1. إذا ما اِمتَطَيتُ الفُلكَ مقتحمَ البَحرِ

    وَولَّيتُ ظَهري الهندَ مُنشرح الصَدرِ

    When I boarded the ship, braving the sea,

    and turned my back on India, my heart unburdened,

  2. فَما لمليكِ الهِند إِن ضاقَ صَدرُهُ

    عليَّ يَدٌ تَقضي بنهيٍ ولا أَمرِ

    the king of India, though his heart be vexed,

    had no power over me to forbid or command.

  3. أَلَم يُصغِ للأَعداءِ سَمعاً وقد غدت

    عقاربُهم نحوي بكيدِهمُ تَسري

    Did he not lend his ear to my enemies, while

    their scorpions crept toward me with their guile?

  4. فأوترَ قوسَ الظُلم لي وهو ساخِطٌ

    وَسدَّد لي سَهمَ التغطرُسِ والكبرِ

    So he strung the bow of injustice against me in anger,

    and aimed at me the arrow of arrogance and pride.

  5. وَسَدَّ عليَّ الطُرقَ من كُلِّ جانِبٍ

    وهمَّ بما ضاقَت به ساحة الصَبرِ

    He blocked my roads on every side,

    and contemplated what strained patience's bounds,

  6. إِلى أَن أَرادَ اللَهُ إِنفاذَ أَمرِهِ

    على الرَغم منه في مَشيئته أَمري

    until God willed to carry out His decree,

    despite him—my fate resting in His will.

  7. فَرَدَّ عليه سهمَهُ نحوَ نحرِهِ

    وَقلَّد بالنَعماءِ من فضله نَحري

    He turned his arrow back upon him, toward his throat,

    and, from His bounty, adorned my neck with blessings.

  8. وأَركبني فُلكَ النَجاةِ فأَصبحَت

    على ثَبج الدأماءِ سابحةً تَجري

    He set me aboard the ship of deliverance, and it began

    running afloat upon the sea's broad back.

  9. فأَمسَيتُ من تلك المخاوفِ آمناً

    وَعادَت أُموري بعد عُسرٍ إِلى يُسرِ

    Thus I became safe from those terrors,

    and my affairs returned from hardship to ease.

  10. وَكَم كاشِحٍ قد راشَ لي سِهم كَيدِهِ

    هناك فأَضحى لا يَريشُ ولا يَبري

    How many a spiteful foe had feathered his arrow of guile against me

    there, only to be left unable to feather or trim a shaft!

  11. وما زالَ صُنعُ اللَه ما زالَ واثِقاً

    به عَبدُهُ يُنجيهِ من حَيثُ لا يَدري

    God's providence never ceases, so long as His servant trusts

    in Him, to save him from where he cannot foresee.

  12. كأَنّي بفُلكي حين مَدَّت جَناحَها

    وَطارَت مطارَ النسر حَلَّق عن وكرِ

    I seem to see my ship, when she spread her wing

    and flew like an eagle soaring from its nest,

  13. أَسفَّت على المَرسى بشاطئِ جُدَّةٍ

    فجدَّدَتِ الأَفراحَ لي طَلعةُ البَرِّ

    swooping low over the anchorage on Jeddah's shore.

    The sight of land renewed my joys.

  14. وَهَبَّ نَسيمُ القُرب من نحو مكَّة

    وَلاحَ سَنى البَيتِ المحرَّم والحِجرِ

    The breeze of nearness blew from the direction of Mecca,

    and the radiance of the Sacred House and the Hijr appeared.

  15. وَسارَت رِكابي لا تَمَلُّ من السُرى

    إِلى مَوطنِ التَقوى وَمُنتجَعِ البِرِّ

    My mounts journeyed on, untiring in their night travel,

    toward the abode of piety and the resort of righteousness,

  16. إِلى الكَعبَةِ البيتِ الحرام الَّذي عَلا

    عَلى كُلِّ عالٍ من بناءٍ ومن قَصرِ

    toward the Kaaba, the Sacred House, which rose

    above every lofty building and palace.

  17. فَطفتُ به سَبعاً وَقبَّلتُ رُكنَه

    وأَقبلتُ نحو الحِجر آوي إِلى حِجرِ

    I circled it seven times and kissed its corner,

    and approached the Hijr, seeking a sheltering embrace.

  18. وَقَد ساغَ لي من ماءِ زمزمَ شَربةٌ

    نقعتُ بها بَعد الصَدى غُلَّة الصَدرِ

    A draught of Zamzam's water went sweetly down for me;

    with it, after thirst, I quenched the burning in my breast.

  19. هنالك أَلفيتُ المسرَّةَ والهَنا

    وَفزتُ بما أَمَّلتُ في سالفِ الدَهرِ

    There I found gladness and happiness,

    and attained what I had hoped for in days gone by.

  20. وَقُمتُ بفرض الحَجِّ طوعاً لمن قَضى

    على الناس حجَّ البيتِ مُغتَنم الأَجرِ

    I fulfilled the duty of pilgrimage, willingly obeying Him who ordained

    pilgrimage to the House for mankind, seeking its reward.

  21. وَسِرتُ إِلى تلك المشَاعِر راجياً

    من اللَه غُفرانَ المآثم والوِزرِ

    I journeyed to those sacred sites, hoping

    for God's forgiveness of sins and their burden.

