1. O Master of Messengers, exalted is his station,
The foremost whose time has passed,

2. The Chosen One from all creation,
His rank is most high and sublime.

3. Of prophethood, purity and guidance,
Honor filled his heart and tongue.

4. The seal of prophets and their crown,
The seal completes the crown's perfection.

5. Eternity's horizon dawned with Ahmad,
Creation's eyelid blinked open with Ahmad.

6. Your servant calls you though sins deter him,
Yearning inflames his heart with its fires.

7. The righteous hastened to you on pilgrimage,
While the sinner restrained himself in shame.

8. When the hesitant hesitated from his sins,
Among sinners, though honored is his station.

9. He wrote this ode hoping that if
His gaze cannot reach your grave, his words might.

10. Behind my ribs is a heart imprisoned
By the shackles of misdeeds and sorrows.

11. But your love intercedes and advocates,
Sheltering your loving servant safe and secure.

12. Greetings upon you, best of mankind,
Like a meadow greeting the breeze with its blooms.

13. From one who visits you in word and deed
Since his body failed to visit for its sins.