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اِجْعَلْ زَمَانَكْ كُلَّهُ أَفْرَاحْ

Ij'al Zamanak Kullahu Afrah

اِجْعَلْ زَمَانَكْ كُلَّهُ أَفْرَاحْبِمَدْحِ طَهٰ زَيْنِ الْمَلَاحِ

Ijʿal zamānak kullahu afrāḥ, Bimadḥi ṭahā zayni al-malāḥi

Make all your time joyful with the praise of Taha, the finest of the fair.

كُلُّ العَوَالِمْ دَانَتْ إِلَيْهِوَالضَّبُّ قَدْ سَلَّمْ عَلَيْهِ

Kullu al-ʿawālim dānat ilayhi, Wa-aḍ-ḍabbu qad sallam ʿalayhi

All the worlds submitted to him, and the lizard greeted him with peace,

وَفَاضَ مَاءٌ مِنْ رَاحَتَيْهِلِلْجَيْشِ أَرْوَى مَاءً طَفَاحْ

Wafāḍa māʾun min rāḥatayhi, Liljayshi arwā māʾan ṭafāḥ

And water flowed from his palms; it quenched the army with overflowing water.

مُحَمَّدُ الهَادِي البَشِيْرُقَدْ جَاءَنَا حَقًّا نَذِيرُ

Muḥammadu al-hādī al-bashiyru, Qad jāʾanā ḥaqqan nadhīru

Muhammad, the guide, the bearer of glad tidings, truly came to us as a warner;

أَيَّدَهُ اللهُ القَدِيرُبِالنَّصْرِ وَالظَّفَرِ وَالفَلَاحْ

Ayyadahu Allāhu al-qadīru, Bi-an-naṣri wa-aẓ-ẓafari wa-al-falāḥ

Allah the Powerful supported him with help, victory and success.

إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ عَلَيْهِ نُورَاوَتَمْلَأُ القَلْبَ سُرُورَا

Inna aṣ-ṣalāta ʿalayhi nūrā, Watamlaʾu al-qalba surūrā

Blessings upon him are light, and fill the heart with joy;

وَهِيَ تَشْرَحْ لَنَا الصُّدُورَوَهِيَ سَفِينَةُ النَّجَاحْ

Wahiya tashraḥ lanā aṣ-ṣudūra, Wahiya safīnatu an-najāḥ

They open our breasts, and they are the ship of success.

أُهْدِي صَلَاتِي مَعْ سَلَامِيإِلَى حَبِيبِي بَدْرِ التَّمَامْ

Uhdī ṣalātī maʿ salāmī, Ilā ḥabībī badri at-tamām

I offer my blessings with my peace to my beloved, the full moon,

وَالْآلِ ثُمَّ الصَّحْبِ الكِرَامِهُمْ أَرْشَدُونَا إِلَى الفَلَاحْ

Wa-al-ʾāli thumma aṣ-ṣaḥbi al-kirāmi, Hum arshadūnā ilā al-falāḥ

And to his family, then the noble Companions, who guided us to success.

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

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