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اَللَّهُ اَللَّهُ يَااللَّه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول

Allah Allah Ya Allah Lana bi-l-Qabul

اَللَّهُ اَللَّهُ يَااللَّه لَنَا بِالقَبُول

Allāhu Allāhu yāālillāh lanā bi-al-qabūl

Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance.

عَلَى فِنَا بَابْ مَوْلَانَا طَرَحْنَا الحَمُولرَاجِيْنْ مِنْهُ المَوَاهِبْ وَالرِّضَى وَالقَبُولْ

ʿalā finā bab mawlānā ṭaraḥnā al-ḥamūl, Rājiyn minhu al-mawāhib wa-ar-riḍā wa-al-qabūl

At the courtyard of our Master's door we have laid down our loads, hoping from Him for gifts, good pleasure and acceptance.

يَافَرْدْ يَا خَيْرْ مُعْطِي هَبْ لَنَا كُلَّ سُولْوَاخْتِمْ لَنَا مِنْكَ بِالحُسْنَى نَهَارَ القُفُولْ

Yāfard yā khayr muʿṭī hab lanā kulla sūl, Wakhtim lanā minka bi-al-ḥusnā nahāra al-qufūl

O Unique, O best Giver, grant us every request, and seal our lives from You with the best on the day of return.

وَهَبْ لَنَا القُرْبْ مِنَّكْ وَاللِّقَا وَالوُصُولعَسَى نُشَاهِدَكْ فِي مِرْآةْ طَهَ الرَّسُول

Wahab lanā al-qurb minnak wa-al-liqā wa-al-wuṣūl, ʿasā nushāhidak fī mirʾāa ṭaha ar-rasūl

Grant us nearness to You, meeting and arrival, that we may behold You in the mirror of Taha, the Messenger.

يَارَبَّنَا انْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا وَاسْتَمِعْ مَا نَقُولوَاقْبَلْ دُعَانَا فَإِنَّا تَحِتْ بَابَكْ نُزُول

Yārabbanā nẓur ilaynā wastamiʿ mā naqūl, Waqbal duʿānā faʾinnā taḥit bābak nuzūl

O our Lord, look upon us and hear what we say, and accept our prayer, for we have alighted beneath Your door,

ضِيفَانْ بَابَكْ وَلَسْنَا عَنْهُ يَاالله نَحُولوَظَنُّنَا فِيكْ وَافِرْ وَالْأَمَلْ فِيهِ طُول

Ḍīfān bābak walasnā ʿanhu yāālillāh naḥūl, Waẓannunā fīk wāfir wa-al-ʾamal fīhi ṭūl

Guests at Your door, and we will not turn from it, O Allah; our opinion of You is abundant, and our hope in You is long.

وَفِي نُحُورِ الأَعَادِي بَكْ إِلَهِي نَصُولفِي شَهْرْ رَمَضَانْ قُمْنَا بِالْحَيَا وَالذُّبُول

Wafī nuḥūri al-ʾaʿādī bak ilahī naṣūl, Fī shahr ramaḍān qumnā bi-al-ḥayā wa-adh-dhubūl

And through You, my God, we strike at the throats of the enemies; in the month of Ramadan we have stood in modesty and humility,

نَبْغَى كَرَامَةْ بِهَا تَزْكُو جَمِيعُ العُقُولنَسْلُكْ عَلَى الصِّدِقْ فِي سُبْلِ الرِّجَالِ الفُحُول

Nabghā karāma bihā tazkū jamīʿu al-ʿuqūl, Nasluk ʿalā aṣ-ṣidiq fī subli ar-rijāli al-fuḥūl

Seeking an honour by which all minds are purified, walking in truth on the paths of the great men,

سُبْلِ التُّقَى وَالهِدَايَةْ لَا سَبِيلِ الفُضُوليَاالله طَلَبْنَاكْ يَامَنْ لَيْسْ مُلْكُهْ يَزُول

Subli at-tuqā wa-al-hidāya lā sabīli al-fuḍūl, Yāālillāh ṭalabnāk yāman lays mulkuh yazūl

The paths of piety and guidance, not the path of meddling; O Allah, we have sought You, O You whose kingdom never passes.

ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى المُخْتَارْ طَهَ الرَّسُولوَالْآلْ وَالصَّحْبْ مَا دَاعِي رَجَعْ بِالْقَبُول

Thumma aṣ-ṣalātu ʿalā al-mukhtār ṭaha ar-rasūl, Wa-al-ʾāl wa-aṣ-ṣaḥb mā dāʿī rajaʿ bi-al-qabūl

Then blessings upon the Chosen One, Taha the Messenger, and the family and Companions, as long as a caller returns with acceptance.

The poet is not named in the source. Arabic text from Qasida Collection (qasidacollection.com), used with permission.

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