هُوَ النُورُ يَهْدِي الْحَائِرِينَ ضِيَاؤُهُ

هُوَ النُّورُ يَهْدِي الْحَائِرِينَ ضِيَاؤُهُوَفِي ٱلْحَشْرِ ظِلُّ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ لِوَاؤُهُ

Huwa an-nūru yahdī al-ḥāʾirīna ḍiyāʾuhu, Wafī al-ḥashri ẓillu al-mursalīna liwāʾuhu

He is the light whose radiance guides the perplexed, and at the Gathering his banner is the shade of the messengers.

تَلَقَّى مِنَ ٱلْغَيْبِ ٱلْمُجَرَّدِ حِكْمَةًبِهَا أَمْطَرَتْ فِي ٱلْخَافِقَيْنِ سَمَاؤُهُ

Talaqqā mina al-ghaybi al-mujarradi ḥikmatan, Bihā amṭarat fī al-khāfiqayni samāʾuhu

He received from the pure Unseen a wisdom by which his sky rained over East and West.

وَمَشْهُودُ أَهْلِ ٱلْحَقِّ مِنْهُ لَطَائِفٌتُخَبِّرُ أَنَّ ٱلْمَجْدَ وَٱلشَّأْوَ شَأْوُهُ

Wamashhūdu ahli al-ḥaqqi minhu laṭāʾifun, Tukhabbiru anna al-majda wa-ash-shaʾwa shaʾwuhu

What the people of truth witness of him are subtleties that tell that glory and the furthest goal are his.

فَلِلَّهِ مَا لِلْعَيْنِ مِنْ مَشْهَدِ ٱجْتِلَىيَعِزُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ ٱلْحِجَابِ ٱجْتِلَاؤُهُ

Falillahi mā lilʿayni min mashhadi jtilā, Yaʿizzu ʿalā ahli al-ḥijābi jtilāʾuhu

How wondrous for the eye a scene unveiled, whose unveiling is denied to the people of the veil!

أَيَا نَازِحًا عَنِّي وَمَسْكَنُهُ ٱلْحَشَاأَجِبْ مَنْ مَلَا كُلَّ ٱلنَّوَاحِي نِدَاؤُهُ

Ayā nāziḥan ʿannī wamaskanuhu al-ḥashā, Ajib man malā kulla an-nawāḥī nidāʾuhu

O you who are far from me yet dwell within my heart, answer the one whose cry has filled every quarter.

أَجِبْ مَنْ تَوَلَّاهُ ٱلْهَوَى فِيكَ وَٱمْضِ فِيفُؤَادِيَ مَا يَهْوَى الْهَوَى وَيَشَاؤُهُ

Ajib man tawallāhu al-hawā fīka wamḍi fī, Fuʾādiya mā yahwā al-hawā wayashāʾuhu

Answer one whom love for you has taken over, and carry out in my heart whatever love wishes and wills.

بَنَى ٱلْحُبُّ فِي وَسْطِ ٱلْفُؤَادِ مَنَازِلًافَلِلَّهِ بَانٍ فَاقَ صُنْعًا بِنَاؤُهُ

Banā al-ḥubbu fī wasṭi al-fuʾādi manāzilan, Falillahi bānin fāqa ṣunʿan bināʾuhu

Love has built dwellings in the midst of the heart; how wondrous a builder whose building excels in craft!

بِحُكْمِ ٱلْوَلَا جَرَّدْتُ قَصْدِي وَحَبَّذَامَوَالٍ أَرَاحَ ٱلْقَلْبَ مِنْهُ وَلَاؤُهُ

Biḥukmi al-walā jarradtu qaṣdī waḥabbadhā, Mawālin arāḥa al-qalba minhu walāʾuhu

By the rule of loyalty I made my aim single; and how excellent is a master whose loyalty gives rest to the heart!

مَرِضْتُ فَكَانَ ٱلذِّكْرُ بُرْءاً لِعِلَّتِيفَيَا حَبَّذَا ذِكْراً لِقَلْبِي شِفَاؤُهُ

Mariḍtu fakāna adh-dhikru burʾan liʿillatī, Fayā ḥabbadhā dhikran liqalbī shifāʾuhu

I fell ill, and remembrance was the cure for my illness; how excellent a remembrance whose healing is for my heart!

إِذَا عَلِمَ العُشَّاقُ دَاءِ فَقُلْ لَهُمْفَإِنَّ لِقَى أَحْبَابِ قَلْبِي دَوَاؤُهُ

Idhā ʿalima al-ʿushshāqu dāʾi faqul lahum, Faʾinna liqā aḥbābi qalbī dawāʾuhu

If the lovers know my illness, then tell them that meeting the beloveds of my heart is its cure.

أَيَا رَاحِلًا بَلِّغْ حَبِيبِي رِسَالَةًبِحَرْفٍ مِنَ الأَشْوَاقِ يَحْلُو هِجَاؤُهُ

Ayā rāḥilan balligh ḥabībī risālatan, Biḥarfin mina al-ʾashwāqi yaḥlū hijāʾuhu

O traveller, take a message to my beloved, written in letters of longing, sweet to spell.

