1. لَوْ عَنَّ لِي عَوْنٌ مِنَ الِمْقدَارِ

    لَهَجَرْتُ لِلدَّارِ الكَرِيمَةِ دَارِي

    If aid from destiny came my way,

    I would forsake my home for the noble abode,

  2. وَحَلَلْتُ أَطْيَبَ طِينَةٍ مِنْ طِيبَة

    جَاراً لِمَنْ أَوْصَى بِحِفْظِ الجَارِ

    And settle on the finest soil of Tayba,

    As neighbor to him who enjoined care for one’s neighbor.

  3. وَرَكَعْتُ فِي صَحْنٍ هُنالِكَ طَاهِراً

    وَكَرَعْتُ فِي مَعْنٍ هُنالِكَ جارِي

    And bow in a courtyard there, purified,

    And drink from the water flowing there,

  4. حَيْثُ اسْتَنَارَ الحَق لِلأَبْصَارِ

    لمِّا اسْتَثَارَ حَفائِظَ الأَنْصارِ

    Where truth shone forth for eyes to see,

    When it roused the protective zeal of the Ansar.

  5. لَكِنْ عَلَيَّ لَها أَدَاءُ الفَرْضِ مِنْ

    طُولِ النِّزاعِ وَشِدَّةِ التّذْكارِ

    Yet I must fulfill my duty to her through

    Prolonged yearning and fervent remembrance.

  6. يا زَائِرينَ القَبْرَ قَبْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ

    بُشْرَى لَكُمْ بِالسَّبْقِ فِي الزُّوَّارِ

    O visitors to the tomb, the tomb of Muhammad,

    Glad tidings to you for being foremost among the visitors!

  7. أَوْضَعْتُمُ لِنَجاتِكُمُ فَوَضَعْتُم

    ما آدَكمْ منْ فَادِحِ الأَوْزَارِ

    You hastened toward your salvation, and so laid down

    The heavy burdens of sin that weighed you down.

  8. فُوزُوا بِسَبْقِكُمُ وَفُوهُوا بِالذِي

    حَمَّلْتُكُمْ شَوْقاً إِلَى المُخْتَارِ

    Triumph through going first, and give voice to what

    I charged you with, out of longing for the Chosen One.

  9. أَدُّوا السَّلامَ سَلِمْتُمُ وَبِرَدِّهِ

    أَرْجُو الإجارَةَ مِنْ وُرُودِ النَّارِ

    Convey the greeting of peace—may you be safe! And through his reply

    I hope for protection from reaching the Fire.

  10. ثُم اشْفَعُوا لِي فَالشَّفاعَةُ عِنْدَهُ

    فِيهَا أُبَوَّأُ رُتبَة الأَبْرَارِ

    Then intercede for me, for intercession with him

    Will grant me the rank of the righteous.