Day has dawned upon the moon (Atla' nahar), qasida
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Qasida ‘Day has dawned upon the moon’ (Atla’ nahar ’alal qamar): video, transliterated text, English translation and Arabic text.
Transliteration
Atla’ nhar ’alal qamar
Atla’ nhar ’alal qamar wa ma bqa -illa rabbi
Annas zarat Muhammad wa na skan liya qalbi
Atla’ nhar ’ala qalbi hatta ndhertu bi ‘ayniyya
Anta dlili ya rabbi anta wela menni biya
Nnur tale’ ytla-la men qebbet l’arbi lamjad
Khallitna fi dhal hala wa sbitna ya Muhammad
Ghayyibt nadhri fi nadhru wa fnit ’an kull fani
Haqqaqt mawjudt chi ghiru um chit fi hali hani
Yal waqfin ’ala zemzem khalliwni narwa
mannu Habibna ya Muhammad nabina ya
mahannu
Man lamni fi nar lhub nbi’ lu ychri
menni Nbi’ lu bi’al muhtaj wi la jarrab
a’dharni
English translation
Day has dawned upon the moon
Day has dawned upon the moon, and my Lord alone remains
People visit Muhammad; as for me, he dwells in my heart
Day has dawned upon my heart, until I behold Him with my own eyes
You are my Guide, O Lord; You are fitter to lead me than myself
The light rises sparkling from the dome of the glorious Arab
You plunged us into this state and You tried us, O Muhammad!
I drowned my sight in His sight and passed away from all that passes
I realised that nothing but Him is, and went my way serene
O you who stand at the Zamzam spring, let me drink my fill
Muhammad is our beloved, our gracious prophet!
Whoever reproaches me with the fire of Love, let him take it from me
I will sell it to him cheap, so that he may taste it and understand me at last
There is no Love without Union, but the price of Union is very high
The draught is sealed and the station very high
The people of Love told me: ’If God has made Love your trial,
know that it is a very high station, much coveted; the People of the Book were left amazed by it’
Enraptured in God I am, not mad; the states pass through me,
I was able to see the Guarded Tablet; God’s bounty came before me
People accuse me of innovation, yet my path has always been rooted in the tradition
If you are right with your Lord, then you know that no harm comes from creatures.
Arabic text
طلع النهار على القمر
طلع النهار على القمر وما بقى إلا ربي
الناس زارت محمد و نا اسكن لي قلبي
طلع النهار على قلبي حتى نضرته بعنيا
أنت دليلي ياربي أنت أولى مني بيا
غيبت نظري في نظره وفنيت عن كل فاني
حققت ما وجدت غيره وامسيت في حالي هاني
الناس قالت بدعي و أنا طريقي منجورة
إذا صفيت مع ربي العبد ما منه ضرورة
النور طالع يتلألأ من قبة العربي الأمجد
خليتنا في ذي الحالة واسبيتنا يا محمد
الواقفين على زمزم خلوني نروى منه
أحبيبنا يا مـحـمـد سلطانا يا ما حنه
إذا نشوفك يا الأمجد نصيب راحة في نفسي
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