1. شمسُ حُسنٍ قد أطلَعَت

    قمراً لاحَ في الفَلَك

    A sun of beauty has brought forth

    A moon that shone in the firmament.

  2. ليسَ للأُنسِ ينتمي

    بل له صورةُ المَلَك

    He does not belong to humankind;

    Rather, he has the form of an angel.

  3. ما ترى نورَ وجههِ

    ساطِعاً قد جَلا الحَلَك

    Do you not see the light of his face,

    Shining, having dispelled the darkness?

  4. كلُّ قلبٍ لحُسنِهِ

    في هواه قد انسَلَك

    Every heart, for his beauty,

    Has become entwined in love for him.

  5. مَلَك الناسَ كُلَّهُم

    وسبا قلبَ من مَلَك

    He has won dominion over all people,

    And taken captive the heart of every ruler.

  6. وأبُوه هوَ الذي

    طُرُقَ الخيرِ قد سَلَك

    And his father is the one who

    Has trodden the paths of goodness.

  7. يا فريداً محمدٌ

    مشبِهٌ في الجمالِ لَك

    O peerless one, Muhammad

    Resembles you in beauty.

  8. دلِّلَنهُ وكُن لهُ

    مثلَ من كانَ دَلَّلَك

    Do pamper him, and be to him

    Like the one who once pampered you.

  9. واحفِظَنهُ ورَبِّه

    فهوَ بالشِّبهِ جَمَّلَك

    And protect him well, and raise him,

    For he has adorned you by resembling you.