1. أَشرَق القَلب بِالجَمال المُضيء

    إِذ هَوى طَلعة النَبيه النَبيء

    The heart shone with luminous beauty

    when it loved the countenance of the illustrious Prophet.

  2. أَصبح الطَرف مِن ثَناه قَريراً

    فَانقَضى عَصره بِعَيش مريء

    The eye grew content through praise of him,

    so his lifetime passed in pleasant living.

  3. أَترى عَن محمد كَيفَ يَسلو

    قَلب صَب بِحُبه مَملوء

    How, do you think, could it forget Muhammad—

    a lovesick heart, filled with love for him?

  4. أَحمَد الرسل من أَتانا بِنور

    ساطع مِن كِتابه المَقروء

    Ahmad, most praiseworthy of messengers, is he who came to us with light,

    shining from his recited Book.

  5. آيب لِلإله في كُل حال

    حامد جاءَ بِالهُدى وَالوضوء

    Returning to God in every state,

    praising, he came with guidance and ritual ablution.

  6. آمر عاقب وَجيه نَصيح

    وَصفوح عَن كُل عبد مسيء

    One who commands, the successor, esteemed, a sincere adviser,

    and ever forgiving of every servant who does wrong.

  7. أَوضح الحَق فَانجَلى كُل ريب

    حَيث نادى بسره المخبوء

    He clarified the truth, so every doubt was dispelled,

    when he proclaimed his hidden secret.

  8. أَمن الغَير استمَد نَوالاً

    وَنَوال الفَقير غَير هَنيء

    Did he draw bounty from another,

    when a poor man's bounty is not pleasing?

  9. أَنتَ يا سَيدي لَنا نعم ذخر

    لزماني المجدع المرزوء

    You, O my master, are an excellent treasure for us,

    for my maimed, calamity-stricken age.

  10. أَنا عبَد لعبده غَير أني

    لَستُ أدعي بِمدحه عَبد سوء

    I am a servant to his servant, except that I

    am not called a bad servant for praising him.