Banī Ghānā · بَنِي غَانَا

Opening verses

بَنِي غَانَا ارْفَعُوا الْأَيْدِي
وَحَيُّوا الْغَوْثَ ذَا الْأَيْدِ
مُذِيلَ الْكَدْحِ وَالْكَدِّ
وَمَنْ مِنْ فَيْضِهِ نَرْوَى

Banī Ghānā-rfaʿū-l-aydī
wa-ḥayyū-l-Ghawtha dhā-l-ayd
Mudhīla-l-kadḥi wa-l-kaddi
wa-man min fayḍihi narwā

O children of Ghana, raise your hands and greet the Succor (Al-Ghawth) who possesses spiritual power. The one who removes toil and struggle and from whose spiritual overflow we are quenched.

أَبَا الْفَيْضَاتِ وَالْجَدْوَى
سِوَاهُ الدَّهْرَ لَا نَهْوَى
هَدَانَا الْجَهْرَ وَالنَّجْوَى
إِلَى مَنْ لَا لَهُ الشَّرْوَى

Abā-l-fayḍāti wa-l-jadwā
siwāhu-d-dahra lā nahwā
Hadānā-l-jahra wa-n-najwā
ilā man lā lahu-sh-sharwā

O Father of spiritual overflows and benefits throughout time, we love none but him. He guided us in public and in secret to the one who has no equal.