يَا آل بَاعَلَوِي شَفَاعَة

يَا آلْ بَاعَلَوِي شَفَاعَةْ كُلُّ كُرْبَةْ تَنْجَلِيوَبِكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الوِلَايَةْ كُلُّ حَاجَةْ تَنْقَضِي

Yā ʾāl bāʿalawī shafāʿa kullu kurba tanjalī, Wabikum yā ahla al-wilāya kullu ḥāja tanqaḍī

O family of Ba 'Alawi, intercession! Every grief is lifted, and through you, O people of sainthood, every need is fulfilled.

يَا فَقِيهُ يَا مُقَدَّمْ يَا مُحَمَّدْ بِنْ عَلِييَا وَجِيهُ يَا مُكَرَّمْ عَنْدَ مَوْلَاكَ العَلِي

Yā faqīhu yā muqaddam yā muḥammad bin ʿalī, Yā wajīhu yā mukarram ʿanda mawlāka al-ʿalī

O Faqih, O Muqaddam, O Muhammad ibn 'Ali, O eminent one, honoured with your Master, the High,

أَنْتَ وَأَوْلَادَكْ وَصَحْبَكْ عِنْدَكُمْ كَمْ مِنْ وَلِينَطْلُبُ السَّقَّافَ غَارَةْ ذَاكَ لِي بَحْرُهْ مَلِي

Anta waʾawlādak waṣaḥbak ʿindakum kam min walī, Naṭlubu as-saqqāfa ghāra dhāka lī baḥruh malī

You and your sons and your companions: how many saints are with you! We seek a rescue from al-Saqqaf, whose ocean is full,

وَابْنُهُ المِحْضَارْ يَحْضُرْ وَالمُهَدَّرْ بُو عَلِيوَإِنْ ذَكَرْتَ العَيْدَرُوسْ كُلَّ كُرْبَةْ تَنْجَلِي

Wabnuhu al-miḥḍār yaḥḍur wa-al-muhaddar bū ʿalī, Waʾin dhakarta al-ʿaydarūs kulla kurba tanjalī

And his son al-Mihdar comes, and al-Muhaddar Abu 'Ali; and if you mention al-'Aydarus, every grief is lifted.

غَارَةً يَا العَيْدَرُوسْ فِي العَجَلْ لَا تَمْهَلِيَا كَبِيرَ الصُّوفِيَّةْ عَنْدَكَ المَرْعَى فَلِي

Ghāratan yā al-ʿaydarūs fī al-ʿajal lā tamhali, Yā kabīra aṣ-ṣūfiyya ʿandaka al-marʿā falī

A rescue, O 'Aydarus, quickly, do not delay, O great one of the Sufis; with you is the pasture, so let it be mine.

وَابْنَ سَالِمْ وَالحُسَيْنْ ذُو المَقَامِ المُعْتَلِيآلَ عَلَوِي كُلُّكُمْ سَاعِدُونِي يَا أَهْلِي

Wabna sālim wa-al-ḥusayn dhū al-maqāmi al-muʿtalī, ʾāla ʿalawī kullukum sāʿidūnī yā ahlī

And Ibn Salim and al-Husayn, of exalted station: O family of 'Alawi, all of you, help me, O my people!

عِنْدَكُمْ مَا أَنَا غَرِيبْ صَاحِبَ الدَّارْ أَهْلِيسَاعِدُونِي وَاسْرَعُوا بِالغِيَاثِ العَاجِلِ

ʿindakum mā anā gharīb ṣāḥiba ad-dār ahlī, Sāʿidūnī wasraʿū bi-al-ghiyāthi al-ʿājili

With you I am no stranger; the master of the house is my family; help me, and hasten with swift rescue,

وَاسْتَغِيثُوا بِالنَّبِي الرَّحِيمِ الوَاصِلِفَإِنَّ مَوْلَانَا يُجِيبْ دَعْوَةً لِلسَّائِلِ

Wastaghīthū bi-an-nabī ar-raḥīmi al-wāṣili, Faʾinna mawlānā yujīb daʿwatan lilssāʾili

And seek help through the merciful Prophet, who keeps the ties, for our Master answers the prayer of the one who asks.

يَا رَسُولَ اللهْ قُمْ يَا مُخَلِّصْ مَنْ بُلِيأَنْتَ الَّذِي تُرْجَى لَهَا فِي المَقَامِ الهَائِلِ

Yā rasūla Allāh qum yā mukhalliṣ man bulī, Anta al-ladhī turjā lahā fī al-maqāmi al-hāʾili

O Messenger of Allah, rise, O saviour of the afflicted; you are the one hoped for in the terrifying station.