1. سلامٌ عَلَى البدرِ الَّذِي خَلَفَ الشَّمْسَا

    وَكَانَ لَنَا فِي يومِ وحشتِهِ أُنْسا

    Peace be upon the full moon that succeeded the sun,

    and was our solace on the day of his absence.

  2. سِراجان للدنيا وللدِّينِ أَشرقا

    فشمسٌ لمنْ أَضحى وبدرٌ لمن أَمسى

    Two lamps shone for the world and for the faith:

    thus a sun for those in the morning, and a full moon for those in the evening.

  3. رمى فِي سبيلِ الله غايةَ مُقْدِمٍ

    جديرٍ بأن يستعبدَ الجنَّ والإنسا

    He aimed in God's cause at the utmost goal of a bold warrior,

    worthy of subjugating the jinn and humankind.

  4. فسابَقَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَجِدْ للعُلا مَدىً

    وجاهَدَ حَتَّى لَمْ يَجِد للعِدى حِسَّا

    So he raced until he found no limit to glory,

    and fought until he found no trace of the foe.

  5. وسارَ وروحُ المُلْكِ فِي نورِ وَجههِ

    وَخلّاك يَا نجلَ الملوكِ لَهُ نَفْسا

    And he departed, with the spirit of kingship in the radiance of his face,

    and left you, O son of kings, to be its soul,

  6. لَتَعْتَصِبَ التاجَ السَّنيَّ الَّذِي اكْتَسى

    وترتَقيَ الطودَ الرفيعَ الَّذِي أَرْسى

    so that you might don the radiant crown he wore,

    and ascend the lofty mountain he set firmly in place,

  7. وتجلُو لَنَا منه شمائلَ لَمْ تَغِبْ

    وَتُذْكِرنا منه شمائلَ لا تُنْسى

    and reveal to us qualities of his that have not vanished,

    and remind us of qualities of his that are never forgotten,

  8. وتكسُو ثيابَ العُرْفِ والجودِ والندى

    أَمانِيَّ لا زالت بأَنعمه تُكسى

    and clothe in robes of kindness, generosity, and bounty

    hopes—may they ever be clothed in his favors.

  9. فلا أَوْحشت هذي المنازِلُ منكما

    ولا فارقت أَبراجُها البدرَ والشمسا

    So may these dwellings never grow desolate for want of you two,

    nor may their towers ever be parted from the full moon and the sun.