Ramadaan, our Honoured
Guest bids us Salaam, and with open arms we welcome thee!
We have waited a year
to embrace you here, we receive You with thanks and glee…
Ramadaan, Holder of Treasures
Unknown, you come to lift us closer to our Lord.
Your numbered days
blessed at Allah’s behest, so that we may attain our reward.
How pleased we are, oh
attentive Ramadaan, you duly witness our praise in chorus
Though our throats may
be dry our prayers amplify as you open the heavens for us.
Oh Bringer of Purity,
Remover of the Vile, Initiator of Humility and Surrender
We cannot appreciate
the enormity of your Gate, Ar-Rayaan to an Abode of Splendour.
We increase our ibadah
but humbly compared to the immense Rahma you convey,
We are but weak, your excellence
we seek to beautify for us our Creator’s Way.
Oh Ramadaan, you are a Divine
Tether to enduringly bind our hearts to our Deen,
In you an hour of ineffable
Power, the Kalaamullah descended on a night serene.
Leave us not, oh Month
of Emancipation without freeing us from the evil we earn.
May we diligently retain
the lessons you contain, and once again await your return.
