مَدْحُ النَّبيِّ أُمانُ الخائفِ الوجِلِ

مَدْحُ النَّبيِّ أُمانُ الخائفِ الوجِلِ

فامْدَحْهُ مَرْتَجِلاً أَوْ غيرَ مُرْتَجِلِ

فامْدَحْهُ مَرْتَجِلاً أَوْ غيرَ مُرْتَجِلِ

Praise of the Prophet is safety for the fearful and trembling.

Praising the Prophet brings peace to the anxious soul

So praise him, improvising or not.

So praise him, composed or impromptu lines extol

وَلا تُشَبِّبْ بأَوْطَانٍ وَلا دِمَنٍ

وَلا تُشَبِّبْ بأَوْطَانٍ وَلا دِمَنٍ

ولا تُعَرِّجْ عَلَى رَبْعٍ ولا طَلَلِ

ولا تُعَرِّجْ عَلَى رَبْعٍ ولا طَلَلِ

And do not sing love-preludes of homelands or abandoned camp-sites,

Do not dwell on lands or eras of the past

nor turn aside to a dwelling-site or a ruined remnant.

Nor wander to abandoned camps amid the dunes

وصِفْ جَمالَ حَبيبِ اللهِ مُنْفَرِدَاً

وصِفْ جَمالَ حَبيبِ اللهِ مُنْفَرِدَاً

بِوَصْفِهِ فَهْوَ خَيْرُ الوصْفِ وَالغَزَلِ

بِوَصْفِهِ فَهْوَ خَيْرُ الوصْفِ وَالغَزَلِ

And describe the beauty of God's beloved, devoting yourself solely

But sing the beauty of Allah's beloved matchless and alone

to describing him, for that is the finest description and love poetry.

For in his praise all praise and verse become whole

ريْحانَتاه على زَهْرِ الرُّبا

ريْحانَتاه على زَهْرِ الرُّبا

رَيْحانَتاهُ مِنَ الزَّهْراءِ فاطِمَةٍ

رَيْحانَتاهُ مِنَ الزَّهْراءِ فاطِمَةٍ

His two fragrant blossoms above the flowers of the hills.

His scent surpasses the sweetest flower

His two fragrant blossoms are from al-Zahra, Fatimah,

His lineage from Fatima, the shining star

خَيرِ النِّسَاءِ وَمِنْ صِنْوِ الإِمامِ علي

خَيرِ النِّسَاءِ وَمِنْ صِنْوِ الإِمامِ علي

إذا امْتَدَحْتُ نَسِيباً مِنْ سُلاَلَتِهِ

إذا امْتَدَحْتُ نَسِيباً مِنْ سُلاَلَتِهِ

the finest of women, and from a kinsman, Imam Ali.

And Ali, best of men, perfection did sire

When I praise a kinsman from his lineage,

When I praise those born of his brilliant fire

فهْوَ النَّسِيبُ لِمَدْحِي سَيِّد الرُّسُلِ

فهْوَ النَّسِيبُ لِمَدْحِي سَيِّد الرُّسُلِ

مُحَمَّدٌ أَفْضَل الرُّسْل الَّذي شَهِدَتْ

مُحَمَّدٌ أَفْضَل الرُّسْل الَّذي شَهِدَتْ

that is the love-prelude to my praise of the master of messengers.

My praise reflects the master of messengers entire

Muhammad, the finest of messengers—witness was borne

Muhammad, greatest prophet, by all is admired

بِفَضْلِهِ أَنبياءُ الأَعْصُرِ الأُوَلِ

بِفَضْلِهِ أَنبياءُ الأَعْصُرِ الأُوَلِ

لَمْ يَعْدُهُ الحُسْنُ في خَلْقِ وفي خُلُقٍ

لَمْ يَعْدُهُ الحُسْنُ في خَلْقِ وفي خُلُقٍ

to his excellence by the prophets of the earliest ages.

Lesser prophets bowed to him, his favor desired

Beauty did not pass beyond him, in form or character,

None matched his noble form or character so pure

وَلَمْ يَزَلْ حُبُّهُ لِكُلِّ خَلِي

وَلَمْ يَزَلْ حُبُّهُ لِكُلِّ خَلِي

وَقِفْ عَلَة سُنَنِ المَرْضِيِّ مِنْ سُنَنٍ

وَقِفْ عَلَة سُنَنِ المَرْضِيِّ مِنْ سُنَنٍ

and love for him has always remained with every carefree soul.

All found in him a friend, loving and demure

And keep to the approved one's ways among the traditions,

Study his blessed ways for in them finds the soul its cure

فإنَّ فيها شِفاءَ الخَبْلِ والخَبَلِ

فإنَّ فيها شِفاءَ الخَبْلِ والخَبَلِ

ونَزِّهْ الفِكْرَ في رَوْضاتِ فِكْرَتِها

ونَزِّهْ الفِكْرَ في رَوْضاتِ فِكْرَتِها

for in them is healing for impairment and derangement.

Free thought takes wing in his wisdom's secure anchor

And let thought stroll through the gardens of reflection upon them,

And eloquence flows from his branches forevermore

واجْنِ البَلاغَةَ مِنْ أَغْصانِها الذُّلُلُ

واجْنِ البَلاغَةَ مِنْ أَغْصانِها الذُّلُلُ

and pluck eloquence from their yielding branches.