Bahibbak Wa Baridak Nasheed: Complete Arabic Lyrics with English Translation

"Bahibbak Wa Baridak" (بحبك وبريدك) is a widely cherished Egyptian Sufi devotional song (nasheed) expressing deep love, reverence, and spiritual attachment to the Prophet Muhammad. 

 

بَحَبَّكْ وَبَرِيدَكْ وَأَتَمَنَّى أَبُوسْ إِيدَكْ

خَدَّامَكْ وَمَرِيدَكْ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Baḥibbak wa-barīdak wa-atamannā abūs īdak

Khuddāmak wa-murīdak yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

I love you and I desire you, and I wish to kiss your hand,

Your servant and your seeker, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

حَبِيبِي مُحَمَّدْ مَفِيشْ زَيُّهْ اِتْنَيْنْ

حُبُّهْ سَاكِنْ قَلْبِي يَزِيدْ كُلَّ اِتْنَيْنْ

Ḥabībī Muḥammad mafīsh zayyuh itnīn

Ḥubbuh sākin qalbī yazīd kull itnīn

My beloved Muhammad, there is none like him—no second to him,

His love dwells in my heart and grows stronger every day.

جَمَالُهْ وَدَلاَلُهْ مُتَغَطِّي بِجَلاَلُهْ

وِدِّي أَقْعُدْ قُبَالُهْ تَشُوفْهُمْ الاِتْنَيْنْ

Jamāluh wa-dalāluh mutaghaṭṭī bi-jalāluh

Widdī aqʻud qubāluh tshūfhum al-itnīn

His beauty and grace are veiled in his majesty,

I long to sit before him so my eyes may behold both.

يَا أَجْمَلْ هَدِيَّةْ مِنْ رَبِّ الْبَرِيَّةْ

لِكُلِّ الدُّنْيَا دِيَّةْ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Yā ajmal hadiyyah min Rabb al-bariyyah

Li-kull ad-dunyā diyyah yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

O most beautiful gift from the Lord of creation,

Given to this entire world, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

مَهُو أَنْتَ قَمَرَهَا وَأَنْتَ اللِّي مُنَوِّرَهَا

وَمُفَتِّحْ أَسْرَارَهَا يَا جَدَّ الْقَمَرَيْنْ

Ma-huwa inta qamarhā wa-inta illī munawwirhā

Wa-mufattiḥ asrārhā yā jadd al-qamarayn

For you are its full moon and the one illuminating it,

Unlocking its mysteries, O grandfather of the two moons.

أَنَا نَفْسِي أَزُورَكْ وَفِي حَالِي أَشُورَكْ

يَا جَمَالَكْ وَنُورَكْ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Anā nafsī azūrak wa-fī ḥālī ashūrak

Yā jamālak wa-nūrak yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

How I long to visit you and seek your counsel in my life,

O how beautiful is your beauty and your light, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

حَبِيبِي وَعَيْنَيَّ أَحْمَدْ نُورْ عَيْنَيَّ

أَنْتَ الْغَالِي عَلَيَّ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Ḥabībī wa-ʻaynayy Aḥmad nūr ʻaynayy

Inta al-ghālī ʻalayy yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

My beloved and my eyes, Ahmad, the light of my vision,

You are the most precious to me, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

وَبِنْتَكْ الْبَتُولْ بِعُيُونِكْ يَا رَسُولْ

نَرْجُو مِنْكُمْ قَبُولْ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Wa-bintuka al-Batūl bi-ʻuyūnika yā Rasūl

Narjū minkum qabūl yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

And by your chaste daughter, Fatimah, O Messenger,

We pray for your acceptance, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

شُوفْتُهْ إِنِّي قُصَّادِي اِتْكَسَفْتِ أَنَادِي

وَبِقَلْبِي سُهَادِي يَا جَدِّي يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Shuftuh innī quṣṣādī itkasaft anādī

Wa-bi-qalbī suhādī yā Jaddī yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

When I saw him standing before me, I felt too shy to call out,

While restless longing filled my heart, O my Master, grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.

يَنْدَهْلِي وَأَجِيلُهْ يَفْرُشْلِي مَنْدِيلُهْ

حَبِيبِي أَنَادِيلُهْ يَا جَدَّ الْحَسَنَيْنْ

Yandahlī wa-ajīlih yifrishlī mandīlih

Ḥabībī anādīlih yā jadd al-Ḥasanayn

He calls to me and I answer; he spreads out his cloak for me,

My beloved—I call upon him, O grandfather of Hassan and Hussain.