لَيْسَ هَذَا بِعَجِيبِ

لَيْسَ هَذَا بِعَجِيبِمِنْكَ يَا ظَبْيَ الكَثِيبِ

Laysa hadhā biʿajībi, Minka yā ẓabya al-kathībi

This is no surprise from you, O gazelle of the sand dune,

يَا شَبِيهاً بِقَضِيبِهَزَّهُ رِيحُ الجَنُوبِ

Yā shabīhan biqaḍībi, Hazzahu rīḥu al-janūbi

O you who are like a slender branch swayed by the south wind.

تَتَنَحَّى عَنْ جَنَابِيوَهْوَ مَأْوىً لِلْغَرِيبِ

Tatanaḥḥā ʿan janābī, Wahwa maʾwan lilgharībi

You turn away from my side, though it is a shelter for the stranger,

وَتُصَافِي مَنْ جَفَانِيمِنْ بَعِيدٍ وَقَرِيبِ

Watuṣāfī man jafānī, Min baʿīdin waqarībi

And you are friendly with those who shun me, whether far or near.

بِئْسَ هَذَا الفِعْلُ فَاعْدِلْعَنْهُ لِلْفِعْلِ الجَمِيلِ

Biʾsa hadhā al-fiʿlu faʿdil, ʿanhu lilfiʿli al-jamīli

How wretched is this deed! So turn from it to beautiful deeds.

وَاتَّقِ الرَّحْمَنَ وَاعْقِلْوَاعْدُ عَنْ قَالٍ وَقِيلِ

Wattaqi ar-raḥmana waʿqil, Waʿdu ʿan qālin waqīli

Fear the Most Merciful and be wise, and turn away from idle talk and gossip.

وَتَجَنَّبْ كُلَّ مُبْطِلْوَغَبِيٍّ وَجَهُولِ

Watajannab kulla mubṭil, Waghabiyyin wajahūli

Avoid every purveyor of falsehood, every fool and every ignorant one,

وَاتَّبِعْ كُلَّ عَلِيمٍوَحَلِيمٍ وَمُصِيبِ

Wattabiʿ kulla ʿalīmin, Waḥalīmin wamuṣībi

And follow everyone who is learned, forbearing and sound in judgment.

يَا رَعَى اللهُ زَمَاناًمَرَّ بِي فِي شِعْبِ عَامِرْ

Yā raʿā Allāhu zamānan, Marra bī fī shiʿbi ʿāmir

May Allah protect a time that I passed in the ravine of 'Amir,

وَسَقَى اللهُ لَيَالٍبَيْنَ هَاتِيكَ المَشَاعِرْ

Wasaqā Allāhu layālin, Bayna hātīka al-mashāʿir

And may Allah send rain upon nights spent among those sacred places,

وَالمَعَاهِدْ وَالمَشَاهِدْوَالمَعَابِدْ وَالمَآثِرْ

Wa-al-maʿāhid wa-al-mashāhid, Wa-al-maʿābid wa-al-maʾāthir

The familiar haunts and the shrines, the places of worship and the noble traces.

هَلْ تَرَى عَيْشاً تَقَضَّىعَائِداً لِي عَنْ قَرِيبِ

Hal tarā ʿayshan taqaḍḍā, ʿāʾidan lī ʿan qarībi

Do you think a life that has passed will return to me soon?

أَيُّهَا الغِمْرُ المُغَفَّلْلَا تَكُنْ تَتْبَعْ هَوَاكَا

Ayyuhā al-ghimru al-mughaffal, Lā takun tatbaʿ hawākā

O heedless, careless one, do not follow your desires.

وَاتْرُكِ الدُّنْيَا الحَقِيرَهْوَاطَّرِحْهَا مِنْ وَرَاكَا

Watruki ad-dunyā al-ḥaqīrah, Waṭṭariḥhā min warākā

Leave this contemptible world, and cast it behind you.

وَاطْلُبِ الأُخْرَى الخَطِيرَهْوَاتَّبِعْ مَنْ قَدْ دَعَاكَا

Waṭlubi al-ʾukhrā al-khaṭīrah, Wattabiʿ man qad daʿākā

Seek the momentous Hereafter, and follow the one who called you,

خَاتَمَ الرُّسْلِ الكِرَامِنِعْمَ مِنْ خِلٍّ حَبِيبِ

Khātama ar-rusli al-kirāmi, Niʿma min khillin ḥabībi

The Seal of the noble Messengers: what an excellent friend and beloved!

صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ سَرْمَدْبِالغَدَايَا وَالعَشِيَّاتْ

Ṣalawātu Allāhi sarmad, Bi-al-ghadāyā wa-al-ʿashiyyāt

May the blessings of Allah forever, in the mornings and the evenings,

تَبْلُغُ الهَادِي مُحَمَّدْالمُشَفَّعَ فِي البَرِيَّاتْ

Tablughu al-hādī muḥammad, Al-mushaffaʿa fī al-bariyyāt

Reach the guide Muhammad, whose intercession for creation is granted,

وَالخَلَائِقْ وَالأَئِمَّهْبَعْدَهُ مِنْ خَيْرِ سَادَاتْ

Wa-al-khalāʾiq wa-al-ʾaʾimmah, Baʿdahu min khayri sādāt

And his successors and the imams after him, the best of masters,

مِنْ ذَوِي القُرْبَى وَصَحْبِكُلِّ أَوَّاهٍ مُنِيبِ

Min dhawī al-qurbā waṣaḥbi, Kulli awwāhin munībi

Of his near kin and Companions, each one tender-hearted and ever turning to Allah.