1. Why does the lover roam around the abode,
Alas! How much the beloved prevents the lover.

2. I used to claim, before knowing passion,
That hearts are the abodes of regrets.

3. Until my body saw love, leaving naught of me
Except a phantom that hallucinates.

4. It is not the love of gentle gazelles, but
Ahmad's character that made me fall in love.

5. I ransom the one whom beauty granted piety,
And who attained perfection, thus excelling.

6. Valiant, if the eloquent were sent to describe him,
A pen would be defeated by the task, muted.

7. Refined in manners, his gentle compassion
Became a balm for the wounded conscience.

8. Amongst a people who in my eyes are like light,
Not a people whose sights to me are blind.

9. Of a people who were singled out by praise
In eloquence, after once being inarticulate.

10. A master following the way of the Master of Messengers,
When he adhered, embodying perfection fully.

11. A man is not honored unless he is
Tall, with the hair of his temples thick.

12. Like a sword embellished with its sheath
And a meadow adorned by its plants' bloom.

13. A bough is most beautiful when leafy,
And a garment most pleasing when embroidered.

14. A neck is finest when collared,
And a mouth loveliest when veiled.

15. A trait by which the honor of manhood always
Grew, as did the glory of awe it inspired.

16. And the sublime depiction with which The Creator adorned
A master, traced back to the Prophet's family.

17. The full moon of his Sunnah acts rose,
For glory, in the zodiac of virtues as stars.

18. With noble traits that heal the sick of grief,
And exemplary conduct that quenches the thirsty.

19. And sublime qualities, in hearts made wealthy,
Need no eloquent tongue to translate.

20. Verily I praise Ahmad, the foremost of the sublime folk,
For whom the earth and sky compete in pride.

21. O you who aspires to an ennoblement leading to ascension
Date the Sunnah of Ahmad - glory everlasting.