هَدَى اللهُ مَعْشُوقَ الجَمَالِ إِلَى الهُدَى

هَدَى اللهُ مَعْشُوقَ الجَمَالِ إِلَى الهُدَىوَجَنَّبَهُ مَا يَخْتَشِيهِ مِنَ الرَّدَى

Hadā Allāhu maʿshūqa al-jamāli ilā al-hudā, Wajannabahu mā yakhtashīhi mina ar-radā

May Allah guide the beloved of beauty to right guidance, and keep away from her the ruin she fears,

وَنَفْسَ حَسُودٍ أَسْخَنَ اللهُ عَيْنَهُوَأَسْهَرَهُ حَتَّى يَبِيتَ مُسَهَّدَا

Wanafsa ḥasūdin askhana Allāhu ʿaynahu, Waʾasharahu ḥattā yabīta musahhadā

And as for the envious soul, may Allah make his eye weep hot tears, and keep him awake until he spends the night sleepless.

وَلَا بَرِحَتْ تُهْدِي لَنَا ظَبْيَةُ الحِمَىمِنَ المِسْكِ وَالكَافُورِ فِي غَفْلَةِ العِدَا

Walā bariḥat tuhdī lanā ẓabyatu al-ḥimā, Mina al-miski wa-al-kāfūri fī ghaflati al-ʿidā

May the gazelle of the sanctuary never cease to send us musk and camphor, while the enemies are unaware.

أُحِبُّ لَهَا دَمُّونَ وَالنَّجْدَ وَالرُّبَاوَخَيْلَةَ وَالشِّعْبَ الَّذِي نُورُهُ بَدَا

Uḥibbu lahā dammūna wa-an-najda wa-ar-rubā, Wakhaylata wa-ash-shiʿba al-ladhī nūruhu badā

For her sake I love Dammun, the uplands and the hills, khayla and the ravine whose light has shone forth.

مُحَجَّبَةٌ مِنْ هَاشِمٍ وَمُحَمَّدٍعَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ اللهِ دَأْباً وَسَرْمَدَا

Muḥajjabatun min hāshimin wamuḥammadin, ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi daʾban wasarmadā

A veiled one of Hashim and of Muhammad, upon whom be the blessings of Allah constantly and eternally.

فَلَا تَعْذُلُونِي فِي المَلِيحَةِ وَاعْذُرُوافَقَلْبِي بِهَا يُمْسِي عَلَيْهَا كَمَا غَدَا

Falā taʿdhulūnī fī al-malīḥati waʿdhurū, Faqalbī bihā yumsī ʿalayhā kamā ghadā

So do not blame me for the lovely one, but excuse me, for my heart is hers by evening as it was by morning.

فَيَا أَيُّهَا العُذَّالُ رِفْقاً وَرَحْمَةًبِصَبٍّ كَئِيبٍ عَيْشُهُ قَدْ تَنَكَّدَا

Fayā ayyuhā al-ʿudhdhālu rifqan waraḥmatan, Biṣabbin kaʾībin ʿayshuhu qad tanakkadā

O you who blame me, be gentle and merciful with a sorrowful lover whose life has grown bitter.

وَلَا تَتَوَهَّمْ ظَبْيَةُ الحَيِّ أَنَّنِيصَبَوْتُ مَعَاذَ اللهِ وَالحَادُ قَدْ حَدَا

Walā tatawahham ẓabyatu al-ḥayyi annanī, Ṣabawtu maʿādha Allāhi wa-al-ḥādu qad ḥadā

And let the gazelle of the encampment not imagine that I have strayed to another, Allah forbid, now the camel-driver has sung

وَسَاقَ نِيَاقَ الشَّوْقِ يَقْصِدُ مَعْهَداًبِهِ نَزَلَ الأَقْوَامُ فِي رَوْضَةِ النَّدَى

Wasāqa niyāqa ash-shawqi yaqṣidu maʿhadan, Bihi nazala al-ʾaqwāmu fī rawḍati an-nadā

And driven the camels of longing toward a familiar place where the folk have alighted in the garden of generosity,

بِعَيْدِيدَ حَيَّ اللهُ عَيْدِيدَ كُلَّهُبِسَارِيَةٍ كَمَا شَرَى البَرْقُ أَرْعَدَا

