1. مرحباً بالشادن الغزل

    زارني وهنا على مهل

    Welcome to the coquettish young gazelle!

    He visited me late at night, at leisure,

  2. كقضيب البان في كثب

    ينثني في الحلى والحلل

    Like a bān bough among sand dunes,

    Swaying in ornaments and fine robes.

  3. كلما هب الجنوب له

    سحراً يهتز كالثمل

    Whenever the south wind blows toward him

    Before dawn, he sways like one drunk.

  4. هو من كأس الصبا ثمل

    ليس كأس الإثم والزلل

    He is drunk on the cup of youth,

    Not the cup of sin and error.

  5. فشفى نفسي برؤيته

    من جيمع الداء والعلل

    So he healed my soul through the sight of him

    Of all illness and ailments.

  6. عطر في ثغره برد

    لذلي في النهل والعلل

    In his mouth is fragrant hail,

    Sweet to me at the first draught and the second.

  7. وأحيلاه وألطفه

    رائق الإقبال والقبل

    And how sweet he is, and how gentle!

    Charming in his approach and his kisses.

  8. خلقه مثل النسيم إذا

    رق في الأبكار والأصل

    His nature is like the breeze when

    It grows gentle in the early mornings and late afternoons.

  9. ما به خلف ولا ملل

    بئس حال الخلف والملل

    In him is neither faithlessness nor weariness;

    Wretched is the state of faithlessness and weariness.

  10. فرعه ليل وغرته

    قمر يصطاد بالمقل

    His locks are night, and his radiant brow

    A moon that ensnares with its eyes.

  11. لم أزل في حال عشرته

    نازلاً بالمنزل الخضل

    I have always, while in his company,

    Dwelt in the verdant abode.

  12. فسقى الرحمن معهده

    بين ربع القوم والجبل

    So may the All-Merciful water his dwelling

    Between the people's abode and the mountain.

  13. وسقى الساحات منهمل

    غدق في أثر منهمل

    And may a downpour water the courtyards,

    Abundant, in the wake of another downpour.

  14. يضحي الربع به خصباً

    خضر الأوعار والسهل

    Through it the dwelling becomes fertile,

    Green across rugged ground and plain.

  15. مربع الأحباب من قدم

    ومحط السادة الأول

    A springtime abode of loved ones from of old,

    And the stopping place of the earlier masters

  16. من تريم الخير لابرحت في

    أمان اللَه خير ولي

    From blessed Tarim—may it ever remain in

    The protection of God, the best guardian.

  17. والإله الحق خالقنا

    جل عن شبه وعن مثل

    And the true God, our Creator,

    Is exalted beyond any likeness or equal.

  18. وأمان المصطفى المدني

    أحمد الأملاك والرسل

    And in the protection of the Chosen One of Medina,

    Ahmad, most praiseworthy of angels and messengers,

  19. وأمان العترة الشرفا

    من بني الزهرا وآل على

    And in the protection of the noble family,

    From the descendants of al-Zahra and the family of Ali,

  20. وبنى علوي قادتنا

    جامعي العلم والعمل

    And the descendants of Alawi, our leaders,

    Uniting knowledge and deeds.

  21. وحماة الجار من زهق

    وأذى بالبيض والأسل

    And protectors of the neighbor against death

    And harm, with bright swords and spears.

  22. الكرام المطمعين لمن

    أمهم في الخصب والمحل

    The generous ones, giving hope to whoever

    Seeks them in times of plenty and drought.

  23. مثل مولانا المهاجر لذ

    بابن عيسى السيد البطل

    Such as our master al-Muhajir—seek refuge

    With Ibn Isa, the master and hero.

  24. وعبيد اللَه يتبعه

    علوى المذكور في سمل

    And Ubayd Allah, followed by

    Alawi, remembered in Samal.

  25. وعلى شيخنا وأتى

    بالإمام الجامع الحفل

    And Ali, our shaykh, who brought forth

    The imam, all-embracing and richly endowed,

  26. والفقيه الحبر عمدتنا

    والعفيف المحسن البذل

    And the jurist, the great scholar, our pillar,

    And the chaste, beneficent, generous one.

  27. لمواريث الرسول حووا

    وأمير المؤمنين على

    They gathered the legacies of the Messenger

    And of the Commander of the Faithful, Ali.

  28. ومن السبطين قد ورثوا

    ثم كم صبر وكم بدل

    And from the two grandsons they inherited.

    Then how many steadfast ones, how many saintly successors,

  29. من أصول طهرت وزكت

    من جميع الرجس والدخل

    From roots that became pure and grew in purity,

    Free of all defilement and hidden corruption,

  30. وفروع قد نمت وسمت

    للعلا من غير ما جدل

    And branches that have grown and risen

    To the heights, without any dispute.

  31. هم أمان الأرض من فزع

    وهداة الخلق للسبل

    They are the earth's safeguard against terror,

    And guides of creation to the paths.

  32. لذ بهم في كل نائبة

    وادع ذا العرش بهم وسل

    Take refuge with them in every calamity,

    And invoke the Lord of the Throne through them, and ask.

  33. وصلاة اللَه دائمة

    تتغشى خاتم الرسل

    And may God's unceasing blessings

    Envelop the Seal of the Messengers,

  34. أحمد الهادي وعترته

    ما سرى برق على القلل

    Ahmad, the Guide, and his family,

    As long as lightning courses by night over the peaks,

  35. وتغنى الورق في سحر

    بغصون البان والأثل

    And gray doves sing before dawn

    On the branches of bān and tamarisk.