1. سيّد الرسلِ خيرُ من قد تحلاّ

    بصفاتِ الكمال قَوْلاً وفِعْلا

    The master of the messengers is the best ever adorned

    with the qualities of perfection, in word and deed.

  2. ليلةُ المولدِ الشريف من الده

    ر ضياءٌ لمِن دعي ليسَ إِلاّ

    The night of the noble birth, amid the ages,

    is light for whoever is called—nothing else.

  3. خرّ للهِ ساجداً ثم سنّى

    طرفَه للسماءِ حين استهلاّ

    He fell prostrate before God, then lifted

    his gaze toward the sky when he gave his first cry.

  4. وتدانت منه النجومُ وما كا

    نتْ لغير النبيِّ أنْ تتدلّى

    And the stars drew near him; they would not

    hang low for anyone but the Prophet.

  5. فتراءَتْ قصورُ بُصْرَى من أرض ال

    شامِ من نور ذاتهِ مُذْ تَجلّى

    Then the palaces of Busra appeared in the land of

    al-Sham, through the light of his being when he shone forth.

  6. وتداعى الإِيوانُ إِيوان كسرى

    فاغتدى صاغراً هناك وذَلاّ

    And the palace hall collapsed—the hall of Khosrow—

    and there it became abject and humbled.

  7. ولكم آيةٍ بها خصَّةُ اللّ

    هُ وفضل حباهُ عزَّ وجَلاّ

    And how many a sign God specially granted him,

    and favors He bestowed on him—mighty and exalted is He!