Yallah Lana Bil Qabul
Written by:
Habib ‘Ali bin Muhammad bin Husain bin Muhammad Al-Habsyi
Translated by Ali Hussain
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يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
قصيدة الحبيب علي بن محمد
بن حسين بن محمد الحبشي
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
عَلَى فِنَاء بَابْ مَوْلَانَا طَرَحْنَا الْحَمُول
‘Alā fina’ bāb mawlānā thoraḥnal ḥamūl
Upon the doorsteps of our Master, we have laid our needs!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
رَاجِين مِنْهُ الْمَوَاخِبْ وَالرِّضَى وَالْقَبُول
Rājīn minhul mawākhib war-ridhō wal-qabūl
Hoping (to receive) from Him gifts, contentment and acceptance!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
يَارَبِّ يَاخَيْرَ مُعْطِى هَبْ لَنَا كُلَّ سُول
Yā Rabbi Yā Khoira Mu‘thi hab lana kulla sūl
Oh Singular One, The Best of Givers, grant us all that we seek!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَاخْتِمْ لَنَا مِنْكَ بِالْحُسْنَى نَهَارِ الْقُفُول
Wakhtim lanā minka bil ḥusnā nahāril qufūl
And seal (our life and affairs) from Your grace with goodness on the day of closure!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَهَبْ لَنَا الْقُرْب مِنَّكْ وَاللِّقَا وَالْوُصُول
Wa hab lanāl qurb minnak walliqō walwuṣūl
And grant us nearness to You, till our meeting and reaching You!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
عَسَى نُشَاهِدَكْ فِى مِرْآةْ طَهَ الرَّسُول
‘Asā nushāhidak fī mir-āh Thohar rasūl
May we witness You in the mirror of Taha the Messenger!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
يَا رَبَّنَا انْظُرْ إِلَيْنَا وَاسْتَمِعْ مَا نَقُول
Yā Rabbanān zhur ilainā wastami‘ mā naqūl
O Our Lord, please gaze upon us and please listen to what we say!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَاقْبَلْ دُعَانَا فَإِنَّا تَحْتِ بَابِكْ نُزُول
Waqbal du-‘ānā fa-innā taḥti bābīk nuzūl
And answer our supplications for we are residing at Your doorsteps!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
ضِيفَانْ فَضْلِكْ وَلَسْنَا عَنْهُ يَا اللّٰه نَحُول
Dhīfān fadhlik wa lasnā ‘anhu yāllāh naḥūl
Guest of Your gate and we shall not turn away from it!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَظَنُّنَا فِيكْ وَافِرْ وَالْأَمَلْ فِيكْ طُول
Wa zhon-nunā fīk wāfir wal amal fīk thūl
Our opinion of You is bountiful and our hope in You is prolonged!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَفِى نُحُورِ الْأَعَادِي بِكْ إِلَهِي نَصُول
Wafī nuḥūril a-‘ādī bik ilahī naṣūl
And when we face the enemies Your help we seek!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
فِى شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ قُمْنَا بِالْحَيَا وَالذُّبُول
Fī shahri ramadhōnan qumnā bil ḥayā wadz-dzubūl
In the month of Ramadhan we stood with reviviscence and weakness!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
نَبْغَا كَرَامَةْ بِهَا تَزْكُو جَمِيعُ الْعُقُول
Nabghō karōmah bihā tazkū jamī‘ul ‘uqūl
We seek dignity through which all intellects (our minds) will be cleansed!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
نَسْلُكْ عَلَى الْصِدِقْ فِى
سُبْلِ الرِّجَالِ الْفُحُول
Nasluk ‘alal ṣidiq fī sublir rijālil fuḥūl
We tread upon sincerity In the ways of distinguished men!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
سُبْلِ التُّقَى وَالْهِدَايَةْ لَا سَبِيلِ الْفُضُول
Sublit tuqō wal hidāyah lā sabīlil fudhūl
The ways of the pious and the guided, not the path of the loquacious (experts in talkative-ness)!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
يَا اللّٰه طَلَبْنَاكْ يَامَنْ لَيْس مُلْكُهْ يَزُول
Yāllāh tholabnāk yā man lais mulkuh yazūl
O Allah, we have sought You. O You, whose Kingdom never perishes!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
ثُمَّ الصَّلَاةُ عَلَى الْمُخْتَارْ طَهَ الرَّسُول
Ṧummaṣ ṣolātu ‘alal mukhtar thohar rasūl
And our salutations upon the Chosen One – Taha the Messenger!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
وَالْآلْ وَالصَّحْبِ مَا دَاعٍ رَجَعْ بِالْقَبُول
Wal āli waṣ-ṣoḥbi mā dā-‘ī raja‘ bil qabūl
And upon his family and companions, with the acceptance of every supplicant!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
اَللّٰهُ اَللّٰهُ يَا اللّٰه لَنَا بِالْقَبُول
Allāhu Allāhu Yāllāh lanā bil qabūl
Allah, Allah, O Allah, grant us acceptance!
