1. مَحجوبُ إِن جِئتَ الحِجا

    زَ وَفي جَوانِحِكَ الهَوى لَه

    Mahjub, if you come to the Hijaz,

    with love for it within your breast,

  2. شَوقاً وَحُبّاً بِالرَسو

    لِ وَآلِهِ أَزكى سُلالَه

    in longing and love for the Messenger

    and his family, the purest lineage,

  3. فَلَمَحتَ نَضرَةَ بانِهِ

    وَشَمَمتَ كَالرَيحانِ ضالَه

    and then glimpse the freshness of its moringa trees,

    and smell its wild lote trees like basil,

  4. وَعَلى العَتيقِ مَشَيتَ تَن

    ظُرُ فيهِ دَمعَكَ وَاِنهِمالَه

    and walk by the Ancient House, watching

    your tears there and their streaming,

  5. وَمَضى السُرى بِكَ حَيثُ كا

    نَ الروحُ يَسري وَالرِسالَه

    and the night journey bears you where once

    the Spirit and the Message traveled by night,

  6. وَبَلَغتَ بَيتاً بِالحِجا

    زِ يُبارِكُ الباري حِيالَه

    and you reach a house in the Hijaz,

    before which the Creator bestows blessings.

  7. اللَهُ فيهِ جَلا الحَرا

    مَ لِخَلقِهِ وَجَلا حَلالَه

    There God made clear what is forbidden

    to His creatures, and made clear what He permits.

  8. فَهُناكَ طِبُّ الروحِ طِب

    بُ العالَمينَ مِنَ الجَهالَه

    Thus there is the soul's medicine, a cure

    for all humankind's ignorance.

  9. وَهُناكَ أَطلالُ الفَصا

    حَةِ وَالبَلاغَةِ وَالنَبالَه

    And there are the vestiges of eloquence,

    rhetoric, and nobility.

  10. وَهُناكَ أَزكى مَسجِدٍ

    أَزكى البَرِيَّةِ قَد مَشى لَه

    And there is the purest mosque;

    the purest of creation has walked to it.

  11. وَهُناكَ عُذرِيُّ الهَوى

    وَحَديثُ قَيسٍ وَالغَزالَه

    And there is the chaste lover,

    and the tale of Qays and the gazelle.

  12. وَهُناكَ مُجري الخَيلِ يَج

    ري في أَعِنَّتِها خَيالَه

    And there is he who sets the horses running; coursing

    through their reins is his imagination.

  13. وَهُناكَ مَن جَمَعَ السَما

    حَةَ وَالرَجاحَةَ وَالبَسالَه

    And there is he who united generosity

    with sound judgment and valor.

  14. وَهُناكَ خَيَّمَتِ النُهى

    وَالعِلمُ قَد أَلقى رِحالَه

    And there reason pitched its tents,

    and knowledge has set down its baggage.

  15. وَهُناكَ سَرحُ حَضارَةٍ

    اللَهُ فَيَّأَنا ظِلالَه

    And there is civilization's spreading tree;

    God has sheltered us in its shade.

  16. إِنَّ الحُسَينَ اِبنَ الحُسَي

    نِ أَميرَ مَكَّةَ وَالإِيالَه

    Indeed al-Husayn, son of al-Husayn,

    emir of Mecca and the province,

  17. قَمَرُ الحَجيجِ إِذا بَدا

    دارُ الحَجيجِ عَلَيهِ هالَه

    is the pilgrims' moon; when he appears,

    the pilgrims circle him as a halo.

  18. أَنتَ العَليلُ فَلُذ بِهِ

    مُستَشفِياً وَاِغنَم نَوالَه

    You are ailing, so seek refuge with him,

    seeking healing, and gain his bounty.

  19. لا طِبَّ إِلّا جَدُّهُ

    شافي العُقولِ مِنَ الضَلالَه

    There is no cure but his forefather,

    the healer of minds from error.

  20. قَبِّل ثَراهُ وَقُل لَهُ

    عَنّي وَبالِغ في المَقالَه

    Kiss his soil, and say to him,

    on my behalf—and be emphatic in your words:

  21. أَنا يا اِبنَ أَحمَدَ بَعدَ مَد

    حي في أَبيكَ بِخَيرِ حالَه

    I, O son of Ahmad, after my praise

    of your father, am in good condition.

  22. أَنا في حِمى الهادي أَبي

    كَ أُحِبُّهُ وَأُجِلُّ آلَه

    I am under the protection of the Guide, your father;

    I love him and revere his family.

  23. شَوقي إِلَيكَ عَلى النَوى

    شَوقُ الضَريرِ إِلى الغَزالَه

    My longing for you, despite the distance,

    is a blind man's longing for the sun.

  24. يا اِبنَ المُلوكِ الراشِدي

    نَ الصالِحينَ أُلي العَدالَه

    O son of the rightly guided kings,

    the righteous, endowed with justice,

  25. إِن كانَ بِالمُلكِ الجَلا

    لَةُ فَالنَبِيُّ لَكُم جَلالَه

    if glory lies in kingship,

    then the Prophet is your glory.

  26. أَوَلَيسَ جَدُّكُمُ الَّذي

    بَلَغَ الوُجودَ بِهِ كَمالَه

    And is your forefather not the one

    through whom existence attained its perfection?