1. With lightning flashing brightly alone
And I saw the dawn break over Najd

2. Its fears quenched from me by the veil
And the black night and still dawn

3. The prayer place was made accessible
I left the green valley of the prayer place

4. So the light illuminated from its radiance
The plateau and environs were in full bloom

5. The meadows of Raḍwā are like Paradise
Scattering pearls of dew upon them

6. O breeze blowing from Kazima
Bring to me that sweet-smelling wind

7. Promise me a night visit in Ḥimā
That distracted me from sleep and anguish

8. The one who suffered from his absent beloved
Took sorrows and gave wakefulness

9. If the blamer only knew of my love's agony
He would have tasted from my cup and excused me

10. Time does not think me heedless
After my praise of the excellent poet

11. I gained from the one I asked
I said all the game is in the belly of the saddlebags

12. The shining face in both abodes
My quarry, the Sheikh al-‘Arabī lives on

13. Quintessence of truth whose light
Covered the world and spread amongst mankind

14. The one guide of the nation, guided and guiding
Rescuer of Earth’s people, cave of the destitute

15. Direction of visitors hoping for his generosity
But the Greatest Imam of the Righteous

16. Ka‘ba of Glory whom when visited
Pilgrimage, in seeking him, was gained

17. He whom I never approached empty-handed
Except that I grabbed the stones from his palm

18. Cloud of blessings whose shade is mercy
That never ceased pouring from them

19. My masters do not neglect your praiser
For I was made victorious through you

20. The least duty of service is to
Reach ‘Abd al-Raḥīm of Al Waṭar

21. Pray especially for me and grasp my hand
And raise my worth whenever it is sought in marriage

22. Do not reserve supplications for yourselves
And remember the absent amongst those present

23. And ask the Merciful to bestow a mercy
Encompassing the dead in the earth’s cavity

24. And God’s prayers spread over the meadow
Of Aḥmad the Chosen One wherein lies a grave

25. And his two grandsons and whoever
Chose emigration or gave victory

26. And all progeny and companions
With lightning flashing brightly alone