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سَكَنَ الْفُؤَادَ فَعِشْ هَنِيئاً يَا جَسَدْ

Sakana al-Fu'ada Fa'ish Hani'an Ya Jasad

مَدَدْ مَدَدْ مَدَدْ مَدَدْمَدَدْ يَا رَسُولَ الله

Madad madad madad madad, Madad yā rasūla Allāh

Help, help, help, help, help, O Messenger of Allah!

سَكَنَ الْفُؤَادَ فَعِشْ هَنِيئاً يَا جَسَدْهَذَا النَّعِيمُ هُوَ الْمُقِيمُ إِلَى الْأَبَدْ

Sakana al-fuʾāda faʿish hanīʾan yā jasad, Hadhā an-naʿīmu huwa al-muqīmu ilā al-ʾabad

He has made his home in my heart, so live happily, O body; this bliss is lasting forever.

أَصْبَحْتُ فِي كَنَفِ الْحَبِيبِ وَمَنْ يَكُنْجَارَ الْحَبِيبِ فَعَيْشُهُ الْعَيْشُ الرَّغَدْ

Aṣbaḥtu fī kanafi al-ḥabībi waman yakun, Jāra al-ḥabībi faʿayshuhu al-ʿayshu ar-raghad

I have come under the protection of the beloved, and whoever is the beloved's neighbour lives a life of plenty.

عِشْ فِي أَمَانِ اللَّهِ تَحْتَ لِوَائِهِلَا خَوْفَ فِي هَذَا الْجَنَابِ وَلَا نَكَدْ

ʿish fī amāni Allāhi taḥta liwāʾihi, Lā khawfa fī hadhā al-janābi walā nakad

Live in Allah's safety beneath his banner; in this presence there is no fear and no trouble.

لَوْ أَبْصَرَ الشَّيْطَانُ طَلْعَةَ نُورِهِفِي وَجْهِ آدَمَ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَجَدْ

Law abṣara ash-shayṭānu ṭalʿata nūrihi, Fī wajhi ʾādama kāna awwala man sajad

Had Satan seen the radiance of his light in Adam's face, he would have been the first to prostrate.

لَكِنْ جَمَالُ اللَّهِ جَلَّ فَلَا يُرَىإِلَّا بِتَخْصِيصٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ الصَّمَدْ

Lakin jamālu Allāhi jalla falā yurā, Illā bitakhṣīṣin mina Allāhi aṣ-ṣamad

But the beauty of Allah is too majestic to be seen except by a special favour from Allah, the Eternal Refuge.

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

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