـــا  انــتظم الــورد مــع الــمنثور

مـــا انــتظم الــورد مــع الــمنثور

غــــــــــب           الــــمــــطــــر

غــــــــــب الــــمــــطــــر

whenever roses are woven among scattered blooms

as long as roses are arrayed with stock flowers

in the wake of rain,

after the rain,

وغـــرد  الــقمري مــع الــشحرور

وغـــرد الــقمري مــع الــشحرور

فــــــــــوق           الــــشــــجــــر

فــــــــــوق الــــشــــجــــر

and the turtledove warbles with the blackbird

and the turtledove sings with the blackbird

above the trees.

above the trees.