1. Why, my heart, do you always yearn
For a people who never return your longing?

2. Or did a glimmer of their splendor dazzle you,
A flash that made you hope they might call?

3. How often has love for them left me distraught,
A specter of their union that comes and goes!

4. Guide my laments, stop them for their sake,
And make my heart sing though it is lost.

5. Seek out the Arabs in their dwellings,
Those who, when dead, live on in joy.

6. Renew, Saad, the telling of their tales
For one made happy by his love for them.

7. Take my soul, all that I own,
And I will count it a gift to you.

8. How often has the dust of grief blown
And sorrow's wind gust over my heart!

9. My eyes rain tears, pouring down,
My cheeks channel them, though they run dry.

10. Sorrow grew, and tears multiplied,
Patience and my heart met at dawn.

11. O people of the Abode, yours is a sanctuary
Violated by none who found guidance.

12. A sanctuary where the Merciful dwelt,
And the Messenger of God was born.

13. The Chosen One who gave guidance,
Brought Islam and guided us to it.

14. He clarified the nation when he came
Though its precepts had been complex.

15. For him, the knots of unbelief came undone,
The lines of victory were drawn taut.

16. How often he marched an army to pasture
When he wished it to graze and rest!

17. O community of the Best of Mankind,
You have achieved your high ambitions.

18. You came to the Kaaba for your final rites-
Take refuge there, and call upon the Eternal!

19. How many souls shudder and shake
When uncovered before Him on Judgment Day!

20. The souls will never rest, nor will their agony
Cease, no matter how far they flee.

21. Drink at Zamzam, repent thereafter,
And you will attain righteousness.

22. Commit yourself to the Station, halt,
And lift up your hands there in supplication.

23. Beg for forgiveness on the plain of Mina,
Safe from fear, seeking sanctuary.

24. Visit the Chosen One, and attain hope.
Prolong your ritual stay in his precincts.

25. Make firm, O my friend, your resolve,
And seek aid that you may attain succor.

26. Through him, then, intercede, and rely
On the Munificent Lord's generosity.

27. Surely He would not disappoint one who seeks Him—
Never! When asked, He giveth bounteously.

28. Upon him blessings and peace of God,
Forever boundless in number.