الْفَصْلُ الْعَاشِرُ فِي الْمُنَاجَاةِ وَعَرْضِ الْحَاجَاتِ
Chapter Ten: Intimate Discourse and the Petition of Needs
The climactic, deeply moving supplication of the Burda. Al-Busiri pours his heart out in munajat to Allah, asking for relief from tribulations through the honor of the Chosen One (al-Mustafa ﷺ), concluding with profound salawat upon the Prophet, his holy family, and his companions as long as the eastern breeze stirs the branches.
Chapter Ten: Intimate Discourse and the Petition of Needs
الْفَصْلُ الْعَاشِرُ فِي الْمُنَاجَاةِ وَعَرْضِ الْحَاجَاتِ
Theme & Spiritual Context • Intimate Munajat, Petitions & Salawat
The climactic, deeply moving supplication of the Burda. Al-Busiri pours his heart out in munajat to Allah, asking for relief from tribulations through the honor of the Chosen One (al-Mustafa ﷺ), concluding with profound salawat upon the Prophet, his holy family, and his companions as long as the eastern breeze stirs the branches.
مَوْلَايَ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“Mawlāya ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman abadā 'Alā ḥabībika khayril khalqi kullihimi”
O my Master! Send blessings and peace continually and eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of all creation.
The sacred refrain traditionally chanted between verses across the Muslim world.
يَا أَكْرَمَ الخَلْقِ مَالَي مَنْ أَلُوذُ بِهِ سِوَاكَ عِنْدَ حُلُولِ الحَادِثِ العَمِمِ
Transliteration
Yā akramal khalqi mālī man alūdhu bihi Siwāka ʿinda ḥulūlil ḥādithil ʿamimi
English Meaning
O Noblest of Creation, whose protection can I seek But yours, when the Universal Event comes to pass?
وَلَنْ يَضِيقَ رَسُولَ اللهِ جَاهُكَ بيِ إِذَا الكَرِيمُ تَجَلَّى بِاسْمِ مُنْتَقِمِ
Transliteration
Wa lan yaḍīqa rasūlaLlāhi jāhuka bī Idhal karīmu tajjalā bismi muntaqimi
English Meaning
O Emissary of Allah, your rank will not be diminished By me when the Generous One appears, named as the Avenger.
فَإِنَّ مِنْ جُودِكَ الدُّنْيَا وَضَرَّتَهَا وَمِنْ عُلُومِكَ عِلْمَ اللَّوْحِ وَالقَلَمِ
Transliteration
Fa inna min jūdikad dunyā wa ḍarratahā Wa min ʿulūmika ʿilmal lawḥi wal qalami
English Meaning
For this world and its companion the Next come from your bounty, And part of what you know is knowledge of the Tablet and Pen.
يَا نَفْسُ لاَ تَقْنَطِي مِنْ زَلَّةٍ عَظُمَتْ إَنَّ الكَبَائِرَ فِي الغُفْرَانِ كَاللَّمَمِ
Transliteration
Yā nafsu lā taqnaṭī min zallatin ʿaẓumat Innal kabāʾira fīl ghufrāni kal lamami
English Meaning
O soul, despair not over a fault that is immense; Enormities, with divine forgiveness, are like minor errors.
لَعَلَّ رَحْمَةَ رَبِّي حِينَ يَقْسِمُهَا تَأْتِي عَلَى حَسَبِ العِصْيَانِ فِي الْقِسَمِ
Transliteration
Laʿalla raḥmata rabbī ḥīna yaqsimuhā Taʾtī ʿalā ḥasabil ʿiṣyāni fīl qisami
English Meaning
Perchance my Lord’s mercy, when He apportions it, Will be distributed in accordance with the measure of sins.
يَا رَبِّ وَاجْعَلْ رَجَائِي غَيْرَ مُنْعَكِسٍ لَدَيْكَ وَاجْعَلْ حِسَابِي غَيْرَ مُنْخَرِمِ
Transliteration
Yā rabbi wajʿal rajāʾī ghayra munʿakisin Ladayka wajʿal ḥisābī ghayra munkharimi
English Meaning
O my Lord, let not my hope in You be overturned And do not make my account devoid of value.
وَالْطُفْ بِعَبْدِكَ فِي الدَّارَيْنِ إَنَّ لَهُ صَبْرًا مَتَى تَدْعُهُ الأَهْوَالُ يَنْهَزِمِ
Transliteration
Walṭuf biʿabdika fid dārayni inna lahu Ṣabran matā tadʿuhul ahwālu yanhazimi
English Meaning
Be gentle with Your servant in this life and the Next; For his patience flees when he is visited by terrors.
