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يَا قُبَّةَ الْخَضْرَا مَالِكْ

Ya Qubbata al-Khadra Malik

يَا قُبَّةَ الْخَضْرَا مَالِكْفَتَنْتِينَا بِجَمَالِكْ

Yā qubbata al-khaḍrā mālik, Fatantīnā bijamālik

O Green Dome, what is it about you? You have enchanted us with your beauty.

حَوَيْتِ خَيْرَ الْبَرِيَّةْسَامِي الْعُلَا وَالْمَزَايَا

Ḥawayti khayra al-bariyya, Sāmī al-ʿulā wa-al-mazāyā

You contain the best of creation, lofty in eminence and merits.

لَهُ تَسِيرُ الْمَطَايَامِنْ كُلِّ تِلْكَ الْمَمَالِكْ

Lahu tasīru al-maṭāyā, Min kulli tilka al-mamālik

To him the camels travel from every one of those kingdoms.

لَاحَتْ عَلَيْنَا أَنْوَارُهْفَاضَتْ عَلَيْنَا أَسْرَارُهْ

Lāḥat ʿalaynā anwāruh, Fāḍat ʿalaynā asrāruh

His lights have shone upon us, his secrets have overflowed upon us.

بُشْرَى لَكُمْ يَا زُوَّارُهْبَعْدَ أَدَاءِ الْمَنَاسِكْ

Bushrā lakum yā zuwwāruh, Baʿda adāʾi al-manāsik

Glad tidings to you, his visitors, after performing the rites!

يَا سَعْدَ مَنْ شَمَّ تُرَابَهْشَوْقاً وَقَبَّلْ أَعْتَابَهْ

Yā saʿda man shamma turābah, Shawqan waqabbal aʿtābah

How fortunate is whoever smells his dust in longing, and kisses his thresholds!

تَزُولُ عَنْهُ أَتْعَابُهْيَأْمَنْ جَمِيعَ الْمَهَالِكْ

Tazūlu ʿanhu atʿābuh, Yaʾman jamīʿa al-mahālik

His toils leave him, and he is safe from all perils.

صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ يَا حُضَّارْوَالْآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ الْأَخْيَارْ

Ṣallū ʿalayhi yā ḥuḍḍār, Wa-al-ʾāli wa-aṣ-ṣaḥbi al-ʾakhyār

Send blessings upon him, all who are present, and upon his family and chosen Companions,

تَنْجُو غَداً مِنْ عَذَابِ النَّارْوَتَرْبَحُوا عَفْوَ الْمَالِكْ

Tanjū ghadan min ʿadhābi an-nār, Watarbaḥū ʿafwa al-mālik

And you will be saved tomorrow from the punishment of the Fire, and win the pardon of the King.

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

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