خُذوا في رسول اللَه عني مدائحاً

خُذوا في رسول اللَه عني مدائحاً

تَعِزُّ بما حازته منه وتشمخُ

تَعِزُّ بما حازته منه وتشمخُ

Receive from me praises of God's Messenger,

Take from me praises of Allah's Messenger

Which gain honor and rise high through what they have received from him.

That glorify what he attained and tower high

خلت فكرتي من نظم أوصاف غيره

خلت فكرتي من نظم أوصاف غيره

ولي منطقٌ بالطيب منه مُضمَّخُ

ولي منطقٌ بالطيب منه مُضمَّخُ

My mind is free of versifying the qualities of anyone but him,

My thoughts are empty of describing anyone but him

And mine is speech steeped in perfume from him.

And my words about him are steeped in goodness

خسرتُ زماناً لم أقل فيه مدحه

خسرتُ زماناً لم أقل فيه مدحه

فعَقدُ التزامي مدحهُ ليسُ يُفسَخُ

فعَقدُ التزامي مدحهُ ليسُ يُفسَخُ

I lost time in which I did not utter his praise,

I wasted time not praising him

So the covenant of my commitment to praising him shall not be broken.

So my covenant to praise him cannot be undone

خصمت ذنوبا اثقلت كاهلي بما

خصمت ذنوبا اثقلت كاهلي بما

أُحَرِّرُه من مدحه حين تُنسخُ

أُحَرِّرُه من مدحه حين تُنسخُ

I overcame sins that weighed upon my shoulders through what

I accumulated sins that burdened my shoulders

I compose in his praise, as those sins are effaced.

But praising him absolves me when transcribed

خضوعي لخوف اللَه أضحى مكفرا

خضوعي لخوف اللَه أضحى مكفرا

ليالي فيها كنت بالجهل أبذخ

ليالي فيها كنت بالجهل أبذخ

My submission in fear of God has become an atonement

My submission to fearing Allah has become

For nights when, in ignorance, I acted arrogantly.

Atonement for nights of ignorant sin

خفارتُه للمذنبين معدّةٌ

خفارتُه للمذنبين معدّةٌ

اذا قام إسرافيل في الصُّور يَنفَخُ

اذا قام إسرافيل في الصُّور يَنفَخُ

His protection stands ready for sinners

His intercession for sinners is prepared

When Israfil rises to blow into the Trumpet.

When Israfil blows the trumpet raised high

خذ الأمن منهُ إذ توافيهِ مُسلماً

خذ الأمن منهُ إذ توافيهِ مُسلماً

فلا القلبُ مرتاعٌ ولا العينُ تنضَخُ

فلا القلبُ مرتاعٌ ولا العينُ تنضَخُ

Take safety from him when you come to him as a Muslim;

Take security from him if you greet him as Muslim

Then neither is the heart afraid nor does the eye stream with tears.

Neither is the heart anxious nor does the eye weep

خلعتُ عذاري في الصِّبا بجهَالتي

خلعتُ عذاري في الصِّبا بجهَالتي

ولكنَّ رَوعي بالشَّفاعَة يُفرِخُ

ولكنَّ رَوعي بالشَّفاعَة يُفرِخُ

I cast off my bridle in youth through my ignorance,

I cast off my virtue in youth foolishly

But my fear subsides through intercession.

But my alarm is soothed by his intercession

خمائلُ زَهرِ الروضِ دُون صفاتِهِ

خمائلُ زَهرِ الروضِ دُون صفاتِهِ

كما قد رَوى الرَّاوُون عنهُ وأرخَّوُا

كما قد رَوى الرَّاوُون عنهُ وأرخَّوُا

The garden's flowering groves fall short of his qualities,

Garden flowers compared to his attributes

As narrators have recounted and chronicled about him.

Are as narrators related and chronicled

خبت نارُ كسرى إذا بَدَا نُورا أحمدٍ

خبت نارُ كسرى إذا بَدَا نُورا أحمدٍ

وما زالَ نورُ الصُّبحِ لليَّلِ ينسَخُ

وما زالَ نورُ الصُّبحِ لليَّلِ ينسَخُ

Kisra's fire died out when Ahmad's two lights appeared,

The fire of Chosroes dims when Ahmed's light appears

And dawn's light has never ceased to efface the night.

And the light of dawn never ceases to erase the night