وَأْذَنْ لِسُحْبِ صَلاَةٍ مِنْكَ دَائِمَةٍ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ بِمُنْهَلٍّ وَمُنْسَجِمِ
Transliteration
Waʾdhan lisuḥbi ṣalātin minka dāʾimatin ʿAlan nabiyyi bimunhallin wa munsajimi
English Meaning
And may clouds of Your blessings rain down constantly Upon the Prophet, pouring down in abundance.
مَا رَنَّحَتْ عَذَبَاتِ الْبَانِ رِيحُ صَبًا وَأَطْرَبَ الْعِيسَ حَادِي الْعِيسِ بِالنَّغَمِ
Transliteration
Mā rannaḥat ʿadhabātil bāni rīḥu ṣaban Wa aṭrabal ʿīsa ḥādil ʿīsi bin naghami
English Meaning
For as long as the east wind stirs the branches of willows, And camel-drivers bring joy to their camels with melody.
ثُمَّ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَنْ عُمَرٍ وَعَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَعَنْ عُثْمَانَ ذِي الْكَرَمِ
Transliteration
Thummar riḍā ʿan abī bakrin wa ʿan ʿumarin Wa ʿan ʿaliyyin wa ʿan ʿuthmāna dhil karami
English Meaning
Then extend Your good-pleasure to Abū Bakr and to ʿUmar And to ‘Ali, and to ʿUthmān, the generous
وَالآلِ وَالصَّحْبِ ثُمَّ التَابِعِيَن فَهُمْ أَهْلُ التُّقَى وَالنَّقَا وَالحِلْمِ وَالْكَرَمِ
Transliteration
Wal āli waṣ ṣaḥbi thummat tābiʿīna fahum Ahlut tuqā wan naqā wal ḥilmi wal karami
English Meaning
And to the Family and the Companions, and then the Followers—the people of Godfearingness, purity, forbearance and generosity.
يِا رَبِّ بِالمُصْطَفَى بَلِّغْ مَقَاصِدَنَا وَاغْفِرْ لَنَا مَا مَضَى يَا وَاسِعَ الكَرَمِ
Transliteration
Yā rabbi bil muṣṭafā balligh maqāṣidanā Waghfir lanā mā maḍā yā wāsiʿal karami
English Meaning
O Lord, by the Chosen One, allow us to attain our hopes And forgive us for what has gone past, O Vastly Generous.
وَاغْفِرْ إِلَهِي لِكُلِ المُسْلِمِينَ بِمَا يَتْلُونَ فِي المَسْجِدِ الأَقْصَى وَفِي الحَرَمِ
Transliteration
Waghfir ilāhī li kullil muslimīna bimā Yatluna fīl masjidil aqṣā wa fīl ḥarami
English Meaning
And forgive, O God, all of the Muslims, by virtue Of what they recite in the Furthest Mosque [al-Aqṣā] and the Sacrosanct Mosque [al-Ḥaram]
بِجَاهِ مَنْ بَيْتُهُ فِي طَيْبَةٍ حَرَمٌ وَاسْمُهُ قَسَمٌ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الْقَسَمِ
Transliteration
Bijāhi man baytuhu fī ṭaybatin ḥaramun Wasmuhu qasamun min aʿẓamil qasami
English Meaning
By the rank of him whose house is a sanctum in Ṭayba [Medina] And whose name is an oath—from the greatest of oaths!
وَهَذِهِ بُرْدَةُ المُخْتَارِ قَدْ خُتِمَتْ وَالحَمْدُ للهِ فِي بَدْءٍ وَفِي خَتَمِ
Transliteration
Wa hādhihi burdatul mukhtāri qad khutimat Walḥamdu liLlāhi fī badʾin wa fī khatami
English Meaning
This Burda Ode of the Chosen One is thus complete And all praise is due to Allah in its beginning and its end.
أَبْيَاتُهَا قَدْ أَتَتْ سِتِّينَ مَعْ مِائَةٍ فَرِّجْ بِهَا كَرْبَنَا يَا وَاسِعَ الْكَرَمِ
Transliteration
Abyātuhā qad atat sittīna maʿ miʾatin Farrij bihā karbanā yā wāsiʿal karami
English Meaning
Its couplets—numbering one hundred and sixty—have come; Relieve us our difficulties by them, O Vastly Generous!