Ar-Raa Aydwan · الرَّاءُ أَيْضًا

صَفَا لِيَ وَقْتِــي فِي الْهَــوَاءِ أَطِيـرُ
مَعَ الْمُصْطَفَى الْمُخْتَارِ وَهْوَ بَشِيرُ

Ṣafā liya waqtī fī al-hawā’i aṭīru
Ma‘a al-Muṣṭafā al-Mukhtāri wa-huwa bashīru

My time is pure; in the air I fly with the Chosen One, the Bringer of glad tidings.

أَطِيــرُ بِــــهِ مِنْـــهُ إِلَيْــهِ وَإِنَّــهُ
إِلَى كُلِّ أَسْـــرَارِ الْإِلَــهِ يُشِيــرُ

Aṭīru bi-hi minhu ilayhi wa-innahu
Ila kulli asrāri al-ilāhi yushīru

I fly through him, from him, to him; he points to all the secrets of God.

تَرَى الْمُزْنَ وَالْأَجْبَالَ كَالْأَرْضِ تَارَةً
وَطَــــوْرًا تَـــرَى أَنَّ السَّمَــاءَ تَمُــورُ

Tarā al-muzna wal-ajbāla kal-arḍi tāratan
Wa-ṭawran tarā anna al-samā’a tamūru

You see clouds and mountains like the earth, then the sky in commotion.

فَصُبْحًا بِيُــوفٍ ضَحْـــوَةً بِكُنَاكِــرٍ
صَنِيــعَ قَدِيـــرٍ بِالشُّئُــونِ يُدِيــرُ

Fa-ṣubḥan bi-Yūfin ḍaḥwatan bi-Kunākirin
Ṣanī‘a qadīrin bil-shu’ūni yudīru

Morning in Yoff, forenoon in Conakry; the work of the Capable Director of affairs.

تَرَانَا كَبَـــرْقٍ خَاطِفِيــنَ وَإِنَّنَا
جُلُوسٌ رُقُـــودٌ وَالْإِلَــهُ قَدِيــرُ

Tarānā ka-barqin khāṭifīna wa-innanā
Julūsun ruqūdun wal-ilāhu qadīru

You see us like snatching lightning, yet we are sitting still; God is Powerful.

تَرَانَـــــا كَـــذَا بَيْـــنَ النَّصَــارَى وَإِنَّنَــا
لَدَى الْمُصْطَفَى الْمَاحِي الضَّلاَلِ حُضُورُ

Tarānā kadhā bayna al-naṣārā wa-innanā
Lada al-Muṣṭafā al-Māḥī al-ḍalāla ḥuḍūru

We are among the Christians, yet present with the Eraser of misguidance.

أُخَاطِبُــهُ بِالْمَــــدْحِ وَهْــوَ بِطَيْبَــةٍ
وَإِنِّي عَلَـــــى شِبْـهِ الْبُـرَاقِ أَدُورُ

Ukhāṭibuhu bil-madḥi wa-huwa bi-Ṭaybatin
Wa-innī ‘alā shibhi al-burāqi adūru

I address him with praise in Medina while I revolve upon a Buraq.

أُنَاجِي الَّذِي قَدْ ذَلَّ عَرْشٌ لِقَدْرِهِ
وَفِي كَفِّــــهِ إِذْ رَامَ سَــالَ نَمِيــرُ

Unājī al-ladhī qad dhalla ‘arshun li-qadrihi
Wa-fī kaffihi idh rāma sāla namīru

I whisper to him for whose rank the Throne humbled; water flowed from his palm.

وَشُقَّ لَهُ الْبَدْرُ الْمُنِيرُ تَقَهْقَـــرَتْ
لَهُ الشَّمْسُ مَهْمَا رَامَ ، لاَنَ بَعِيرُ

Wa-shuqqa lahu al-badru al-munīru taqahqarat
Lahu al-shamsu mahmā rāma, lāna ba‘īru

The moon split, the sun retreated, and the camel softened for him.

وَأَحْيَا أُنَاسًا بَعْدَ مَوْتٍ وَقَدْ شَفَـى
كَذَا السُّقْمَ وَالْأَمْرَاضَ وَهْوَ خَبِيرُ

Wa-aḥyā unāsan ba‘da mawtin wa-qad shafā
Kadhā al-suqma wal-amrāḍa wa-huwa khabīru

He revived the dead and expertly healed illnesses and diseases.

تُنَازِعُنِي الْأَشْوَاقُ نَحْوَ مُحَمَّــــدٍ
بِكِنْدِيَّــةٍ إِذْ جِئْتُ حِيـــــنَ أَسِيــرُ

Tunāzi‘unī al-ashwāqu naḥwa Muḥammadin
Bi-Kindiyyatin idh ji’tu ḥīna asīru

Longings for Muhammad contend within me as I travel through Kindia.

أَسِيحُ إِلَى كُلِّ النَّوَاحِي لَعَلَّنِـــي
أَرَى أَمَلِي فِي اللّٰهِ وَهْـوَ كَبِيــرُ

Asīḥu ila kulli al-nawāḥī la‘allanī
Arā amalī fī Allāhi wa-huwa kabīru

I wander through every region hoping to see my great hope in Allah.

