بشرى لنا
Bushrā Lanā
Shaykh Salim al-Kilani al-Bahrawi الشيخ سالم الكيلاني البحراوي
Recitations
بُشْرَى لَنَا نِلْنَا الْمُنَىزَالَ الْعَنَا وَافَى الْهَنَا (٢)
Bushrā lanā nilnā al-munā, Zāla al-ʿanā wāfā al-hanā ()
Glad tidings! We have attained our heart's desire; hardship has vanished, and bliss has arrived.
وَالدَّهْرُ أَنْجَزَ وَعْدَهُوَالْبِشْرُ أَضْحَى مُعْلَنَا
Wa-ad-dahru anjaza waʿdahu, Wa-al-bishru aḍḥā muʿlanā
Time has fulfilled its promise, and joy is now openly proclaimed.
يَا نَفْسُ طِيْبِي بِاللِّقَا
Yā nafsu ṭiybī bi-al-liqā
O soul, rejoice in the meeting
يَا عَيْنُ قَرِّي أَعْيُنَا (٢)
Yā ʿaynu qarrī aʿyunā ()
O eye, find true delight
هٰذَا جَمَالُ الْمُصْطَفَى
Hādhā jamaālu al-muṣṭafā
This is the beauty of Al-Mustafa
أَنْوَارُهُ لَاحَتْ لَنَا
Anwāruhu lāḥat lanā
His lights have shone upon us
يَا طَيْبَةُ مَاذَا نَقُولْ
Yā ṭaybatu mādhā naqūl
O Taybah, what can we say?
وَفِيكِ قَدْ حَلَّ الرَّسُولْ (٢)
Wafīki qad ḥalla ar-rasūl ()
For the Messenger has settled within you
وَكُلُّنَا نَرْجُو الْوُصُولْ
Wakullunā narjū al-wuṣūl
And we all hope to reach
لِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيِّنَا
Limuḥammadin nabiyyinā
Muhammad, our Prophet
يَا رَوْضَةَ الْهَادِي الشَّفِيعْ (٢)
Yā rawḍata al-hādī ash-shafīʿ ()
O Garden of the Guide and Intercessor
وَصَاحِبَيْهِ وَالْبَقِيعْ
Waṣāḥibayhi wa-al-baqīʿ
And of his two companions and Al-Baqi'
اُكْتُبْ لَنَا نَحْنُ الْجَمِيعْ
Uktub lanā naḥnu al-jamīʿ
Decree for us—for all of us—
زِيَارَةً لِحَبِيبِنَا
Ziyāratan liḥabībinā
A visit to our Beloved
حَيْثُ الْأَمَانِي رَوْضُهَا
Ḥaythu al-ʾamānī rawḍuhā
Where the garden of hopes
قَدْ ظَلَّ حُلْوَ الْمُجْتَبَى (٢)
Qad ẓalla ḥulwa al-mujtabā ()
Remains sweet through the Chosen One
وَبِالْحَبِيْبِ الْمُصْطَفَى
Wabiālḥabiybi al-muṣṭafā
And through the Beloved, Al-Mustafa
صَفَا وَطَابَ عَيْشُنَا
Ṣafā waṭāba ʿayshunā
Our life has become pure and delightful
صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ دَائِمًا
Ṣallā ʿalayhi dāʾiman
May our Lord send blessings upon him always
فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ رَبُّنَا (٢)
Fī kulli ḥīnin rabbunā ()
At every moment
وَآلِهِ وَصَحْبِهِ
Waʾālihi waṣaḥbihi
And upon his family and his companions
أَهْلِ الْمَعَانِي وَالْوَفَا
Ahli al-maʿānī wa-al-wafā
People of noble qualities and faithfulness