YA NABI SALAMU `ALAIKA
O PROPHET, PEACE BE UPON YOU,
YA RASUL SALAMU `ALAIKA
O MESSENGER, PEACE BE UPON YOU,
YA HABIB SALAMU `ALAIKA
O BELOVED, PEACE BE UPON YOU,
SALAWATULLAHI `ALAIKA
THE BLESSINGS OF ALLAH BE UPON YOU.
ASHRAQA AL-BADRU ‘ALAINA
THE FULL MOON HAS RISEN OVER US,
WAKHTAFAT MINHUL BUDURU
ECLIPSING ALL OTHER MOONS,
MITHLA HUSNIKA MA RA’AINA
SUCH AS YOUR BEAUTY WE HAVE NEVER SEEN,
QAŢŢU YA WAJHAA SURURI
NO, NEVER, O FACE OF DELIGHT!
ANTA SHAMSUN ANTA BADRUN
YOU ARE A SUN, YOU ARE A FULL MOON,
ANTA NURUN FAWQA NURI
YOU ARE LIGHT UPON LIGHT,
ANTA IKSIRUL WUJUDI
YOU ARE THE QUINTESSENCE OF EXISTENCE,
ANTA MIŞBA HUŞUDURI
YOU ARE THE LAMP IN EVERY BREAST.
YA HABIBI YA MUHAMMAD (SAW)
O MY BELOVED, O MUHAMMAD (SAW)
YA ‘ARUSAL KHAFIQAYNI
O BRIDEGROOM OF THE EAST AND THE WEST,
YA MU’AYYAD YA MUMAJJAD
THE ONE ALAH (SWT) INDICATED AND EXALTED,
YA IMAM AL QIBLATAYNI
O IMAM OF THE TWO DIRECTIONS!