1. أَنبيّ دونك عبرتي وَتنهدي

    كمدا عليك فَكَم أَعيد و أَبتَدي

    My son, here are my tears and sighs,

    In grief for you—how often I repeat them and begin anew.

  2. أَبني طال بك السقام فَلَيتَني

    أَفديك لو ولد بوالده فدى

    My son, illness has lingered long with you; would that I

    Could ransom you, if a child could be ransomed by his father.

  3. أَبنيّ ما بيدي الملك حيلة

    لكن أَمدالي ابن آمنة يَدي

    My son, I have no power in my hands to contrive a remedy,

    But I stretch my hand toward the son of Amina.

  4. ان ضاق بي وَبك الخناق فَلَم يضق

    عَني وَعنك عَريض جاه محمد

    If the noose tightens around you and me, there is no narrowing

    Of Muhammad's ample standing for you and me.

  5. ذاكَ الغَياث المُستَغاث به الَّذي

    لَولاه ما كانَ الوجود بموجد

    He is that succor, the one invoked for help,

    Without whom existence would not have been brought into being.

  6. ذاكَ المتوج بالمهابة وَالعلا

    شمس النبوّة عصمة المسترشد

    He is the one crowned with majesty and loftiness,

    The sun of prophethood, the safeguard of those seeking guidance.

  7. هُوَ غيم مرحمة عيد ظلاله

    وَيَفيض نائله لكل موحد

    He is a cloud of mercy; his shade is a feast,

    And his bounty flows to every believer in God's oneness.

  8. هُوَ صاحب الاحاكم وَالحكم الَّتي

    طلعت طَلائعها هدى للمهتدى

    He bears the rulings and the wisdom whose

    Heralds arose as guidance for those rightly guided.

  9. قمر تسلسل من ذؤابة هاشم

    في السر منها وَالصَريح الامجد

    A moon descended from the crest of Hashim's line,

    From its choicest stock and its pure, most glorious lineage.

  10. ملأت محامده الزمان وأسرعت

    شهب النجا ملغور وَلمنجد

    His praiseworthy deeds filled time; swiftly sped

    The meteors of deliverance to lowlander and highlander.

  11. رؤوف بامته رحيم مشفق

    متعطف بالود للمتودد

    Tender toward his community, merciful and compassionate,

    Turning with affection toward those who show him love.

  12. تَرجوه في الدنيا لنجح مرادنا

    وَنَلوذ منه إِلى الشَفاعة في غد

    You hope in him in this world for our wish to succeed,

    And we seek refuge in his intercession on the morrow.

  13. وَهُوَ الَّذي من قاب قَوسين اِنتَهى

    في القرب يفتح كل باب مؤصد

    And he is the one who, from two bow-lengths, reached the utmost

    In nearness, opening every bolted door.

  14. وَله الفَضيلة وَالوَسيلة رفعة

    وَالفَضل وَالزلفى وَصدق المقعد

    His are eminence, the station of nearness, and exaltation,

    And excellence, intimacy, and a seat of truth.

  15. وَالرسل تحشر تحت ظل لوائه

    وَتؤم كوثره الهىء المورد

    The messengers are gathered beneath the shade of his banner,

    And make for his Kawthar, its [pleasant] watering place.

  16. جبل فلوذ من الخطوب بعزه

    وَبه نَصول عَلى الزَمان المعتدى

    A mountain—so shelter in his might from calamities,

    Through him we charge against transgressing Time.

  17. جعل الصَنائع في الرقاب قَلائِدا

    وَبَني المحامد في عراص الفرقد

    He made benefactions necklaces upon necks,

    And built his glories in the courts of al-Farqad.

  18. يَتَوسَل المتوسلون بجاهه

    فيرد عنهم كل خطب أَنكد

    Those seeking intercession appeal through his standing,

    And he turns every grievous calamity away from them.

  19. جاد الغمام عَلى رباه إِلى ربا

    سلع فَما والى بقيع الغرقد

    May the clouds pour generously on his hills, as far as the heights

    Of Salʿ, and whatever borders Baqiʿ al-Gharqad;

  20. وَسَقى جَوانِب روضة قدسية

    مَحروسة في ظل ذاك المسجد

    And water the edges of a sacred garden,

    Guarded in the shade of that mosque.

  21. فَهناك أَرواح النفوس عواكف

    شغفا يا حمد ذائبات الاكبد

    There the spirits of souls linger in devotion,

    In passionate love, O Hamd, their livers melting.

  22. طوبى لطيبة حيث حل بربعها

    شمس الفخار ففاق شمس الاسعد

    Blessed is Tayba, where in its dwellings settled

    The sun of glory, outshining the sun of highest fortune.

  23. نزل المكان فَكان محترما به

    وَمحا الفسدا فساد كل مسود

    He dwelt in that place, and it became revered through him,

    And erased corruption—the corruption of every blackened one.

  24. علم تظلل بالغمامة واِرتَوى

    من ذلك الضرع الاجد الجلد

    A beacon, shaded by the cloud, who drank his fill

    From that dry, tough-skinned udder.

  25. وَالجذع حن له وَسحت الحصى

    في كفه نص الحَديث المسند

    And the trunk yearned for him, and the pebbles [praised God]

    In his palm—so states the report with its chain of transmission.

  26. هو عدتي هو عمدتي هو ذخرتي

    هُوَ نصرتي هو منقذي هو منجدي

    He is my provision, he is my support, he is my treasure;

    He is my aid, he is my deliverer, he is my rescuer.

  27. يا سيد الثقلين كن لي مسعدا

    فالدَهر يا مَولاي ليسَ بمسعدي

    O master of humankind and jinn, be my helper,

    For Time, my lord, is no helper to me.

  28. هَذا سَميك أَحمد قلق الحشا

    أَتراك تغفل عن سميك أَحمَد

    This is your namesake Ahmad, troubled at heart;

    Would you overlook your namesake Ahmad?

  29. أَلَم الم به فقطع بالبكا

    كبدى وظني فيك غاية مقصدي

    Pain has struck him, and through weeping has torn

    My liver; my hope in you is my utmost aim.

  30. فاسأل له الرحمن نظرة راحم

    بشمول عافية وَعفو سرمدي

    So ask the All-Merciful for a merciful glance toward him,

    With all-embracing well-being and everlasting pardon.

  31. وأجز بها عبد الرَحيم براءة

    من حر نار جهنم المتوقد

    And grant Abd al-Rahim, thereby, release

    From the blazing heat of Hell's fire.

  32. وَعَليك صَلى اللَه ما هب الصبا

    من طيب طيبة عن شذا الند الندي

    And may God bless you whenever the east wind blows,

    From Tayba's fragrance, from the scent of dewy incense;

  33. وَعَلى صحابتك الجَميع وكل من

    والاك يشهد حسن ذاك المشهد

    And all your Companions, and everyone who

    Is loyal to you, witnessing the beauty of that scene.