مُوَدَّعْ مُوَدَّعْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

مُوَدَّعْ مُوَدَّعْ يَا رَمَضَانْوَنَسْتَوْدِعُ اللهَ شَهْرَ الصِّيَامْ

Muwaddaʿ muwaddaʿ yā ramaḍān, Wanastawdiʿu Allāha shahra aṣ-ṣiyām

Farewell, farewell, O Ramadan; we commend to Allah the month of fasting.

حُوَيْدِي أَعِدْ لِي يَا رَمَضَانْحَدِيثَ الْحَبَائِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Ḥuwaydī aʿid lī yā ramaḍān, Ḥadītha al-ḥabāʾib yā ramaḍān

O little camel-driver, repeat to me, O Ramadan, the talk of the beloveds, O Ramadan,

وَمَا حَالَ مِنْهُمْ يَا رَمَضَانْعَنِ الْعَيْنِ غَائِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Wamā ḥāla minhum yā ramaḍān, ʿani al-ʿayni ghāʾib yā ramaḍān

And how are those of them, O Ramadan, who are absent from the eye, O Ramadan:

جَمِيلُ الْمُحَيَّا يَا رَمَضَانْجَعِيد أَمْ ذَوَائِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Jamīlu al-muḥayyā yā ramaḍān, Jaʿīd am dhawāʾib yā ramaḍān

The one of beautiful face, O Ramadan, curly-haired, or with long locks, O Ramadan?

رَعَا الله لَيَالِي يَا رَمَضَانْحُظِينَا بِوَصْلِه يَا رَمَضَانْ

Raʿā Allāh layālī yā ramaḍān, Ḥuẓīnā biwaṣlih yā ramaḍān

May Allah protect nights, O Ramadan, in which we were granted his union, O Ramadan,

وَطَابَ اتِّصَالِي يَا رَمَضَانْبِعَلِّهْ وَنَهْلِهْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Waṭāba ttiṣālī yā ramaḍān, Biʿallih wanahlih yā ramaḍān

And my union was sweet, O Ramadan, with his first draught and his second, O Ramadan.

فَيَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ يَا رَمَضَانْلُفْ شَمْلِي بِشَمْلِه يَا رَمَضَانْ

Fayā dhā al-jalāli yā ramaḍān, Luf shamlī bishamlih yā ramaḍān

O Possessor of Majesty, O Ramadan, unite my company with his, O Ramadan,

فَقَلْبِي مِنَ الْبُعْدِ يَا رَمَضَانْوَالْهَجْرِ ذَائِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Faqalbī mina al-buʿdi yā ramaḍān, Wa-al-hajri dhāʾib yā ramaḍān

For my heart, from distance, O Ramadan, and desertion, is melting, O Ramadan.

أَنَا سَأَتْرُكْ الْهَمْ يَا رَمَضَانْوَوَاصِلْ سُرُورِي يَا رَمَضَانْ

Anā saʾatruk al-ham yā ramaḍān, Wawāṣil surūrī yā ramaḍān

I will leave worry, O Ramadan, and continue in my joy, O Ramadan,

وَلِي رَبِّ يَعْلَمْ يَا رَمَضَانْبِخَافِي أُمُورِي يَا رَمَضَانْ

Walī rabbi yaʿlam yā ramaḍān, Bikhāfī umūrī yā ramaḍān

For I have a Lord who knows, O Ramadan, my hidden affairs, O Ramadan.

أَرَى اللَّوْمَ عِنْدِي يَا رَمَضَانْخَطَا غَيْرَ صَائِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Arā al-lawma ʿindī yā ramaḍān, Khaṭā ghayra ṣāʾib yā ramaḍān

I see blame, in my view, O Ramadan, as a mistake and not right, O Ramadan.

أَنَا مُسْتَجِير بِالْ يَا رَمَضَانْجَمَالِ الْمُكَمَّلْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Anā mustajīr bi-al- yā ramaḍān, Jamāli al-mukammal yā ramaḍān

I seek refuge with the, O Ramadan, perfected beauty, O Ramadan,

وَمَنْ فِي النَّبِيِّينَ يَا رَمَضَانْأَفْضَلْ وَأَكْمَلْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Waman fī an-nabiyyīna yā ramaḍān, Afḍal waʾakmal yā ramaḍān

The one who among the prophets, O Ramadan, is the best and most perfect, O Ramadan,

أَبُو الْقَاسِمْ أَحْمَد يَا رَمَضَانْلَنَا خَيْرَ مُرْسَلْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Abū al-qāsim aḥmad yā ramaḍān, Lanā khayra mursal yā ramaḍān

Abu al-Qasim Ahmad, O Ramadan, for us the best of messengers, O Ramadan.

بِهِ تَنْقَضِي لِي يَا رَمَضَانْجَمِيعُ الْمَطَالِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Bihi tanqaḍī lī yā ramaḍān, Jamīʿu al-maṭālib yā ramaḍān

Through him are fulfilled for me, O Ramadan, all my requests, O Ramadan.

وَمَنْ كَانَ جَدُّهْ يَا رَمَضَانْمُحَمَّدْ تَبَجَّحْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Waman kāna jadduh yā ramaḍān, Muḥammad tabajjaḥ yā ramaḍān

And whoever has as grandfather, O Ramadan, Muhammad, may rejoice, O Ramadan,

فَفِي كُلِّ وَزْنَةْ يَا رَمَضَانْفَوَزْنَتُهْ أَرْجَحْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Fafī kulli wazna yā ramaḍān, Fawaznatuh arjaḥ yā ramaḍān

For in every weighing, O Ramadan, his weight is heavier, O Ramadan.

بِبَرْكَتِهْ رَبِّي يَا رَمَضَانْيُجَاوِزْ وَيَسْمَحْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Bibarkatih rabbī yā ramaḍān, Yujāwiz wayasmaḥ yā ramaḍān

By his blessing my Lord, O Ramadan, overlooks and forgives, O Ramadan,

إِذَا اغْيَتْ عَلَيْنَا يَا رَمَضَانْجَمِيعُ الْمَذَاهِبْ يَا رَمَضَانْ

Idhā ghyat ʿalaynā yā ramaḍān, Jamīʿu al-madhāhib yā ramaḍān

When all ways, O Ramadan, have failed us, O Ramadan.