1. He came like Moses when he returned from Egypt
But he did not know wandering in the desert

2. And if parting the sea was a need for him
His Lord would have parted for him the sea's billows

3. He came to us with a face like the morning so he did not
When traveling under the night, need the full moon

4. And in his white hand that staff which
If it struck a rock would affect the rock

5. He has a position on land and sea dedicated
To him the obedience of the masses in secret and openly

6. And a crown like a king's crown above his forehead
He took on with it the ring of prohibition and command

7. A doctor who cures the illness of the soul healing
Like Hippocrates for bodies in bygone eras

8. And he aspires to the whites of pages and their blacks
With ink not the whites of dirhams or yellows

9. God's spirit lodged indeed in the folds of his heart
As it alighted in the womb of the Virgin Mary

10. So he brought hearts together with his kindness
As pure water mixed with wine

11. And he founded for the lesson of knowledge a school for us
Building above it a great edifice of reward

12. It revived what died of the knowledge of his people
So it was like the sound of the horn on the Day of Resurrection

13. We see each day as a feast day through him
And all the nights as Laylat al-Qadr through him

14. And every place he stayed became a sacred house
Visited like circling that tomb

15. I composed this praise of him as a token
Of remembering him - I do not seek through it his esteem

16. And he has through praise no pride that benefits him
Rather through it praise itself gains honor