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قَدْ أَشْرَقَ الْبَدْرُ الْمُنِيرْ

Qad Ashraqa al-Badru al-Munir

قَدْ أَشْرَقَ الْبَدْرُ الْمُنِيرْبِمَوْلِدِ الْهَادِي الْبَشِيرْ

Qad ashraqa al-badru al-munīr, Bimawlidi al-hādī al-bashīr

The radiant full moon has risen with the birth of the guide, the bearer of glad tidings.

أَهْلاً وَسَهْلاً بِالْإِمَامْالْمُصْطَفَى بَدْرِ التَّمَامْ

Ahlan wasahlan bi-al-ʾimām, Al-muṣṭafā badri at-tamām

Welcome, welcome to the imam, the Chosen One, the full moon,

شَفِيعِنَا يَوْمَ الزِّحَامْأَرْسَلَهُ الرَّبُّ الْقَدِيرْ

Shafīʿinā yawma az-ziḥām, Arsalahu ar-rabbu al-qadīr

Our intercessor on the Day of the Throng, sent by the Powerful Lord.

بُشْرَى لَنَا نِلْنَا الْمَرَامْبِطَهَ مُعْتَلِي الْمَقَامْ

Bushrā lanā nilnā al-marām, Biṭaha muʿtalī al-maqām

Glad tidings to us: we have attained our aim through Taha, of the exalted station.

شَرَّفَهُ رَبُّ الْأَنَامْفَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ نَظِيرْ

Sharrafahu rabbu al-ʾanām, Falam yakun lahu naẓīr

The Lord of mankind honoured him, so that he has no equal.

يَا ذَا الْجَلَالِ يَا مُجِيبْعَبْدٌ دَعَاك لَا يَخِيبْ

Yā dhā al-jalāli yā mujīb, ʿabdun daʿāk lā yakhīb

O Possessor of Majesty, O Answerer, a servant who calls on You is never disappointed;

بِحُرْمَةِ النَّبِيِّ الْحَبِيبْيَسِّرْ لَنَا الْأَمْرَ الْعَسِيرْ

Biḥurmati an-nabiyyi al-ḥabīb, Yassir lanā al-ʾamra al-ʿasīr

By the sanctity of the beloved Prophet, make easy for us what is hard.

أَدْعُوكَ يَا رَبَّ الْأَنَامْأَمِتْنَا عَلَى حُسْنِ الْخِتَامْ

Adʿūka yā rabba al-ʾanām, Amitnā ʿalā ḥusni al-khitām

I call on You, O Lord of mankind: let us die upon a good end,

وَأَسْكِنَا فِي دَارِ السَّلَامْلِبَاسُنَا فِيهَا حَرِيرْ

Waʾaskinā fī dāri as-salām, Libāsunā fīhā ḥarīr

And make us dwell in the Abode of Peace, where our garments will be silk.

أَجِبْ دُعَانَا يَا أَحَدْوَاسْمَعْ نِدَانَا يَا صَمَدْ

Ajib duʿānā yā aḥad, Wasmaʿ nidānā yā ṣamad

Answer our prayer, O One, and hear our call, O Eternal Refuge,

يَا دَائِماً عَلَى الْأَبَدْأَنْتَ الْمُهَيْمِنُ الْخَبِيرْ

Yā dāʾiman ʿalā al-ʾabad, Anta al-muhayminu al-khabīr

O You who endure forever, You are the Guardian, the All-Aware.

أَهْدِي التَّحِيَّةْ وَالسَّلَامْلِلْمُجْتَبَى خَيْرِ الْأَنَامْ

Ahdī at-taḥiyya wa-as-salām, Lilmujtabā khayri al-ʾanām

I offer greetings and peace to the elect, the best of mankind,

وَالْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْكِرَامْمَا أَمْطَرَ الْمَطْرُ الْغَزِيرْ

Wa-al-ʾāli wa-aṣ-ṣaḥbi al-kirām, Mā amṭara al-maṭru al-ghazīr

And to his family and noble Companions, as long as the abundant rain falls.

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

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