1. رأيت بارقةً كانجمِ لامعةً

    بسقفِ بيتي على قُرب من السحرِ

    I saw a flash, gleaming like stars,

    on the ceiling of my house, as the pre-dawn hour drew near.

  2. علمتها عين من أهوى تعرفني

    بما أنا منه في وِرد وفي صَدرِ

    I knew it to be the very self of the one I love, acquainting me

    with what I receive from him, in coming to water and departing.

  3. وكنتُ في حاضرِ الأبصارِ أرقبه

    لحادثٍ كان لي فيهم من الخبر

    And with wakeful eyes I was watching for him,

    because of an event concerning them of which I had received word,

  4. على لسانِ الذي ظني به حَسَن

    يحيى الفؤادُ بذاكره وبالنظرِ

    through the tongue of one I hold in good regard—

    the heart revives through one who remembers him and through beholding—

  5. عن الرسولِ رسولِ الله سيدنا

    المصطفى المجتبى المختار من مُضَر

    from the Messenger, God's Messenger, our master,

    the Chosen, the Elect, the one chosen from Mudar.

  6. فقلتُ أعرفكم حالاً وأشهدكم

    عيناً وأظهركم لأعين البشر

    So I said: I know you through experience and behold you

    with my own eyes, and make you manifest to human eyes,

  7. لأنهم جهلوا ما نحن تعلمه

    من التجلي الذي لله في الصور

    for they are ignorant of what we know

    of God's self-disclosure in forms.

  8. ما قلت فيكم ولا فهنا بذكركم

    إلاَّ بما جاء في الآيات والسور

    I have said nothing about you, nor have we voiced your remembrance,

    except according to what has come in the verses and surahs.

  9. أتلو وأسردُ آياتٍ علمتُ بها

    في شأنكم عنكم ما قلت عن نظر

    I recite and recount verses through which I learned

    about you, from you; I have not spoken from speculation.

  10. ما لي التحكم في نفسي فكيف لنا

    فيه التحكم والرامي على خطر

    I have no control over myself; how, then, can we

    have control over him? And the archer risks

  11. من أن يصيبَ به من لا يجوز له

    فيه التصرف إلا حالة الضرر

    striking with it one over whom he may not

    exercise authority, except in a case of harm,

  12. مثل النبي الذي يوحى إليه به

    لكي يبلغه للسمع والبصرِ

    like the Prophet, to whom it is revealed,

    so that he may convey it to hearing and sight.