1. يا سيّداً فاقَ الأماثلَ منصِباً

    وعلا على آلِ الرّسالةِ سؤددا

    O master who surpassed the most eminent in rank,

    and rose above the House of the Message in nobility.

  2. أنتَ الذي حُزتَ العلومَ بأسرِها

    فبنُورِ علمِكَ في الغوامِضِ يُهتدى

    You are the one who has acquired all the sciences;

    so by the light of your knowledge, one is guided through obscurities.

  3. مَن عُدَّ أسلافهِ متصدِّراً

    أيُعدُّ يا نجلَ الكرامِ كأحمدا

    Whoever was reckoned foremost among his forebears—

    can he, O scion of the noble, be reckoned Ahmad's equal?

  4. أبصرتُ في مرآةِ بيتكَ محتِداً

    فظننتُ أنِّي حُزتُ ذاكَ المحتِدا

    I beheld a lineage in the mirror of your house,

    so I thought I had acquired that lineage.

  5. ما عاينت عيناكَ غيرَ مناقبٍ

    لكمُ تعالت أن تُساوى الفَرقدا

    Your eyes have beheld nothing but virtues

    of yours, too lofty to be equated with the star al-Farqad.

  6. فبفضلِكم نطقَ الكتابُ مبرهناً

    وبهديكُم فيما تشابه يُقتدى

    Thus the Book has spoken of your excellence, offering proof,

    and your example is followed in what is ambiguous.