وَهَيْهَاتَ أَنْ يَلْقَى الْعَذُولُ إِلَى الْحَشَاسَبِيلًا سَوَاءٌ مَدْحُهُ وَهِجَاؤُهُ

Wahayhāta an yalqā al-ʿadhūlu ilā al-ḥashā, Sabīlan sawāʾun madḥuhu wahijāʾuhu

Far be it for the blamer to find his way to my heart; his praise and his satire are the same.

فُؤَادِي بِخَيْرِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ مُوَلَّعٌوَأَشْرَفُ مَا يَحْلُو لِسَمْعِي ثَنَاؤُهُ

Fuʾādī bikhayri al-mursalīna muwallaʿun, Waʾashrafu mā yaḥlū lisamʿī thanāʾuhu

My heart is devoted to the best of the messengers, and the noblest thing sweet to my ears is his praise.

رَقَى فِي الْعُلَى وَالْمَجْدِ أَشْرَفَ رُتْبَةٍبِمَبْدَاهُ حَارَ الْخَلْقُ كَيْفَ انْتِهَاؤُهُ

Raqā fī al-ʿulā wa-al-majdi ashrafa rutbatin, Bimabdāhu ḥāra al-khalqu kayfa ntihāʾuhu

He rose in loftiness and glory to the noblest rank; creation is bewildered at his beginning, so how at his end?

أَيَا سَيِّدِي قَلْبِي بِحُبِّكَ بَائِحٌوَطَرْفِيَ بَعْدَ الدَّمْعِ تَجْرِي دِمَاؤُهُ

Ayā sayyidī qalbī biḥubbika bāʾiḥun, Waṭarfiya baʿda ad-damʿi tajrī dimāʾuhu

O my master, my heart reveals its love for you, and my eye, after tears, flows with blood.

إِذَا رُمْتُ كَتْمَ الحُبِّ زَادَتْ صَبَابَتِيفَسِيَّانِ عِنْدِي بَثُّهُ وَخَفَاؤُهُ

Idhā rumtu katma al-ḥubbi zādat ṣabābatī, Fasiyyāni ʿindī baththuhu wakhafāʾuhu

When I try to hide my love, my yearning increases, so revealing it and hiding it are the same to me.

أَجِبْ يَا حَبِيبَ الْقَلْبِ دَعْوَةَ شَيِّقٍشَكَا لَفْحَ نَارٍ قَدْ حَوَتْهَا حَشَاؤُهُ

Ajib yā ḥabība al-qalbi daʿwata shayyiqin, Shakā lafḥa nārin qad ḥawathā ḥashāʾuhu

Answer, O beloved of the heart, the call of one who longs, who complains of the scorching fire his heart contains.

وَمُرْ طَيْفَكَ الْمَيْمُونَ فِي غَفْلَةِ الْعِدَايَمُرُّ بِطَرْفٍ زَادَ فِيكَ بُكَاؤُهُ

Wamur ṭayfaka al-maymūna fī ghaflati al-ʿidā, Yamurru biṭarfin zāda fīka bukāʾuhu

And let your blessed phantom, while the enemies are unaware, pass by an eye whose weeping for you has grown.

لِيَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْ حُبٍّ تَعَسَّرَ وَصْفُهُوَلِلَّهِ أَمْرِي وَٱلْقَضَاءُ قَضَاؤُهُ

Liya Allāhu min ḥubbin taʿassara waṣfuhu, Walillahi amrī wa-al-qaḍāʾu qaḍāʾuhu

Allah is my help against a love whose description is hard, and my affair is Allah's, and the decree is His decree.

فَيَٰرَبِّ شَرِّفْنِي بِرُؤْيَةِ سَيِّدِيوَأَجْلِ صَدَى ٱلْقَلْبِ ٱلْكَثِيرِ صَدَاؤُهُ

Fayārabbi sharrifnī biruʾyati sayyidī, Waʾajli ṣadā al-qalbi al-kathīri ṣadāʾuhu

O Lord, honour me with seeing my master, and polish away the rust of the heart, whose rust is great.

وَبَلِّغْ عَلِيًّا مَا يَرُومُ مِنَ ٱللِّقَابِأَشْرَفِ عَبْدٍ جُلُّ قَصْدِي لِقَاؤُهُ

Waballigh ʿaliyyan mā yarūmu mina al-liqā, Biʾashrafi ʿabdin jullu qaṣdī liqāʾuhu

And grant 'Ali what he seeks of meeting the noblest servant, whose meeting is my whole aim.

عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةُ ٱللَّهِ مَاهَبَّتِ ٱلصَّبَاوَمَا أَطْرَبَ ٱلْحَادِي فَطَابَ حُدَاؤُهُ

ʿalayhi ṣalātu Allāhi māhabbati aṣ-ṣabā, Wamā aṭraba al-ḥādī faṭāba ḥudāʾuhu

Upon him be the blessings of Allah as long as the east wind blows, and the camel-driver delights and his song is sweet,

مَعَ ٱلْآلِ وَٱلْأَصْحَابِ مَا قَالَ مُنْشِدٌهُوَ ٱلنُّورُ يَهْدِي ٱلْحَائِرِينَ ضِيَاؤُهُ

Maʿa al-ʾāli wa-al-ʾaṣḥābi mā qāla munshidun, Huwa an-nūru yahdī al-ḥāʾirīna ḍiyāʾuhu

With the family and the Companions, as long as a singer says: "He is the light whose radiance guides the perplexed."