1. قفوا أيها الركبان نودعكم منا

    ثناء على المختار مطرداً يثنى

    Halt, O riders; we entrust to you, from us,

    Unceasing praise of the Chosen One, repeated.

  2. فرادى وأزواجاً شدودهه فإنني

    حريصٌ عليكم لا ثلاثاً ولا مثنى

    Singly and in pairs, sing it [reading uncertain], for I am

    Deeply concerned for you, not in threes and not in twos.

  3. به عبرت أفواهنا عن قلوبنا

    وقام به إخلاصنا نئباً عنا

    Through it our mouths have spoken for our hearts,

    And through it our sincerity has acted as our deputy.

  4. خذوه محل التاج فوق رؤوسكم

    لحرمة من يثني عليك ولا منا

    Take it in place of a crown upon your heads,

    In honor of one who praises you, without claiming a favor.

  5. تهديكم أنواره وشذاؤه

    فلا تنشقوا ننتناً ولا تحذروا دجنا

    Its lights and fragrance guide you,

    So inhale no stench, and fear no gloom.

  6. يفو فتيت المسك عند غدوه

    إذا ما مغنيكم به في السرى غنى

    It surpasses powdered musk at its morning departure [verb uncertain],

    When your singer chants it on the night journey.

  7. ولا عجب للعيس إن نصبت له

    إذا ما امتلا فوه المغني به الأذنا

    No wonder if the pale camels prick up their ears to it,

    When the singer's mouth fills the ear with it [wording damaged].

  8. كأن حداة العيس لما حدوا به

    كل مجهولٍ من الفيحة الدهنا

    As though the drivers of the pale camels, when they sang it,

    Every unknown part of the broad Dahna [sentence incomplete].

  9. فإنن تطلعوا به فاطنبوا الثنا

    يزل عنكم إن تلجوا جزأه الحزنا

    So if you come forth with it, dwell at length on praise;

    Grief will leave you if you enter its portion [wording uncertain].

  10. فإن بدرت أعلام مكة بينكم

    بدور سهيل بادروا بالدعا عنا

    If Mecca's landmarks rise into view among you,

    Like the rising of Suhayl, hasten to pray on our behalf.

  11. وطوفوا إذا طفتم به ثم أحللوا

    به واغسلوا في العين واستقبلوا الركنا

    And when you circumambulate, do so with it; then end your consecration,

    With it; wash in the spring, and face the Corner.

  12. وفي عرفاتٍ عرف اللَه أجركم

    أذيعوا به بين الملا ترزقوا الأمنا

    And at Arafat—may God make your reward known—

    Proclaim it among the assembly, and you will be granted safety.

  13. وعند دعاكم فاذكروني فإنني

    أسير ذنوب تحطم الجيد والضبنا

    And when you pray, remember me, for I am

    A captive of sins that crush the neck and flank.

  14. لعل إلهي يعفو عني

    بلطفه ويرحمني كي التقي القسط باليمنى

    Perhaps my God will pardon me

    Through His kindness, and have mercy on me, so I may meet justice with my right hand.

  15. فإما قضيتم حجكم واعتماركم

    لطيبة عوجوا كل زيافةٍ وحنا

    Then, if you have completed your Hajj and Umrah,

    Turn toward Tayba every swift-stepping, sturdy she-camel [last epithet uncertain],

  16. أمون السرى سارت لقبر محمدٍ

    نحن إليه والحصا خلفها جنا

    Reliable on the night journey, she traveled to Muhammad's grave.

    We yearn for him, and the pebbles behind her [ending unclear].

  17. أريحوا الوجا بع الوجا عند كوك

    على رأسه من نور شمس الضحى أسنى

    Rest the footsore camels after their soreness, beside a star [text damaged],

    Upon whose head is a light brighter than the midmorning sun.

  18. وخروا على أجياهكم فوق قبره

    كما خر موسى صاعاٌ وانشقوا اللبنا

    And fall upon your foreheads above his grave,

    As Moses fell in a swoon; breathe in the storax incense [reading uncertain].

  19. وقلوا لعينيكم تقول وقد جرت

    شئون مآقيها بما عندنا ذعنا

    And bid your eyes to speak, now that there have flowed

    The streams at their corners, yielding to what lies within us [wording uncertain].

  20. وقوموا مقامات الذليل وصرحوا

    بما عندكم عنك وما جاءكم عنا

    And stand as the humbled stand, and declare openly

    What you hold concerning yourself, and what has reached you from us.

  21. وقولوا سلام اللَه يا من يكفه

    جرى الماء فيضاً من هناك ومن هنا

    And say: God's peace, O you in whose palm [reading uncertain]

    Water flowed in torrents, from there and from here.

  22. عليك سلام اللَه يا من بردنه

    قد انشق بدر التم واستلم الردنا

    God's peace be upon you, O you at whose sleeve

    The full moon split and touched the sleeve in homage.

  23. عليك سلام اللَه يا من تكلمت

    له الظبية الوعساء باللفظ والمعنى

    God's peace be upon you, O you to whom there spoke

    The soft-bodied gazelle, in words and meaning.

  24. عليك سلام اللَه يا خير مرسل

    إلى الخلق لا إنساً يخص ولا جنا

    God's peace be upon you, O best of those sent

    To creation, singling out neither humans nor jinn.

  25. عليك سلام اللَه يا من بدا له

    يحييه عود يشبه الفلة الفدنا

    God's peace be upon you, O you before whom appeared

    A piece of wood greeting him, resembling [unclear word] a lofty palace.

  26. محمد خير المرسلين أخيرها

    وأولها في الفضل والسابق الأدنى

    Muhammad, best of the messengers, the last of them,

    And first among them in excellence, the forerunner, the nearest.

  27. أتيناك طوراً نزجر العيس بالسرى

    وطوراً تزجي في الخضم لك السفنا

    We came to you, at times urging pale camels through the night,

    And at times ships are driven through the deep sea toward you [subject uncertain].

  28. أنخنا فأحسنا الظنون وفائز

    بنيل نداك الجم من أحسن الظنا

    We made our camels kneel and cherished good hopes; successful

    In attaining your abundant bounty is whoever hopes well.

  29. فشأنك يا خير النبيين في امرئٍ

    ومن محض الإخلاص فيك فلا يشنا

    So show your care, O best of prophets, toward a man,

    And whoever offers pure devotion to you—let him not be hated.

  30. إليك أتينا والمصير لربنا

    فإنا إليه وهو أولى بنا هدنا

    To you we have come, and our final return is to our Lord.

    For to Him we have turned in repentance, and He has the greater claim upon us.