إلى منزل الأشراف حثّ الركائبا

إلى منزل الأشراف حثّ الركائبا

وللهمة العلياء فاطوى السباسبا

وللهمة العلياء فاطوى السباسبا

Urge the riding camels toward the abode of the noble ones.

To the abode of nobility, hasten the mounts

And for lofty aspiration, traverse the vast plains.

And for the sublime ambition, shorten the distances

أيا مدع في الحب والغدر شأنهُ

أيا مدع في الحب والغدر شأنهُ

إلى كم ترى عن خصرة العزّ غائبا

إلى كم ترى عن خصرة العزّ غائبا

O you who profess love, though treachery is your way,

O you who pretend love yet betray

How long will you be seen absent from glory's presence?

For how long will you remain absent from the waist of glory?

وقد كنت للأحباب تفنى صبابة

وقد كنت للأحباب تفنى صبابة

ولكن أراك اليوم عنهم مجانبا

ولكن أراك اليوم عنهم مجانبا

And you once wasted away with yearning for your loved ones,

You used to devote your youth to loved ones

But today I see you keeping apart from them.

But today I see you shunning them

إلى طيبة أرض بها خيم العلا

إلى طيبة أرض بها خيم العلا

فحُثّ ركاب العزم تعط الرغائبا

فحُثّ ركاب العزم تعط الرغائبا

Toward Taybah, a land where glory has pitched its tent,

To precious Tabuk, where the pinnacle's tents are pitched

So spur the riding camels of resolve, and you will be granted your desires.

Urge the steeds of resolve to grant wishes

بزورة قبر الهاشمي محمد

بزورة قبر الهاشمي محمد

تنال المنى حقَا وتجنى المواهبا

تنال المنى حقَا وتجنى المواهبا

Through a visit to the grave of the Hashimite Muhammad,

At the tomb of the Hashemite Muhammad

You will truly attain your wishes and reap the gifts.

You will attain your hopes and reap rewards

مضى العمر لم تظفر بنيل لبانة

مضى العمر لم تظفر بنيل لبانة

ولم تقض في ريعانه عنك واجبا

ولم تقض في ريعانه عنك واجبا

Life has passed, yet you have not attained a cherished wish,

Life passed, you gained no soft beauty

Nor, in its prime, have you fulfilled a duty you owed.

Nor fulfilled for yourself any duty in its prime

فمت كمدا

فمت كمدا

ونح حسرةً واهمى الدموع السواكبا

ونح حسرةً واهمى الدموع السواكبا

Then die of anguish,

So you died longing

And wail in regret, and pour forth streaming tears.

Sighing in sorrow as tears flowed

وناد معنّى سدّد البين نحوه

وناد معنّى سدّد البين نحوه

سهاما لأفلاذ القلوب صوائبا

سهاما لأفلاذ القلوب صوائبا

And cry out as one tormented, at whom separation has aimed

And the meaning called, directing between us

Arrows that strike true at the fragments of hearts.

Arrows to the hearts' beloved targets

رمين فؤاداً يدُ الجوى

رمين فؤاداً يدُ الجوى

فطافت به الأحوال فيكم مذاهبا

فطافت به الأحوال فيكم مذاهبا

A heart was struck by the hand of love's anguish,

It cast away a heart, the hand of passion

And changing states swept it along many paths because of you.

So it circled through conditions, wandering

نأت داره عنكم بغير مراده

نأت داره عنكم بغير مراده

فيا حسرة قادت لقلب مصائبا

فيا حسرة قادت لقلب مصائبا

His dwelling grew distant from you against his will.

It came not to his abode as you wished

Ah, the sorrow that brought calamities upon a heart!

Oh what sorrow drove it to calamities!

وكم رام أن يدنو فيُنقضُ عزمهُ

وكم رام أن يدنو فيُنقضُ عزمهُ

ومن ذا لأمر اللَه يغدو مغالبا

ومن ذا لأمر اللَه يغدو مغالبا

And how often he sought to draw near, only for his resolve to be thwarted!

And how much it hoped to draw near, but resolve breaks

And who could strive against God's decree?

Who can overcome what Allah decrees?

أيا خير خلق اللَه أدعوك راجيا

أيا خير خلق اللَه أدعوك راجيا

وما كان من يرجوك يرجع خائبا

وما كان من يرجوك يرجع خائبا

O best of God's creation, I call upon you in hope,

O best of Allah's creation, I call upon you hopeful

And no one who hopes in you has ever returned disappointed.

One who hopes in you will not return disappointed

لئن أبعدتني عن مزارك زلتي

لئن أبعدتني عن مزارك زلتي

وجرمى فقد يممتُ قصدك تائبا

وجرمى فقد يممتُ قصدك تائبا

If indeed I have been kept far from your shrine by my lapse

If my sin takes me far from your tomb

And my sin, I have indeed turned toward you, repentant.

Though I erred, I came to you repentant

لعلك لي في الحشر تشفع إنني

لعلك لي في الحشر تشفع إنني

بمدحك قد أصبحت للعفو طالبا

بمدحك قد أصبحت للعفو طالبا

Perhaps you will intercede for me at the Gathering, for I

Hopefully for me you will intercede on Judgement Day

Have become, through praising you, a seeker of pardon.

For in praising you I have asked for pardon

وما زلت مداحاً لآل محمد

وما زلت مداحاً لآل محمد

وأصحابه السامين قدحا مراتبا

وأصحابه السامين قدحا مراتبا

And I have never ceased praising Muhammad's family,

I remain praising the family of Muhammad

And his companions, lofty in their arrow-lots and ranks.

And his noble companions, distinguishing ranks

عليهم سلام اللَه ما حن شيّق

عليهم سلام اللَه ما حن شيّق

وما قد حدا حادٍ إليهم نجائبا

وما قد حدا حادٍ إليهم نجائبا

May God's peace be upon them as long as a lover yearns,

Upon them, Allah's peace, as long as a love-crazed poet

And as long as a camel-driver drives noble riding camels toward them with song.

Pines, and as long as an ardent critic censures