أَيَا رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ الْأَمِينِ لِتَسْمَعَنْ
دُعَاءَ غَرِيبٍ ذَلَّ وَهْـــوَ حَقِيــرُ

Ayā rabba Jibrīla al-Amīni li-tasma‘an
Du‘ā’a gharībin dhalla wa-huwa ḥaqīru

O Lord of Gabriel! Hear the prayer of a lowly, humble stranger.

وَهِمَّتُهُ رَفْـــعُ الْحَنِيفَـــةِ مُعْلِيًــا
لِرَايَتِهَا وَالْعَوْنُ مِنْــــكَ يَسِيــرُ

Wa-himmatuhu raf‘u al-ḥanīfati mu‘liyā
Li-rāyatihā wal-‘awnu minka yasīru

His ambition is to raise the faith's banner; help from You is easy.

أُنَاجِيكَ فِي الْبَيْدَاءِ بِالْإِسْمِ سَائِلاً
لِرَبِّيَ نَصْــــرًا فَالْإِلَــهُ نَصِيــرُ

Unājīka fī al-baydā’i bil-ismi sā’ilan
Li-rabbī naṣran fal-ilāhu naṣīru

I call You in the wilderness by the Name, seeking victory from the Helper.

وَأَنْشُدُ مَا قَالَ الْمُحِـــــبُّ لَعَلَّنِــي
أَنَالُ رَجَائِي وَهْوَ قَبْـــلُ عَسِيــرُ

Wa-anshu-du mā qāla al-muḥibbu la‘allanī
Anālu rajā’ī wa-huwa qablu ‘asīru

I recite the lover's words, seeking my once difficult hope:

"نَبِيَّ الْهُـدَى ضَاقَتْ بِيَ الْحَالُ فِي الْوَرَى
وَأَنْـــــــتَ بِمَـــا أَمَّلْــــتُ فِيــكَ جَدِيــرُ

"Nabiyya al-hudā ḍāqat biya al-ḥālu fī al-warā
Wa-anta bimā ammaltu fīka jadīru

"O Prophet! My state is constricted; you are worthy of my hope.

فَسَلْ خَالِقِي تَفْرِيجَ كَرْبِي فَإِنَّـــهُ
بِتَفْرِيجِــــهِ دُونَ الْأَنَــامِ قَدِيــرُ"

Fasal khāliqī tafrīja karbī fa-innahu
Bi-tafrījihi dūna al-anāmi qadīru"

Ask my Creator to relieve my distress; He alone is Capable."

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَقُودُ قُـــــــرُونِي وَالْفُـــؤَادُ بَصِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Aqūdu qurūnī wal-fu’ādu baṣīru

Allah's peace upon him; I lead generations with an insightful heart.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
يَكُونُ أَمَامِي فِـــي الشُّئُــونِ مُنِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Yakūnu amāmī fī al-shu’ūni munīru

Allah's peace upon him; he is before me, illuminating all my affairs.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
صُدُورِي لِأَسْرَارِ الْأَمِيــــنِ قُبُــورُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Ṣudūrī li-asrāri al-Amīni qubūru

Allah's peace upon him; my chest is a repository for his secrets.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
وُرُودِيَ بِالْـهَـادِي وَمِنْــهُ صُــدُورُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Wurūdī bil-Hādī wa-minhu ṣudūru

Allah's peace upon him; my arrival and departure are through him.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَؤُوبُ بِشُكْــرِ اللّٰهِ وَهْــــوَ شَكُـــورُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
A’ūbu bi-shukri Allāhi wa-huwa shakūru

Allah's peace upon him; I return with thanks to the Grateful.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
مَوَاهِــــــبُ رَبِّـــي لِلْحَقِيـــرِ كَثِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Mawāhibu rabbī lil-ḥaqīri kathīru

Allah's peace upon him; the Lord's gifts to this lowly one are many.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
أَنَالُ مَنَـــــالاً لَيْــــسَ فِيـــهِ نَظِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Anālu manālan laysa fīhi naẓīru

Allah's peace upon him; I attain a goal that has no equal.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَقَلْبِي لَـــدَى هَــــادِي الْعِبَادِ أَسِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-qalbī lada hādī al-‘ibādi asīru

Allah's peace upon him; my heart is a prisoner of the Guide.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَفِعْلِي عَلَى دَعْــــوَى الْوِدَادِ نَذِيــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-fi‘lī ‘alā da‘wā al-widādi nadhīru

Allah's peace upon him; my deeds witness my claim of affection.

عَلَيْــــهِ صَـــــلاَةُ اللّٰهِ ثُـــمَّ سَلاَمُــهُ
فَتَقْلِيــــبُ أَحْوَالِي عَلَيْـــــهِ يَسِيـــرُ

‘Alayhi ṣalātu Allāhi thumma salāmuhu
Fa-taqlību aḥwālī ‘alayhi yasīru

Allah's peace upon him; transforming my states is easy for Him.