1. للسعيد المجتبى فضلٌ

    على كل عديمِ

    Al-Saʿid al-Mujtaba has bestowed favor

    upon every destitute person.

  2. جمعَ العالمَ طرَّا

    من غنيٍّ وعديم

    The whole world was gathered,

    rich and destitute alike,

  3. دعوةٌ قد أشبهت

    دعوةَ نوحٍ في العموم

    by an invitation that indeed resembled

    Noah's call in its all-embracing reach.

  4. لم يكن يخلص فيما

    بيننا وفدُ النسيم

    There was no getting through

    among us for the breeze's delegation.

  5. وغدت ساحات تلك

    الدار كالعقدِ النظيم

    And the courtyards of that

    house became like a neatly strung necklace.

  6. ثمَّ لمَّا امتلأت حتى

    حكت صدر الكظيم

    Then, when they filled to the point that

    they resembled the breast of one stifling his grief,

  7. جاءنا من فوقُ بالأسباط

    مع موسى الكليم

    he came to us from above with the Tribes,

    with Moses, who spoke with God.