يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
بِــجَــمَــالِــهِ بِــجَــلَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
bijamaālihi bijalālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
by his beauty, by his majesty
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
بِــكَــمَــالِــهِ بِــمَــقَـــالِـــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
bikamaālihi bimaqaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
by his perfection, by his speech
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرُ الأَنَــامِ مُــحَــمَّـــدٌ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayrul anaāmi muḥammadun
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people is Muhammad
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
الــفَــضْــلُ مِــنْ أَفْــضَـــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
alfaḍlu min afḍaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Virtue is one of his bounties
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
قَــدْ قَــالَ رَبِّــي رَحْــمَــةٌ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
qad qaāla rabbiī raḥmatun
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My Lord has said:(He is) a mercy
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
لِــلــخَــلْــقِ فِــي إِرْسَـــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
lilkhalqi fiī irsaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
To the creation was his sending
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
دَارُ الــنَّــعِــيــمِ مَــقَــامُــهُ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
dārul nnaʿiīmi maqaāmuhu
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The abode of bliss is his residence
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَالــخُــلْــدُ فِــي إِقْــبَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wal khuldu fiī iqbaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And Eternity is before him
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
فَــمَــتَــى أُقَــبِّــلُ تُــرْبَــةً
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
famata uqabbilu turbatan
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
So when will I kiss the (piece of) earth
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
كَــانَــتْ مَــقَــرَّ نِــعَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
kaānat maqarra niʿaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Where his sandals used to step
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَمَــتَــى أُشَــاهِــدُ رَوْضَــةً
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa mata ushaāhidu rawḍatan
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And when will I see the Rawda
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مَــمْــلُــوءَةً بِــنَــوَالِـــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
mamluw’atan binawālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
That is full of his gifts
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَأَشُــمُّ مِــنْ طِــيــبِ الــحَــبِــيــبْ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa ashummu min ṭiībil ḥabiīb
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And smell the perfume of the Beloved
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
أَقِــيــلُ تَــحْــتَ ظِــلَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
aqiīlu taḥta ẓilālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And rest under his shade
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَيَــدُورُ كَــأْسُ شَــرَابِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa yadūru kasu sharābihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And the cup of his drink is passed
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مِــنْ عَــذْبِ مَــاءِ قِــلَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
min ʿadhbi ma’i qilālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
From the fresh water of his vessel
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يــا حَــبَّــذَا لَــوْ زَارَنِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
īā ḥabbadhā law zāraniī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
If only he would visit me!
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
حَــتَّــى بِــطَــيْــفِ خَــيَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
ḥatta biṭayfi khayaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Even if just a glimpse of his image
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
الــوُدُّ مِــنْــهُ لَــقَــدْ بَــدَا
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
alwuddu minhu laqad badā
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Love from him has appeared
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَكَــذَاكَ مِــنْ أَشْــبَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa kadhāka min ashbaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And likewise from his descendants
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَأُحِــبُّـــهُ وَأَوَدُّهُ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa uḥibbuhu wa awadduhu
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And I love and adore him
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
حَــقّــاً لِــطِــيــبِ خِــصَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
ḥaqqāan liṭiībi khiṣaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Truly, for the goodness of his traits
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مَــا جَــاءَ مِــثْــلُ مُــحَــمَّــدٍ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
maā ja’a mithlu muḥammadin
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
There has never come anyone like Muhammad
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مَــاجَــاءَ مِــثْــلُ مِــثَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
maāja’a mithlu mithaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Or a likeness of his likeness
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
فِــي الــصَّــخْــرِ آثَــرَ مَــشْــيُــهُ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
fiīl ṣṣakhri āthara mashyuhu
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
On rocks his footsteps left prints
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مَــاغَــاصَ فَــوْقَ رِمَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
maāghaāṣa fawqa rimaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Yet in sand they did not sink
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَأَشَــارَ لِــلــبَــدْرِ انْــقَــسَــمْ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa ashaāra lilbadri ānqasam
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And He pointed at the full moon and it divided
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
فَــانْــشَــقَّ مِــثْــلَ هِــلَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
faānshaqqa mithla hilālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
and split into two halves as if they were crescents of a new moon
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَالــجِــذْعُ أَنَّ تَــشَــــوُّقًــا
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wal jidhʿu anna tashawwuqanā
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The tree trunk cried in longing
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
لِــكَــلَامِــهِ وَمَــقَـــالِـــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
likalāmihi wa maqaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
For his speech and his words
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــحْــمِــي الــكِــنَــانَــةَ سَــيِّــدًا
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaḥmiīl kinaānata sayyidan
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
He protects the land of Kinana (Egypt) as a master
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
كَاللَّــيْــثِ فِــي أَشْــبَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
kālllaythi fiī ashbaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Like a Lion among its cubs
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
الــلَّــهُ يَــحْـــفَــظُ زَائِــرًا
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
Allahu yaḥfaẓu zā'iran
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Allah protects a visitor
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
قَــدْ سَــارَ بَــيْــنَ جِــبَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
qad saāra bayna jibaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Who walks between his mountains
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــمْــشِــي إِلَــيْــهِ مُــهَــرْوِلًا
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yamshiī ilayhi muharwilan
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Who walks to him at speed
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
لِــيَــفُــوزَ يَــوْمَ نَــوَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
liyafuwza yawma nawālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
To be a winner on the Day of Recompense
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
الــلَّــهُ يَــحْــفَــظُ قَــلْــبَــهُ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
Allahu yaḥfaẓu qalbahu
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Allah protects his heart
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
بِــالــنُّــورِ فِــي أَحْــوَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
biālnnuwri fiī aḥwālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
With light in all his states
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَيَــظَــلُّ فِــي بَــرَكَــاتِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa yaẓallu fiī barakaātihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And he remains always in his blessings
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
وَيَــزِيــدُ فِــي أَمْــوَالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
wa yazīdu fiī amwālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
And He increases him in wealth
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــارَبِّ صَــلِّ عَـــلَــى الــنَّــبِــي
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yaārabbi ṣalli ʿalal nnabiī
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
My lord send blessings upon the Prophet
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
خَــيْــرِ الأَنَــامِ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
khayril anaāmi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
The best of people and upon his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
ثُــمَّ الــصَّــلَاةُ مَــعَ الــسَّـــــــــلَامْ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
thummal ṣṣalātu maʿal ssalām
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
Then may blessings and peace descend
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
عَــلَــى الــنَّــبِــيِّ وَآلِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
ʿalal nnabiyyi wa ālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
On the Prophet and his family
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
مَــا الــجَــعْــفَــرِيُّ بِــمَــدْحِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
maāl jaʿfariyyu bimadḥihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
As long as al-J'afari sings
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah
يَــشْــدُو بِــصِــدْقِ مَــقَــالِــهِ
الــغَــالِــي الــغَــالِــي رَسُــولُ الــلَّــه
yashdū biṣidqi maqaālihi
alghaāliīl ghaāliī rasuwlu Allah
in praise with words of truth
The precious, precious Messenger of Allah