1. Long has been my yearning for the best of the good,
The place of generous and blessed dwellers,

2. I wonder, O Sa'd, after my emigration,
Will I see it with my displaced eyes?

3. O to settle there! Congratulations, for you have won,
Through it, in your life and death,

4. From gardens to gardens, so you are
In either case, in gardens,

5. Blessed is your life in the abode
Of the most generous of people, the master of masters,

6. I praise Muhammad, the chosen one, the praised,
The sun of existence, the guide of guides,

7. You have lived in his company, in safety
From the vicissitudes of misery and fear of enemies,

8. And through his light, you have entered fortresses
And so were safe from these darknesses,

9. Darknesses which, were it not for the rays of his guidance
Would have covered all directions,

10. We do not congratulate kings, but we congratulate
You for attaining the best of conditions.