1. مَنَعَ الرقادَ بِلابِلٌ وَهُمومُ

    وَاللَيلُ مُعتَلِجُ الرَواقِ بِهيمُ

    Troubles and cares denied me sleep,

    and night, its canopy roiling, was pitch-black.

  2. مِمّا أَتاني أَنَّ أَحمدَ لامَني

    فيهِ فَبِتُ كَأَنِني مَحمومُ

    For word had reached me that Ahmad reproached me

    for it; so I spent the night as though fever-stricken.

  3. يا خَيرَ مَن حَمَلَت عَلى أَوصالِها

    عَيرانَةٌ سُرُحُ اليَدَينِ غَشومُ

    O best of those borne upon her limbs

    by a sturdy she-camel, free-striding in her forelegs, rushing heedlessly on.

  4. إِنّي لمُعتَذِرٌ إِلَيكَ مِن الَّذي

    أَسدَيتُ إِذ أَنا في الضَلالِ أَهيمُ

    I am indeed apologizing to you for what

    I did when I wandered in error,

  5. أَيامَ تَأمُرَني بِأَغوى خُطَّةٍ

    سَهمٌ وَتَأمُرَني بِها مَخزومُ

    in days when I was urged toward the most misguided course

    by Sahm, and Makhzum urged me to it;

  6. وَأمُدُّ أَسبابَ الرَدى وَيَقودُني

    أَمرُ الغُواةِ وَأمرُهُم مَشؤومُ

    and I stretched out the cords of death, and was led

    by the command of the misguided—and their command was ill-omened.

  7. فَاليَومَ آمَنَ بِالنَبيِّ مُحَمَدٍ

    قَلبي وَمُخطئُ هَذِهِ مَحرومُ

    So today the Prophet Muhammad has the faith

    of my heart; whoever misses this is deprived.

  8. مَضَتِ العَداوَةُ وَاِنقَضَت أَسبابُها

    وَدَعَت أَواصِرُ بَينَنا وَحُلومُ

    Enmity has passed, and its causes have ended;

    and bonds between us have beckoned, and sound minds too.

  9. فَاِغفِر فِدَىً لَكَ وَالِداي كِلاهُما

    زَلَلي فَإِنَّكَ راحِمٌ مَرحومُ

    So forgive—may both my parents be your ransom—

    my lapses, for you are merciful and shown mercy.

  10. وَعَلَيكَ مِن عِلمِ المَليكِ عَلامَةٌ

    نُورٌ أَغَرُّ وَخاتِمٌ مَختومُ

    And upon you is a sign from the Sovereign’s knowledge:

    a radiant light and an imprinted seal.

  11. أَعطاكَ بَعدَ مَحَبَةٍ بُرهانَهُ

    شَرَفاً وَبُرهانُ الإِلَهِ عَظيمُ

    After loving you, He granted you His proof

    as an honor; and the proof of God is mighty.

  12. وَلَقَد شَهِدتُ بِأَنُّ دينَكَ صادِقٌ

    حَقٌّ وَأَنكَ في العِبادِ جَسيمُ

    And I have indeed testified that your religion is true,

    the truth, and that you are eminent among God’s servants.

  13. وَاللَهُ يَشهَدُ أَنَّ أَحمدَ مُصطَفى

    مُستَقبِلٌ في الصالِحينَ كَريمُ

    And God bears witness that Ahmad is chosen,

    welcoming and noble among the righteous.

  14. قَرمٌ عَلا بُنيانُهُ مِن هاشِمٍ

    فرعٌ تَمَكَّنَ في الذُرى وَأُرومُ

    A mighty chief whose edifice rose from Hashim,

    a branch firmly set in the heights, with ancestral roots.