بُرُوقُ الحِمَى وَقْتَ السُّحَيْرِ تَلُوحُ

بُرُوقُ الحِمَى وَقْتَ السُّحَيْرِ تَلُوحُوَتَغْدُو نُسَيْمَاتُ الصَّبَا وَتَرُوحُ

Burūqu al-ḥimā waqta as-suḥayri talūḥu, Wataghdū nusaymātu aṣ-ṣabā watarūḥu

The lightning of the sanctuary gleams before dawn, and the little breezes of the east wind come and go,

فَتُذْكِرُنِي نَجْداً سَقَى اللهُ سُوحَهَامُلِثّاً بِأَكْنَافِ الرِّيَاضِ تَسِيحُ

Fatudhkirunī najdan saqā Allāhu sūḥahā, Muliththan biʾaknāfi ar-riyāḍi tasīḥu

Reminding me of Najd; may Allah water its courtyards with lasting rain that flows across the edges of its meadows,

وَأَنْبَتَهَا زَرْعاً وَعُشْباً وَمُزْهِراًبِأَزْهَارِهَا رِيحُ الجَنُوبِ تَفُوحُ

Waʾanbatahā zarʿan waʿushban wamuzhiran, Biʾazhārihā rīḥu al-janūbi tafūḥu

And make them grow with crops, grass and blossoms, whose flowers the south wind spreads abroad.

مَرَابِعُ أَحْبَابٍ لَنَا شَطَّ دَارُهُمْوَقَلَّ مَزَارٌ وَالوِدَادُ صَحِيحُ

Marābiʿu aḥbābin lanā shaṭṭa dāruhum, Waqalla mazārun wa-al-widādu ṣaḥīḥu

The haunts of beloveds of ours whose home is far, and visits are few, though the love is true.

هُمُ يَسْأَلُوا عَنَّا وَنَسْأَلُ عَنْهُمُوَنَرْجُو وِصَالاً وَالزَّمَانُ شَحِيحُ

Humu yasʾalū ʿannā wanasʾalu ʿanhumu, Wanarjū wiṣālan wa-az-zamānu shaḥīḥu

They ask about us and we ask about them, and we hope for union, while time is miserly.

وَنَبْكِي عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ وَيَبْكُونَ مِثْلَنَابِدَمْعٍ بِأَرْجَاءِ الخُدُودِ سَفُوحُ

Wanabkī ʿalayhim an wayabkūna mithlanā, Bidamʿin biʾarjāʾi al-khudūdi safūḥu

We weep for them, and they weep as we do, with tears that pour down the cheeks.

عَسَى اللهُ نَرْجُو اللهَ يَجْمَعُ شَمْلَنَاوَكُلٌّ لِكُلٍّ وَادٌّ وَنَصِيحُ

ʿasā Allāhu narjū Allāha yajmaʿu shamlanā, Wakullun likullin wāddun wanaṣīḥu

Perhaps Allah (we hope in Allah) will reunite us, each loving and sincere toward the other.

وَإِنَّا وَهُمْ تَحْتَ المُقَدَّرِ وَالقَضَاوَمِيزَانُ مَنْ يَرْضَى القَضَاءَ رَجِيحُ

Waʾinnā wahum taḥta al-muqaddari wa-al-qaḍā, Wamīzānu man yarḍā al-qaḍāʾa rajīḥu

We and they are beneath destiny and decree, and the scale of whoever accepts decree is heavy.

وَإِنَّا وَإِيَّاهُمْ وَإِنْ طَالَ عَهْدُنَابِقُرْبٍ وَأُنْسٍ وَانْحَسَمْنَ قُرُوحُ

Waʾinnā waʾiyyāhum waʾin ṭāla ʿahdunā, Biqurbin waʾunsin wanḥasamna qurūḥu

We and they, however long our time of nearness and intimacy, and though our wounds have healed,

لَفِي دَارِ دُنْيَا قَدْ أَحَاطَ بِهَا الفَنَاوَمَنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَغْدُو فَسَوْفَ يَرُوحُ

Lafī dāri dunyā qad aḥāṭa bihā al-fanā, Waman lam yakun yaghdū fasawfa yarūḥu

Are in an abode of this world surrounded by perishing; whoever does not depart in the morning will depart in the evening.

فَغَايَتُنَا مَوْتٌ وَقَبْرٌ وَبَرْزَخٌوَبَعْثٌ إِلَى الرَّبِّ الرَّحِيمِ صَرِيحُ

Faghāyatunā mawtun waqabrun wabarzakhun, Wabaʿthun ilā ar-rabbi ar-raḥīmi ṣarīḥu

Our end is death, the grave and the barzakh, and a clear resurrection before the Merciful Lord.

فَنُحْشَرُ جَمْعاً لِلْحِسَابِ وَلِلْجَزَاءْوَنَرْجُو سَمَاحاً وَالكَرِيمُ سَمُوحُ

Fanuḥsharu jamʿan lilḥisābi waliljazāʾ, Wanarjū samāḥan wa-al-karīmu samūḥu

We will be gathered together for reckoning and recompense, and we hope for leniency, for the Generous is lenient.

فَنَسْأَلُهُ سَتْراً وَعَفْواً وَرَحْمَةًوَصَفْحاً فَخَيْرُ الرَّاحِمِينَ صَفُوحُ

Fanasʾaluhu satran waʿafwan waraḥmatan, Waṣafḥan fakhayru ar-rāḥimīna ṣafūḥu

So we ask Him for veiling, pardon and mercy, and forgiveness, for the Best of the merciful is forgiving.

فَيُدْخِلُنَا الجَنَّاتِ فَضْلاً وَمِنَّةًوَيُنْجِي مِنَ النِّيرَانِ وَهْيَ لَفُوحُ

Fayudkhilunā al-jannāti faḍlan waminnatan, Wayunjī mina an-nīrāni wahya lafūḥu

He will admit us to the Gardens out of bounty and grace, and save us from the Fire, which scorches.

وَيَشْفَعُ فِينَا أَحْمَدٌ سَيِّدُ الوَرَىنَبِيُّ الهُدَى فَالجَاهُ ثَمَّ فَسِيحُ

Wayashfaʿu fīnā aḥmadun sayyidu al-warā, Nabiyyu al-hudā fa-al-jāhu thamma fasīḥu

And Ahmad, master of creation, will intercede for us, the Prophet of guidance, whose rank there is vast.

عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُمَتَى لَاحَ بَرْقٌ أَوْ تَنَسَّمَ رِيحُ

ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu, Matā lāḥa barqun aw tanassama rīḥu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace whenever lightning flashes or a breeze blows.