hamziyya

salli ya rabbi thumma sallim 'ala man

huwa li-l-khalqi rahmatun wa-shifa'un

wa-'ala l-ali wa-s-sahabati jam'an

ma tazayyanat bi-n-nujumi s-sama'u

so pray my lord and bestow blessings upon him

who is for all mankind

a grace and a healing

so also on his fair companions and kinsmen

with blessings that abide like the sky's lofty ceiling. accept and pity them as my intercessor

upon the day when all need an intercessor. and in this gloomy age keep me and my people

for in our day our power has grown faint and feeble. for in these times the faith is once more a stranger

thus did you once foretell

the decent in danger. so catch us lest we fall in the pit of peril

for on this day we tire

after blunder and quarrel.