1. Do not grow weary, O she-camel, of the long journey,
For the signs of Wadi al-Qura have appeared.

2. Do not be bored with traversing the breadth of the deserts,
Or the toil of travel, or pulling the saddlebags.

3. For I have offered my soul in love of the one
I journeyed to, and that beloved bought it.

4. Tomorrow you will see the abode populated,
And the beauty of the one you love manifest.

5. So journey, may God guide you in this gloom,
With His light the gloom becomes illuminated.

6. Good tidings—this abode has been illuminated,
And these are the lights of the best of mankind.

7. I sought from the most generous of mankind his munificence,
So receive good news from him.

8. Journey in God's name and in the name of the one
Whose remembrance is the mark of faith.

9. And forgive the tears shed in love of him
For many tears have flowed in that path.

10. Muhammad al-Mukhtar of Hashim's clan,
The purest of mankind in lineage.

11. Possessor of the magnificent miracles
The least of which, if enumerated, would be too great to limit.

12. Journey in God's name, for He has honored him,
He journeyed and God honored his journey.

13. The sapling inclined from yearning for him
When he ascended the pulpit.

14. And the palm tree praised him in his hand,
And water gushed forth from it copiously.

15. He satisfied a thousand, nay more,
From a cooking pot of half a saa or more.

16. And he restored to their place branches
Of a tree, which became as if never severed.

17. And he returned an eye that had been gouged out,
So that its owner saw again from that time.

18. Would that I draw near to you and that your cheek
Kissed the earth before your door.

19. I will not cease my journey to you after it
Except journeying to you early in the morning.

20. Oh what anguish that the distance kept me from you
Though you are the nearest thing to behold!

21. Be patient, my heart, bearing what
It suffers of passion, so that you remain patient.

22. Though I hear that we will soon meet,
My fire is not quenched unless I see you.

23. A fragrant breeze has stirred my fever,
And lightning flashed in its plains.

24. They said tomorrow we will come nearer, but oh what anguish!
Would that with my life tomorrow could be bought!

25. O night that remains, do you think
Ahmad will appear in your morning's journey?