الحَالُ يَا أَحْبَابَنَا بِبَشَّارْ

الحَالُ يَا أَحْبَابَنَا بِبَشَّارْالأَهْلُ أَنْتُمْ وَالحُمَاهْ وَالجَارْ

Al-ḥālu yā aḥbābanā bibashshār, Al-ʾahlu antum wa-al-ḥumāh wa-al-jār

How are you, our beloveds at Bashshar? You are our family, our protectors and our neighbours.

جَادَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيِّبَاتُ الأَمْطَارْمِنْ رَحْمَةِ الرَّبِّ العَزِيزْ مِدْرَارْ

Jādat ʿalaykum ṣayyibātu al-ʾamṭār, Min raḥmati ar-rabbi al-ʿazīz midrār

May abundant rains pour upon you from the mercy of the Mighty Lord, in torrents.

لِلَّهِ مِنْ أَحْبَابْ تَتْبَعْ أَحْبَابْعَلَى الأَثَرْ مِنْ سَادَةٍ وَأَصْحَابْ

Lillāhi min aḥbāb tatbaʿ aḥbāb, ʿalā al-ʾathar min sādatin waʾaṣḥāb

How wondrous are beloveds following beloveds upon the same track, masters and companions!

مَا أَنْتُمُ الأَغْرَابْ بَلْ نَحَا اغْرَابْفِي هَذِهِ الدُّنْيَا مَحَلِّ الأَكْدَارْ

Mā antumu al-ʾaghrāb bal naḥā ghrāb, Fī hadhihi ad-dunyā maḥalli al-ʾakdār

You are not the strangers; rather we are the strangers in this world, the place of troubles,

دَارِ الفَنَا دَارِ الغُرُورْ وَالزُّورْمَا تَخْدَعْ الَّا كُلَّ عَبْدْ مَغْرُورْ

Dāri al-fanā dāri al-ghurūr wa-az-zūr, Mā takhdaʿ al-ā kulla ʿabd maghrūr

The abode of passing away, the abode of delusion and falsehood, which deceives no one but the deluded servant,

مَنْ لَا بَصِيرَهْ لُهْ وَلَا مَعُهْ نُورْلَوْ كَانْ يُبْصِرْ لَاعْتَبَرْ بِمَنْ صَارْ

Man lā baṣīrah luh walā maʿuh nūr, Law kan yubṣir laʿtabar biman ṣār

Who has no insight and no light with him; had he insight, he would take a lesson from those who have gone,

بِمَنْ غَدَا لِلتُّرْبِ وَالمَقَابِرْمِنَ الأَصَاغِرْ وَمِنَ الأَكَابِرْ

Biman ghadā liltturbi wa-al-maqābir, Mina al-ʾaṣāghir wamina al-ʾakābir

From those who went to the dust and the graves, the small and the great alike,

وَالبَعْثُ بَعْدَ المَوْتْ لِلْمَحَاشِرْفَرِيقْ فِي الجَنَّهْ وَفَرِيقْ فِي النَّارْ

Wa-al-baʿthu baʿda al-mawt lilmaḥāshir, Farīq fī al-jannah wafarīq fī an-nār

And from the resurrection after death to the places of gathering: a party in the Garden and a party in the Fire.

يَا أَهْلَ البَرَازِخْ بَرْزَخِ السَّلَامَهْوَالرَّوْحْ وَالرَّيْحَانْ وَالكَرَامَهْ

Yā ahla al-barāzikh barzakhi as-salāmah, Wa-ar-rawḥ wa-ar-rayḥān wa-al-karāmah

O people of the barzakh, the barzakh of safety, of rest, fragrance and honour,

لَا دَاخَلَتْكُمْ حَسْرَةُ النَّدَامَهْوَلَا بَرِحْتُمْ فِي سُرُورْ وَأَنْوَارْ

Lā dākhalatkum ḥasratu an-nadāmah, Walā bariḥtum fī surūr waʾanwār

May the pang of regret never enter upon you, and may you never cease to be in joy and light.

مَتَى مَتَى يَا أَحْبَابَنَا التَّلَاقِيمِنْ بَعْدِ طُولِ البُعْدِ وَالفِرَاقِ

Matā matā yā aḥbābanā at-talāqī, Min baʿdi ṭūli al-buʿdi wa-al-firāqi

When, when, our beloveds, will we meet after long distance and parting?

مَا حَدْ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا الغُرُورْ بَاقِيوَالمَوْتُ تُحْفَةُ كُلِّ عَبْدْ مُخْتَارْ

Mā ḥad ʿalā ad-dunyā al-ghurūr bāqī, Wa-al-mawtu tuḥfatu kulli ʿabd mukhtār

No one remains in this deceiving world, and death is the gift of every chosen servant,

يَصْبِرْ عَلَى الطَّاعَاتْ وَالقَنَاعَهْوَالفَقْرْ وَالإِقْلَالْ وَالمَجَاعَهْ

Yaṣbir ʿalā aṭ-ṭāʿāt wa-al-qanāʿah, Wa-al-faqr wa-al-ʾiqlāl wa-al-majāʿah

Who is patient in obedience and contentment, in poverty, scarcity and hunger.

فَمَا الشَّجَاعَهْ غَيْرْ صَبْرْ سَاعَهْوَالفَوْزْ فِي العُقْبَى لِكُلِّ صَبَّارْ

Famā ash-shajāʿah ghayr ṣabr sāʿah, Wa-al-fawz fī al-ʿuqbā likulli ṣabbār

Courage is nothing but an hour's patience, and triumph in the Hereafter belongs to all who persevere.

وَالقَبْرُ إِمَّا رَوْضَةٌ نَعِيمَهْنَعَمْ وَإِلَّا حُفْرَةٌ جَحِيمَهْ

Wa-al-qabru immā rawḍatun naʿīmah, Naʿam waʾillā ḥufratun jaḥīmah

The grave is either a garden of bliss, yes, or else a pit of Hellfire.

فَاعْمَلْ لِنَفْسِكْ لَا تَكُنْ بَهِيمَهْتَجْرِي وَلَا تَدْرِي بِعُظْمِ الأَخْطَارْ

Faʿmal linafsik lā takun bahīmah, Tajrī walā tadrī biʿuẓmi al-ʾakhṭār

So work for yourself; do not be a beast that runs on, unaware of how great the dangers are.

فَاللهُ يَرْحَمْ جَمْعَنَا بِفَضْلِهْوَلَا يُعَامِلْنَا بِقِسْطِ عَدْلِهْ

Fallāhu yarḥam jamʿanā bifaḍlih, Walā yuʿāmilnā biqisṭi ʿadlih

May Allah have mercy on our company by His grace, and not deal with us by the measure of His justice,

بِبَرْكَةِ الهَادِي خِتَامِ رُسْلِهْأَحْمَدْ إِمَامِ المُتَّقِينَ الأَبْرَارْ

Bibarkati al-hādī khitāmi ruslih, Aḥmad imāmi al-muttaqīna al-ʾabrār

By the blessing of the guide, the seal of His messengers, Ahmad, imam of the God-fearing and the righteous.