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عِزِّي أَنْتَ عِزِّي يَا رَسُولَ الله

Izzi Anta Izzi Ya Rasula Allah

عِزِّي أَنْتَ عِزِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللهجَاهِي أَنْتَ جَاهِي يَا أَبَا الزَّهْرَة

ʿizzī anta ʿizzī yā rasūla Allāh, Jāhī anta jāhī yā abā az-zahra

My honour, you are my honour, O Messenger of Allah; my standing, you are my standing, O father of al-Zahra'.

يَا مَعْدِنَ الْأَنْوَاريَا مَنْبَعَ الْأَسْرَار

Yā maʿdina al-ʾanwār, Yā manbaʿa al-ʾasrār

O mine of lights, O source of secrets,

يَا خِيْرَةَ الْأَخْيَارِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Yā khiyrata al-ʾakhyāri, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

O best of the best, O best of Allah's creation,

يَا أَكْحَلَ الْعَيْنَيْنيَا سَيِّدَ الْكَوْنَيْن

Yā akḥala al-ʿaynayn, Yā sayyida al-kawnayn

O you with kohl-dark eyes, O master of both worlds,

يَا ثَانِيَ الِاثْنَيْنِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Yā thāniya al-āthnayni, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

O second of the two, O best of Allah's creation,

يَا نَاصِرَ الْإِسْلَامِبِالسَّيْفِ وَالْإِقْدَامِ

Yā nāṣira al-ʾislāmi, Bi-as-sayfi wa-al-ʾiqdāmi

O helper of Islam with the sword and with courage,

يَا وَاصِلَ الْأَرْحَامِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Yā wāṣila al-ʾarḥāmi, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

O you who keep the ties of kinship, O best of Allah's creation!

غَزَالَةُ الْوَادِينَادَتْ عَلَى الْهَادِي

Ghazālatu al-wādī, Nādat ʿalā al-hādī

The gazelle of the valley called out to the guide:

اِضْمَنْ لِي صَيَّادِييَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Iḍman lī ṣayyādī, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

"Stand surety for me with my hunter, O best of Allah's creation."

اَلضَّبُّ مَاذَا قَالَ؟يَشْهَد لَهُ فِي الْحَال

Aḍ-ḍabbu mādhā qāla, Yashhad lahu fī al-ḥāl

What did the lizard say? It bore witness at once

بِأَنَّكَ الْمِفْضَالُيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Biʾannaka al-mifḍālu, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

That you are the Most Gracious, O best of Allah's creation.

جَاءَتْ لَكَ الْأَشْجَارتَمْشِي بِلَا اسْتِقْرَارِ

Jāʾat laka al-ʾashjār, Tamshī bilā stiqrāri

The trees came to you, walking without pause,

تَسْتُرُكَ مِثْلَ الدَّارِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Tasturuka mithla ad-dāri, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

To screen you like a house, O best of Allah's creation.

اِسْمُكَ عَلَى الْجَنَّةِيَا غَايَةَ الْمِنَّةِ

Ismuka ʿalā al-jannati, Yā ghāyata al-minnati

Your name is upon the Garden, O utmost of favours,

يَا صَاحِبَ السُّنَّةِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Yā ṣāḥiba as-sunnati, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

O master of the Sunna, O best of Allah's creation,

يَا غَايَةَ الْغَايَاتِيَا عَالِيَ الدَّرَجَاتِ

Yā ghāyata al-ghāyāti, Yā ʿāliya ad-darajāti

O goal of all goals, O you of the highest ranks,

فِي سَائِرِ الْحَالَاتِيَا خَيْرَ خَلْقِ اللّٰهِ

Fī sāʾiri al-ḥālāti, Yā khayra khalqi Allāhi

In every state, O best of Allah's creation.

وَحَسْبُنَا الْوَكِيلُاَلْقَادِرُ الْجَلِيلُ

Waḥasbunā al-wakīlu, Al-qādiru al-jalīlu

Our sufficiency is the Guardian, the Powerful, the Majestic;

لَنَا النَّبِيُّ كَفِيللَا نَخْشَى إِلَّا اللّٰهَ

Lanā an-nabiyyu kafīl, Lā nakhshā illā Allāha

The Prophet is our surety; we fear none but Allah.

وَاخْتِمْ لَنَا بِالدِّينِفِي سَاعَةِ الْيَقِينِ

Wakhtim lanā bi-ad-dīni, Fī sāʿati al-yaqīni

Seal our lives with faith in the hour of certainty,

نَفُوزُ يَوْمَ الدِّينِنَلْقَى رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ

Nafūzu yawma ad-dīni, Nalqā rasūla Allāhi

That we may triumph on the Day of Judgment and meet the Messenger of Allah.

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

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