1. لَكَ اللَهُ مِن سارٍ إِلَيَّ مُسَلِّمٍ

    فَنابَ وَراءَ اللَيلِ عَن أُمِّ سالِمِ

    God bless you, night traveler coming to greet me,

    who, beyond the night, stood in for Umm Salim.

  2. يَجولُ بِهِ ماءُ النَضارَةِ وَالنَدى

    كَما جالَ ماءُ البِشرِ في وَجهِ قادِمِ

    The water of freshness and dew courses through him,

    as the water of gladness coursed across a new arrival's face.

  3. تَنَفَّسَ يُهدي عَن حَبيبٍ تَحِيَّةً

    هَزَزنا لَها زَهواً فُضولَ العَمائِمِ

    He breathed, bearing a greeting from a beloved,

    for which we exultantly shook our turbans' trailing ends.

  4. يُذَكِّرُنا رَيّا الأَحِبَّةِ نَفحَةً

    فَنَذكُرُهُ بِالدَمعِ سُقيا الغَمائِمِ

    With a waft he reminds us of the fragrance of loved ones,

    so we remember him with tears like rain from the clouds.