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صَلَوَاتٌ طَيِّبَاتٌ لِلحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

ṣalawātun ṭayyibātun lilḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

Purest prayers for the beloved my master Muhammad

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فَاحَ طِيبُ المِسْكِ فَاحَا هَيَّجَ القَلْبَ فَبَاحَا

حَرَّكَ الطَّرْفَ فَنَاحَا مِنْ غَرَامٍ فِي مُحَمَّدْ

fa āḥa ṭībul miskil fāḥā hayyajal qalba fabāḥā

ḥarrakaṭ ṭarfa fanāḥā min gharāmin fī muḥammad

The fragrance of musk scented the air,

Exciting the heart, its love it declared!

Moving the eyes to shed their tears,

Out of deep love of Muhammad.

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طَيْبَةُ المُخْتَارِ طَيْبَةْ حُبُّهَا يَا نَاسُ قُرْبَةْ 

لَيْتَنَا يَا قَوْمُ صُحْبَةْ عِنْدَ مَوْلَانَا مُحَمَّدْ

ṭaybatul mukhtāri ṭaybah ḥubbuhā yā nāsu qurbah 

laytanā yā qawmu ṣuḥbah ʿinda mawlānā muḥammad

The Tayba of the Chosen One Oh people: its love brings nearness!

I wish we were all company,near our master Muhammad.

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لَيْتَنَا نَلْقَى الحَبِيبَا حُبُّهُ أَضْحَى عَجِيبَا 

لَيْتَنَا نَسْعَى قَرِيبَا لِلحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

laytanā nalqāl ḥabībā ḥubbuhu aḍḥā ʿajībā 

laytanā nasʿā qarībā lilḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

I wish we would meet the beloved;

His love has become truly wondrous!
I wish we would travel soon,

To the beloved, my master Muhammad.

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رَوْضَةٌ تَعْلُو العَوَالِي حُبُّهَا فِي القَلْبِ غَالِي 

هَيَّمَتْ كُلَّ الرِّجَالِ عَاشِقِينْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

rawḍatun taʿlūl ʿawālī ḥubbuhā fīl qalbi ghālī 

hayyamat kullar rijāli ʿāshiqīn mawlāy muḥammad

A Rawdah so high, so high! 

Its love in the heart, so precious!

It made all the men in passion-lovers

of my master Muhammad

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نُورُهَا نُورٌ بَدِيعٌ قَدْرُهَا قَدْرٌ رَفِيعٌ

سَاكِنٌ فِيهَا الشَّفِيعُ أَكْرَمُ الرُّسْلِ مُحَمَّدْ

nūruhā nūrun badīʿun qadruhā qadrun rafīʿun

sākinun fīhāsh shafīʿu akramur rusli muḥammad

Its light is a wondrous light,Its worth is a worth so high!
In it lives the intercessor,

The most noble of Messengers: Muhammad

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مَنْ أَتَاهَا لَيْسَ يَشْقَى كُلَّ خَيْرٍ سَوْفَ يَلْقَى 

دَارُ خَيْرِ الخَلْقِ حَقَّا الحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

man atāhā laysa yashqā kulla khayrin sawfa yalqā 

dāru khayril khalqi ḥaqqā alḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

He who comes to it will not suffer,

Every goodness he will meet!

The house of the best of creation, in truth!

The beloved, my master Muhammad.

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وَ رَأَيْنَاهُ جِهَارَا نُورُهُ فَاقَ النَّهَارَا 

قَلْبُ أَهْلِ الحُبِّ طَارَا لِلحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

wa rāaynāhu jihārānūruhu fa āqan nahārā 

qalbu ahlil ḥubbi ṭārā lilḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

And we saw him appearing clearly,

His light surpassing the light of day!
qalbu ahlil ḥubbi ṭārā lilḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

The hearts of the people of love flew,

to the beloved my master Muhammad

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وَ اسْكُبُوا دَمْعَ القُلُوبِ وَ اشْرَبُوا مَاءَ الغُيُوبِ 

لَا تُفَكِّرْ فَي الذُّنُوبِ شَافِعٌ فِيهَا مُحَمَّدْ

wa skubū damʿal qulūbi wa shrabū mā’al ghuyūbi 

lā tufakkir faīdh dhunūbi shāfiʿun fīhā muḥammad

Pour out the tears of the hearts,

And drink the water of the unseen!

Do not think of your sins,

for he will intercede in them, Muhammad!

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عِنْدَ رُؤْيَاهُ يَرَانَا عِنْدَمَا زُرْنَا المَكَانَا 

رَوْضَةٌ فِيهَا هُدَانَا الحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

ʿinda ruyāhu yarānā ʿindamā zurnāl makānā

rawḍatun fīhā hudānā alḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

When we see him there, he sees us,

When we visit that blessed place,
The Rawdah in which is our guide,

The beloved my master Muhammad!

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يَوْمَ عِيدٍ عِندَ قَلْبِي حِينَمَا لَاقَيْتُ حَبِّي 

خَيْرُ خَلْقِ اللهِ طِبِي الحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

yawma ʿīdin ʿinda qalbī ḥīnamā lāqaytu ḥabbī 

khayru khalqi Allahi ṭibī alḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

A day of eid it is for my heart, 

When I meet my beloved!
The best of creation, my medicine

The beloved, my master Muhammad!

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قَدْ أَتَيْنَا فِي جَمَاعَةْ نَرْتَجِي مِنْكَ الشَّفَاعَةْ

شَرْعُكَ المُحْبُوبُ طَاعَةْ قَدْ أَطَعْنَا يَا مُحَمَّدْ

qad ataynā fī jamāʿah nartajī minkash shafāʿah

sharʿukal muḥbūbu ṭāʿah qad aṭaʿnā yā muḥammad

We have come in a group, 

Seeking your intercession!
Your beloved law is about obedience,

We have obeyed, oh Muhammad!

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رَبَّنَا إِنَّا أَتَيْنَا مِن بِعَادٍ وَسَعَيْنَا 

رَبَّنَا فَانْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا بِالحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

rabbanā innā ataynā min biʿādin wa saʿaynā 

rabbanā fa ānẓur ilaynā bil ḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad

Our Lord we have come,

From far away we travelled!
Our Lord we ask you to look at us,

by the beloved my master Muhammad!

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نَاظِمُ الدُّرِّ المُحَرَّرْ  شَيْخُنَا مِنْ آلِ جَعْفَرْ

َراجِي فَضْلًا مِنْكَ أَكْبَرْ بِالحَبِيبْ مَوْلَايْ مُحَمَّدْ

nāẓimud durril muḥarrar shaykhunā min āli jaʿfar

arājī faḍlan minka akbar bil ḥabīb mawlāy muḥammad 

The composer of these written pearls, 

(Our Shaykh) from the house of Ja’far

Is asking you for Your grace most great,

by the beloved my master Muhammad!

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