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مَرْحَبًا يَا شَهْرَ رَمَضَان

Marhban Ya Shahra Ramadan

مَرْحَباً يَا شَهْرَ رَمَضَانمَرْحَباً شَهْرَ العِبَادَة

Marḥaban yā shahra ramaḍān, Marḥaban shahra al-ʿibāda

Welcome, O month of Ramadan, welcome, month of worship!

مَرْحَباً يَا شَهْرَ رَمَضَانأَنْتَ شَهْرُ الِاسْتِفَادَة

Marḥaban yā shahra ramaḍān, Anta shahru al-āstifāda

Welcome, O month of Ramadan, you are the month of benefit.

مَرْحَباً يَا خَيْرَ قَادِمبِالْعَوَائِدْ وَالزِّيَادَه

Marḥaban yā khayra qādim, Bi-al-ʿawāʾid wa-az-ziyādah

Welcome, O best of arrivals, with favours and increase!

فِيكَ يُغْفَر كُلُّ ذَنْبٍوَالتَّقِي يُعْطَى مُرَادَه

Fīka yughfar kullu dhanbin, Wa-at-taqī yuʿṭā murādah

In you every sin is forgiven, and the God-fearing is given his wish.

تُفْتَحْ أَبْوَابُ المَوَاهِبيَرْحَمُ المَوْلَى عِبَادَه

Tuftaḥ abwābu al-mawāhib, Yarḥamu al-mawlā ʿibādah

The doors of gifts are opened, the Master has mercy on His servants,

يُبْدِلُ العِصْيَانَ طَاعَةوَالشَّقَاوَةْ بِالسَّعَادَه

Yubdilu al-ʿiṣyāna ṭāʿa, Wa-ash-shaqāwa bi-as-saʿādah

He replaces disobedience with obedience, and misery with happiness.

أَنْتَ سَيِّدْ كُلِّ شَهْرٍنِعْمَ هَاتِيكْ السِّيَادَه

Anta sayyid kulli shahrin, Niʿma hātīk as-siyādah

You are master of every month; how excellent is that mastery!

كُلُّ بَابٍ فِيكَ يُفْتَحلِلْجِنَانِ المُسْتَجَادَه

Kullu bābin fīka yuftaḥ, Liljināni al-mustajādah

Every door in you is opened to the splendid Gardens,

وَجَهَنَّمْ فِيكَ تُغْلَقأَوْصَدُوهَا بِالوِصَادَه

Wajahannam fīka tughlaq, Awṣadūhā bi-al-wiṣādah

And Hell is closed in you; they have shut it with its bolt.

حَسَنَاتُكْ تَتَضَاعَففَوْقَ أَلْفٍ وَزِيَادَه

Ḥasanātuk tataḍāʿaf, Fawqa alfin waziyādah

Your good deeds are multiplied more than a thousandfold.

رَبِّ زِدْنَا كُلَّ خَيْرٍأَعْطِنَا كُلَّ السَّعَادَه

Rabbi zidnā kulla khayrin, Aʿṭinā kulla as-saʿādah

Lord, increase us in every good, give us every happiness,

وَاخْتِمِ العُمْرَ بِأَفْضَلعَمَلٍ حِينَ نَفَادَه

Wakhtimi al-ʿumra biʾafḍal, ʿamalin ḥīna nafādah

And seal our lives with the best deed when they run out.

وَاهْدِ عَبْدَكْ لِلْمَرَاضِيوَاشْفِ جِسْمَهْ وَفُؤَادَه

Wahdi ʿabdak lilmarāḍī, Washfi jismah wafuʾādah

Guide Your servant to what pleases You, and heal his body and his heart.

وَأَجِبْ كُلَّ دُعَاءٍأَعْطِنَا كُلّاً مُرَادَه

Waʾajib kulla duʿāʾin, Aʿṭinā kullan murādah

Answer every prayer, give each of us his wish,

مِنْ حَبِيبٍ وَصَدِيقٍأَخْلَصَ اللهَ وِدَادَه

Min ḥabībin waṣadīqin, Akhlaṣa Allāha widādah

Every beloved and friend whose love for Allah is sincere.

أَصْلِحِ اللَّهُمَّ لِلْكُلِّ مَعَاشَهْ وَمَعَادَه

Aṣliḥi Allāhumma lilkulli maʿāshah wamaʿādah

O Allah, set right for all their livelihood and their return.

أَعْطِنَا الحُسْنَى إِلَهِيثُمَّ أَكْرِمْ بِالزِّيَادَه

Aʿṭinā al-ḥusnā ilahī, Thumma akrim bi-az-ziyādah

Give us the best, my God, then honour us with increase.

وَصَلَاةُ اللهِ تَغْشَىالمُصْطَفَى مَوْلَى السِّيَادَه

Waṣalātu Allāhi taghshā, Al-muṣṭafā mawlā as-siyādah

And may Allah's blessings envelop the Chosen One, master of all mastery.

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

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