بيثرب للعلا رفعت قباب

بها للجود قد هطلت سحاب

In Yathrib, domes have been raised for glory.

There, clouds have showered down bounty.

قبابٌ لم تزل في الدهر قدما

تحث لها الركائب والقباب

Domes that have endured through the ages, from of old,

Toward which riding camels and domed litters are urged.

بها تلفى المعالي والعوالى

وفيها تقتنى النعم الرغاب

There you find noble virtues and lofty ranks.

And there precious blessings are acquired.

سقى مزن الغوادي ترب أرض

بها قد حلّ أحمد والصحاب

May morning rainclouds water the soil of a land

Where Ahmad and the Companions have settled.

فيا للَه من أرض فؤادي

إليها لم يزل شوقاً يثاب

Ah, God, what a land! My heart

Ever [returns] to it in longing.

ديار قد ثوى فيها حبيب

له في القرب قد رفع الحجاب

Dwellings where a beloved rests,

For whom the veil has been lifted in nearness.

نبى حاز في العلياء مجدا

بوصف جلاله نطق الكتاب

A prophet who attained glory in the heights,

The Book has spoken to describe his majesty.

ترفع في المعالي عن مضاء

وجل عن المثال فلا ارتياب

He rose in noble virtues beyond any [peer],

And is beyond all likeness—there is no doubt.

مفاخره يكلّ الحصر عنها

ويعجز أن يحيط بها الحساب

His glories exhaust enumeration,

And reckoning cannot encompass them.

بحبّ محمد خير البرايا

لنا في الحشر يدخّر الثوابُ

Through love of Muhammad, the best of all creation,

Reward is stored up for us at the Gathering.

متى أحظى بزورته فكم قد

بزورة قبره عفت رقاب

When shall I be blessed with visiting him? How many

Necks have been [freed] through visiting his grave!

حداة العيس بالقلوات رفقا

أسائِلُ أين يرتحل الركاب

Drivers of the pale camels in the [wildernesses], go gently!

I ask: where is the caravan bound?

ألا هل منكم لأسير شوق

بيث إليكم الشكوى جواب

Ah, is there from you, for a captive of longing,

Who [pours out] his complaint to you, an answer?

قفوا الأظعان يشكو ما براه

فقد عظم التشَكّى والمصاب

Halt the caravans, so he may lament what has worn him down;

For lamentation and affliction have grown immense.

نويتم رحلة وقام لما

ترحل عن معالمه الشباب

You have planned a journey, and he arose when

Youth departed from his features.

ضعفت عن المسير فدمع عيني

له في الخد سحُّ وانسكاب

I have grown too weak to travel, so the tears of my eye

Stream and pour down my cheek.

ألا فلترحموا من بات حزناً

يضرّمُ بين أضلعه التهاب

Ah, then have mercy on one who spends the night grieving,

As a blaze flares fiercely between his ribs.

لئن أُخّرت وحدى عن مرادى

وخلقني الأحبة والصحاب

If I alone have been held back from my desire,

And loved ones and companions [have left me behind],

فقد ألفتني الأحزان فيكم

وحلفني انكسار واكتئاب

Then sorrows have grown familiar with me because of you,

And brokenness and dejection [have allied themselves with me].

سلام مثل نفح المسك نشراً

يخَصُّ بطيبه ذاك الجنابُ

A greeting, fragrant as a waft of musk,

Whose sweet scent is reserved for that noble presence.