يرُوحي نسيمٌ هَبَّ من أرضِ طَيبةٍ

يرُوحي نسيمٌ هَبَّ من أرضِ طَيبةٍ

فيا حبَّذا ذاكَ النسيمُ الذي هبَّا

فيا حبَّذا ذاكَ النسيمُ الذي هبَّا

A breeze wafts in, blown from the land of Ṭaybah;

I would give my soul for a breeze that blew from the land of Tayba.

ah, how welcome is that breeze that blew!

And oh, how lovely is that breeze that blew!

به كلُّ مُشتاق يَهيمُ صبابةً

به كلُّ مُشتاق يَهيمُ صبابةً

فما هبَّ إلا شوَّقَ الهائمَ الصّبا

فما هبَّ إلا شوَّقَ الهائمَ الصّبا

Through it, every yearning lover is transported with passion;

Through it, every yearning lover wanders in passion.

only for the lovesick lover’s longing did the east wind blow.

And never did the east wind blow without stirring the lovesick wanderer’s longing.

بعجزي وسوء الحظ أصبحتُ مبعداً

بعجزي وسوء الحظ أصبحتُ مبعداً

وذلك أنَّ اللَه ما قدَّرَ القُربا

وذلك أنَّ اللَه ما قدَّرَ القُربا

Through my helplessness and ill fortune, I have come to be kept far away,

Through my helplessness and ill fortune, I have been kept far away,

for God has not decreed that I draw near

and that is because God did not decree nearness.

بيثربَ قبر بغيتي لو رأيتُهُ

بيثربَ قبر بغيتي لو رأيتُهُ

وقبل ثغري حول أرجائهِ التُّربا

وقبل ثغري حول أرجائهِ التُّربا

to the soil of the grave of my heart’s desire. If only I might see it

In Yathrib lies the tomb I long for—if only I could see it,

and kiss the earth—the dust around its precincts!

and my lips could kiss the dust around its precincts.

به خيرُ مبعوث إلى الخَلقِ كُلِّهم

به خيرُ مبعوث إلى الخَلقِ كُلِّهم

رسالَتُه قد عمَّت العُجمَ والعُربا

رسالَتُه قد عمَّت العُجمَ والعُربا

There lies the best messenger ever sent to all creation;

Within it lies the finest messenger sent to all creation;

his message has encompassed non-Arabs and Arabs alike.

his message has encompassed non-Arabs and Arabs alike.

بهيبته أردى الأعادي فحسبُهُم

بهيبته أردى الأعادي فحسبُهُم

نَبيُّ على بعد المدى يبعث الرعبا

نَبيُّ على بعد المدى يبعث الرعبا

With his awesome presence he felled his foes; enough for them

His awe-inspiring presence laid his enemies low; enough for them is

is a Prophet who inspires terror across the farthest distance.

a prophet who strikes terror even from afar.

بشيرٌ نذيرٌ ما المواهبُ والسطا

بشيرٌ نذيرٌ ما المواهبُ والسطا

إذا هو يوماً باشر السلمَ والحربا

إذا هو يوماً باشر السلمَ والحربا

A bearer of good tidings, a warner—how abundant the gifts and generosity

A bearer of glad tidings, a warner—what bounty and might,

whenever, on any day, he engaged in peace or war!

when one day he himself undertakes peace and war!

بساحته للواردين تزاحم

بساحته للواردين تزاحم

لكي يردُوا من حوضه المنهَل العذبا

لكي يردُوا من حوضه المنهَل العذبا

In his courtyard, those arriving throng together

In his courtyard, those arriving crowd together,

that they may drink from his Pool, the sweet watering place.

so they may reach the sweet watering place of his basin.

براهينه لم تخفَ عن ذي بصيرةٍ

براهينه لم تخفَ عن ذي بصيرةٍ

فلولاهُ ما كنا عرفنا لنا ربَّا

فلولاهُ ما كنا عرفنا لنا ربَّا

His proofs are hidden from no one endowed with insight;

His proofs have not been hidden from anyone with insight;

were it not for him, we would never have known a Lord was ours.

without him, we would not have known that we had a Lord.

بأوصافه فاق النبيين كلَّهم

بأوصافه فاق النبيين كلَّهم

إذا ظهرت شمسُ الضحى اخبتُ الشُّهبا

إذا ظهرت شمسُ الضحى اخبتُ الشُّهبا

In his qualities he surpassed all the prophets:

In his qualities he surpassed all the prophets:

when the forenoon sun appears, it hides the stars.

when the morning sun appears, it quenches the bright stars.