طَلَعَ البَدْرُ عَلَيْنَا

طَلَعَ البَدْرُ عَلَيْنَامِنْ ثَنِيَّاتِ الوَدَاع

Ṭalaʿa al-badru ʿalaynā, Min thaniyyāti al-wadāʿ

The full moon has risen over us from the hills of al-Wada'.

وَجَبَ الشُّكْرُ عَلَيْنَامَا دَعَا لِلَّهِ دَاع

Wajaba ash-shukru ʿalaynā, Mā daʿā lillāhi dāʿ

Gratitude is our duty as long as any caller calls to Allah.

أَيُّهَا الْمَبْعُوثُ فِينَاجِئْتَ بِالْأَمْرِ الْمُطَاع

Ayyuhā al-mabʿūthu fīnā, Jiʾta bi-al-ʾamri al-muṭāʿ

O you who were sent among us, you came with a command to be obeyed.

جِئْتَ شَرَّفْتَ الْمَدِينَةمَرْحَباً يَا خَيْرَ دَاع

Jiʾta sharrafta al-madīna, Marḥaban yā khayra dāʿ

You came and honoured Medina; welcome, O best of callers!

مَرْحَباً يَا مُصْطَفَانَانُورُكَ الغَالِي أَضَاء

Marḥaban yā muṣṭafānā, Nūruka al-ghālī aḍāʾ

Welcome, O our Chosen One; your precious light has shone.

رَغْمَ أَنْفِ الْمُلْحِدِينَفَيْضُهُ عَمَّ البِقَاع

Raghma anfi al-mulḥidīna, Fayḍuhu ʿamma al-biqāʿ

In spite of the deniers, its flood has filled every land.

أَشْرَقَتْ شَمْسُ الكَمَالِبِكَ يَا بَاهِي الْجَمَال

Ashraqat shamsu al-kamāli, Bika yā bāhī al-jamāl

The sun of perfection has risen through you, O you of radiant beauty.

جَلَّ مَنْ سَوَّاكَ حَقًّادَائِمًا لِلْخَيْرِ سَاع

Jalla man sawwāka ḥaqqan, Dāʾiman lilkhayri sāʿ

Majestic is the One who truly fashioned you, ever striving for good.

صَفْوَةُ البَارِي مُحَمَّددُرَّةٌ لِلْكَائِنَات

Ṣafwatu al-bārī muḥammad, Durratun lilkāʾināt

The elect of the Creator, Muhammad, a pearl of all creation;

مَدْحُهُ بَلْسَمُ رُوحِيوَلَهُ يَحْلُو السَّمَاع

Madḥuhu balsamu rūḥī, Walahu yaḥlū as-samāʿ

His praise is the balm of my spirit, and listening to it is sweet.

يَا خِتَامَ الأَنْبِيَاءِيَا إِمَامَ الأَوْلِيَاء

Yā khitāma al-ʾanbiyāʾi, Yā imāma al-ʾawliyāʾ

O seal of the prophets, O imam of the saints,

رَحْمَةً أُرْسِلْتَ طَهَمُنْقِذَاً بَعْدَ الضَّيَاع

Raḥmatan ursilta ṭaha, Munqidhaan baʿda aḍ-ḍayāʿ

You were sent as a mercy, Taha, a rescuer after we were lost.

صَلَوَاتُ اللهِ تُهْدَىلَكَ مِنَّا وَالسَّلَام

Ṣalawātu Allāhi tuhdā, Laka minnā wa-as-salām

The blessings of Allah are offered to you from us, and peace,

يَا أَبَا القَاسِمِ يَا مَنْأَمْرُهُ دَوْماً مُطَاع

Yā abā al-qāsimi yā man, Amruhu dawman muṭāʿ

O Abu al-Qasim, O you whose command is ever obeyed.