1. لَم آتِ مُطَّلِباً إِلّا بِمُطَّلَبِ

    وَهِمَّةٍ بَلَغَت بي غايَةَ الرُتَبِ

    I came to Muttalib only with a request,

    And an ambition that brought me to the highest ranks.

  2. أَفرَدتُهُ بِرَجاءٍ أَن تُشارِكُهُ

    فِيَّ الوَسائِلُ أَو أَلقاهُ في الكُتُبِ

    I made him my sole hope, lest he be joined

    In my cause by intermediaries, or I meet him through letters.

  3. رَحَلتُ عيسي إِلى البَيتِ الحَرامِ عَلى

    ما كانَ مِن وَصَبٍ فيها وَمِن نَصَبِ

    I saddled my pale camels for the Sacred House, despite

    The sickness and exhaustion they bore.

  4. أَلقى بِها وَبِوَجهي كُلَّ هاجِرَةٍ

    تَكادُ تَقدَحُ بَينَ الجِلدِ وَالعَصَبِ

    With them and with my face, I confronted every midday blaze,

    Which nearly struck sparks between skin and sinew.

  5. حَتّى إِذا ما قَضَت نُسكي ثَنَيتُ لَها

    عِطفَ الزِمامِ فَأَمَّت سَيِّدَ العَرَبِ

    Until, when they had completed my rites, I turned for them

    The bend of the rein, and they made for the lord of the Arabs.

  6. فَأَمَّمَتكَ وَقَد ذابَت مَفاصِلُها

    مِن طولِ ما تَعَبٍ لاقَت وَمِن نَقَبِ

    So they made for you, their joints already melted away,

    From the long toil they had endured and the wear of their footpads.

  7. إِنّي اِستَجَرتُ بِاِستارَينِ مُستَلِماً

    رُكنَينِ مُطَّلِباً وَالبَيتَ ذا الحُجُبِ

    Indeed, I sought refuge beneath two veils, touching

    Two pillars: Muttalib and the House with its veils.

  8. فَذاكَ لِلآجِلِ المَأمولِ أَذخُرُهُ

    وَأَنتَ لِلعاجِلِ المَرجُوِّ وَالطَلَبِ

    That one, then, I store up for the hoped-for hereafter,

    And you are for present hopes and requests.

  9. هَذا ثَنائي وَهَذي مِصرُ سانِحَةٌ

    وَأَنتَ أَنتَ وَقَد نادَيتُ مِن كَثَبِ

    This is my praise, and here is Egypt, ready at hand;

    And you are you, and I have called out from close by.