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Mahboubi Bilwisaal

Al-Ḥabib Zayn Bin Ibrāhīm Bin Sumayṭ

مَحْبُوبِي بِالوِصَالْ أَنْعَمْ عَلَيَّ 

وَجَادَ بِالنَّوَالْ مِنْهُ إِلَيَّ

maḥbūbī bil wiṣāl anʿam ʿalayya 

wa jāda bin nawāl minhu ilayya

My beloved has blessed me with union

and generously granted me favor from Him

عَلَى بَابِ الحَبِيبِ احْطَطتُّ رَحْلِي

عَسَى أُحْظَى بِــإِيصَالِي وَوَصْلِي

ʿalā bābil ḥabībi āḥṭaṭttu raḥlī

ʿasā uḥẓā biīṣālī wa wa ṣlī

At the door of the Beloved, I set down my saddle

In hopes that I will be blessed with communion and union

أَهْلُ اللهِ أَبْوَابُ العَطايَا 

وَوَاسِطَةُ التَّجَلِّي وَالكَمَالِ

ahlu Allahi abwābul ʿaṭāyā 

wa wa siṭatut tajallī wal kamāli

The people of Allah are the gates of gifts

and the means of (Divine) manifestation and perfection

مَحْبُوبِي بِالوِصَالْ أَنْعَمْ عَلَيَّ 

وَجَادَ بِالنَّوَالْ مِنْهُ إِلَيَّ

maḥbūbī bil wiṣāl anʿam ʿalayya 

wa jāda bin nawāl minhu ilayya

My beloved has blessed me with union

and generously granted me favor from Him

أَيَا قَــمَراً بِهٰذَا العَصْرِ لَأْ لَأْ

وَأَدْهَشَ نُورُهُ لُـــبِّي وَعَقْلِي

ayā qamarāan bihādhāl ʿaṣri lā lā

wa adhasha nūruhu lubbī wa ʿaqlī

O moon that shines bright in this era

and its light overwhelms my heart and mind

طَرِيحٌ فِي حِمَاكُمْ مُسْتَجِيرٌ

مِنَ النَّفْسِ وَمِنْ أَسْوَاءِ فِعْلِي

ṭarīḥun fī ḥimākum mustajīrun

minan nafsi wa min aswā’i fiʿlī

I throw myself into your sanctuary, seeking asylum

from my lower self and evil deeds

مَحْبُوبِي بِالوِصَالْ أَنْعَمْ عَلَيَّ 

وَجَادَ بِالنَّوَالْ مِنْهُ إِلَيَّ

maḥbūbī bil wiṣāl anʿam ʿalayya 

wa jāda bin nawāl minhu ilayya

My beloved has blessed me with union

and generously granted me favor from Him

وَنَظْرَةْ وُدِّكُمْ تُحْيِي فُؤَادِي

وَعَطْفُ حَنَانِكُمْ يُصْلِحُ كُلِّي

wa naẓrah wuddikum tuḥyī fuādī

wa ʿaṭfu ḥanānikum yuṣliḥu kullī

A gaze of Your love brings life to my heart

and the gentleness of your compassion rectifies me entirely

فَمُدُّوا الكَفَّ لِلمَوْلَى تَعَالَى

وَمَنْ يُعْطِي السَّؤُولَ أَجَلَّ سُولِي

famuddūl kaffa lilmawlā taʿālā

wa man yuʿṭīs saūla ajalla sūlī

So, raise your hands to the Exalted Master

Who fulfills the greatest requests to those who constantly ask

مَحْبُوبِي بِالوِصَالْ أَنْعَمْ عَلَيَّ 

وَجَادَ بِالنَّوَالْ مِنْهُ إِلَيَّ

maḥbūbī bil wiṣāl anʿam ʿalayya 

wa jāda bin nawāl minhu ilayya

My beloved has blessed me with union

and generously granted me favor from Him

وَنَادُوا مَنْ يُجِيبُ مَنْ يُنَادِي

وَلَا يُمْنَعُ رَاجٍ فَيْضَ فَضْلِهِ

wa nādū man yujību man yunādī

wa lā yumnaʿu rājin fayḍa faḍlihi

And call out to He who answers the caller

never withholding the outpouring of His bounty from the one who hopes in Him

وَعَرْضٌ مِنْكُمُ فِي خَيْرِ وَصْلٍ

عَلَى طـٰـهَ يُحَقِّقْ كُلَّ سُولِي

wa ʿarḍun minkumu fī khayri wa ṣlin

ʿalā ṭāha yuḥaqqiq kulla sūlī

Connecting to Ṭāhā, during the greastest union, 

will bring to reality all that I ask

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