Biʿaydīda ḥayya Allāhu ʿaydīda kullahu, Bisāriyatin kamā sharā al-barqu arʿadā

At 'Idid; may Allah greet all of 'Idid with night rain, as the lightning flashes and the thunder roars,

وَجَازَ الرِّيَاضَ الخُضْرَ مِنْ وَادِي النَّقَابِزَنْبَلَ مِنْ بَشَّارَ مَا قُمْرِيٌّ شَدَا

Wajāza ar-riyāḍa al-khuḍra min wādī an-naqā, Bizanbala min bashshāra mā qumriyyun shadā

And may it pass over the green meadows of the valley of al-Naqa, at Zanbal by Bashshar, as long as a turtle-dove sings,

وَعَمَّ الفُرَيْطَ النُّورُ مَعْ أَهْلِ بَكْدَرٍهَوَاطِلُ غُفْرَانٍ مَعَ الأَمْنِ مِنْ رَدَى

Waʿamma al-furayṭa an-nūru maʿ ahli bakdarin, Hawāṭilu ghufrānin maʿa al-ʾamni min radā

And may light cover al-Furayt along with the people of Bakdar, with downpours of forgiveness and safety from ruin.

فَكَمْ ضِمْنَ هَاتِيكَ المَقَابِرِ عَارِفٌوَحَبْرٌ بِهِ فِي ظُلْمَةِ الجَهْلِ يُهْتَدَى

Fakam ḍimna hātīka al-maqābiri ʿārifun, Waḥabrun bihi fī ẓulmati al-jahli yuhtadā

How many a gnostic lies within those graves, and many a scholar by whom one is guided in the darkness of ignorance!

بِعَيْدِيدَ عَادَتْ كُلُّ عِيدٍ أَنِيسَةٍمَعَ الجِيرَةِ الغَادِينَ مِنْ مَعْشَرِ الهُدَى

Biʿaydīda ʿādat kullu ʿīdin anīsatin, Maʿa al-jīrati al-ghādīna min maʿshari al-hudā

At 'Idid every festival has returned, full of intimacy, with the neighbours who set out from the company of guidance,

أَئِمَّةِ دِينِ اللهِ يَدْعُونَ خَلْقَهُإِلَى بَابِهِ طُوبَى لِمَنْ سَمِعَ النِّدَا

Aʾimmati dīni Allāhi yadʿūna khalqahu, Ilā bābihi ṭūbā liman samiʿa an-nidā

Imams of the religion of Allah, calling His creation to His door: blessed is whoever hears the call,

وَسَارَ إِلَى الرَّبِّ العَظِيمِ مُبَادِراًلِطَاعَتِهِ يَرْجُو النَّعِيمَ المُخَلَّدَا

Wasāra ilā ar-rabbi al-ʿaẓīmi mubādiran, Liṭāʿatihi yarjū an-naʿīma al-mukhalladā

And travels to the Mighty Lord, hastening to obey Him, hoping for everlasting bliss,

وَيَخْشَى عَذَابَ اللهِ فِي نَارِهِ الَّتِييُخَلَّدُ فِيهَا مَنْ طَغَى وَتَمَرَّدَا

Wayakhshā ʿadhāba Allāhi fī nārihi al-latī, Yukhalladu fīhā man ṭaghā watamarradā

And fears the punishment of Allah in His Fire, in which whoever transgresses and rebels abides forever,

وَلَمْ يَتَّبِعْ خَيْرَ الأَنَامِ مُحَمَّداًنَبِيَّ الهُدَى بَحْرَ النَّدَى مُجْلِيَ الصَّدَا

Walam yattabiʿ khayra al-ʾanāmi muḥammadan, Nabiyya al-hudā baḥra an-nadā mujliya aṣ-ṣadā

And who did not follow the best of mankind, Muhammad, Prophet of guidance, ocean of generosity, who polishes away the rust.

عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ اللهِ ثُمَّ سَلَامُهُصَلَاةً وَتَسْلِيماً إِلَى آخِرِ المَدَى

ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu, Ṣalātan wataslīman ilā ʾākhiri al-madā

Upon him be the blessings of Allah and His peace, blessings and peace until the end of time.