1. No mortal before you was made immortal
for opposing injustice and darkness, or was recorded

2. in the pages of history for miracles
like yours, proven by reason.

3. Were you not in a desolate desert
the fertile oasis, perfect for the suffering?

4. Were you not in oppressive gloom
a star whose light is guidance and wisdom?

5. Were you not the reviver of people, honoring them
after they were drowned in death or disgraced?

6. Were you not the teacher of the world
when superstition was religion and authority?

7. Were you not the liberator of prisoners
when captivity and slavery were like death?

8. Were you not the proof of man
against oblivion, for man is man?

9. O illiterate hero, live forever,
your memory is perfume, lights and melodies.

10. The time you enlightened with your birth
radiated eternal lights for immortality.

11. Without your teachings that have flourished
throughout the ages, a deluge would cover the earth.

12. Ignorance is more ruinous than a disaster,
all else makes people prey for Satan.

13. Your free birth spreads a fragrance
like the scent of flowers in a garden.

14. They said, will you compose poetry about loving him?
For the sincere, poetry is a measure.

15. What poetry can I compose, no matter how great,
whose symbols were revealed in the Quran?

16. You freed the mind when most people
were less than beasts, with idols for religion.

17. You rebelled for people, your faith fears
none but God, so no tyranny deterred you.

18. You taught people the meaning of peace in an age
when the strong ruled by force and aggression.

19. Your life taught consultation and wisdom,
spread love so enemies become brothers.

20. You wanted all people to support your call
across the land, choosing them wherever they were.

21. You made people dreams of glory
with some of your noble, lofty inspiration.

22. What can I say, when my poetry falls short
of what you possessed, while the universe listens?

23. Let my little be a gem from the treasure
of your love's revelation, a book and wealth.

24. In your shade we are all your nation
so flags do not divide despite the distance.

25. Today, your birthday, we are your nation,
Arabism is faith and homelands.