  22. وَجئتُ مِنىً وَالقَلبُ قد فازَ بالمُنى

    وما راعَني بالخَيفِ خَوفٌ من النَفرِ

    I came to Mina, my heart having attained its wishes,

    and no fear of departure at al-Khayf alarmed me.

  23. وَباكرتُ رميي لِلجِمار وإِنَّما

    رَميتُ بها قَلب التَباعُدِ بالجَمرِ

    I went early to cast my stones at the jamarat; in truth,

    with them I hurled embers at separation's heart.

  24. أَقمنا ثَلاثاً ليتَها الدَهر كلَّه

    إِلى أَن نَفرنا من مِنىً رابعَ العَشرِ

    We stayed three days—would they had been all time!—

    until we departed Mina on the fourteenth.

  25. فأبتُ إِلى البَيتِ العَتيق مودِّعاً

    له ناوياً عَودي إليه مَدى العُمرِ

    Then I returned to the Ancient House, bidding farewell

    to it, intending to return to it throughout my life.

  26. ووجَّهتُ وَجهي نحو طَيبةَ قاصِداً

    إِلى خير مَقصودٍ من البرِّ والبَحرِ

    I turned my face toward Taybah, making my way

    to the finest one sought on land or sea,

  27. إِلى السيِّد البَرِّ الَّذي فاض بِرُّهُ

    فوافيتُ مِن بحرٍ أَسيرُ إِلى برِّ

    to the righteous master whose goodness overflowed.

    So I arrived, traveling from a sea toward land,

  28. إِلى خيرَة اللَه الَّذي شَهِدَ الوَرى

    له أَنَّه المُختارُ في عالَمِ الذَرِّ

    to God's chosen one, for whom mankind bore witness

    that he was the chosen one in the realm of primordial souls.

  29. فقبَّلتُ من مَثواهُ أَعتابَه الَّتي

    أَنافَت على هام السِماكَين والنَسرِ

    I kissed the thresholds of his resting place, which

    rose above the heads of the two Simak stars and the Eagle.

  30. وعفّرتُ وَجهي في ثَراهُ لوجهِهِ

    وَطابَ لي التَعفيرُ إِذ جئتُ عن عُفرِ

    I rubbed my face in his earth, for his sake,

    and delighted in that dusting, having come after so long.

  31. فَقُلتُ لِقَلبي قد برئتَ من الجوى

    وَقُلتُ لِنَفسي قد نجوتِ من العُسرِ

    I said to my heart: You are healed of anguish;

    and said to my soul: You have escaped hardship.

  32. وَقُلتُ لعيني شاهِدي نورَ حضرَةٍ

    أَضاءَت به الأَنوارُ في عالَم الأَمرِ

    I said to my eye: Behold the light of a presence

    through which the lights shone in the realm of the Command.

  33. أَتَدرينَ ما هَذا المَقامُ الَّذي سَما

    عَلى قِممِ الأَفلاك أَم أَنتِ لم تَدري

    Do you know what this station is, which has risen

    above the summits of the spheres, or do you not know?

  34. مَقامُ النبيِّ المُصطَفى خير من وَفى

    محمَّدٍ المحمود في مُنزَلِ الذِكرِ

    The station of the Prophet, the Chosen, the best of those who kept faith,

    Muhammad, praised in the revealed Remembrance;

  35. رَسولِ الهُدى بحرِ النَدى منبعِ الجدا

    مبيدِ العِدى مُروي الصَدى كاشِف الضُرِّ

    the Messenger of guidance, ocean of bounty, source of beneficence,

    destroyer of enemies, slaker of thirst, remover of harm.

  36. هو المُجتَبى المُختارُ من آلِ هاشِمٍ

    فَيا لك من فرع زَكيٍّ ومن نَجرِ

    He is the elect, the chosen one from the house of Hashim.

    What a pure branch you are, and what a lineage!

  37. به حازَت العَليا لؤيُّ بن غالبٍ

    وَفازَ به سَهما كنانة وَالنَضرِ

    Through him Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib attained the loftiest rank,

    and through him the lots of Kinanah and al-Nadr triumphed.

  38. قَضى اللَه أَن لا يجمع الفضلَ غيرُهُ

    فَكانَ إِليه مُنتهى الفَضلِ وَالفَخرِ

    God decreed that none but he should unite all excellence,

    so excellence and glory reached their utmost in him.

  39. وأَرسلَه الرحمنُ للخلق رحمةً

    فأنقذهم بالنور من ظلمةِ الكُفرِ

    The All-Merciful sent him as a mercy to creation,

    and he rescued them with light from the darkness of unbelief.

  40. وأَودَعهُ العَلّامُ أَسرارَ علمهِ

    فَكانَ عليها نعمَ مُستودَع السِرِّ

    The All-Knowing entrusted him with the secrets of His knowledge,

    and he was the finest keeper of those secrets.

  41. وأَسرى به في لَيلةٍ لسَمائِهِ

    فَعادَ وَجَيبُ اللَيل ما شُقَّ عن فَجرِ

    He took him by night, in a single night, to His heaven;

    then he returned while night's bosom was not yet torn open by dawn.

  42. وأَوحى إليه الذكرَ بالحَقِّ ناطِقاً

    بما قد جَرى في عِلمهِ وبما يَجري

    He revealed to him the Remembrance, speaking in truth

    of what had come to pass in His knowledge and what would come to pass.

  43. فأَنزلَه في لَيلةِ القَدر جُملَةً

    بِعِلمٍ وما أَدراك ما لَيلَةُ القَدرِ

    He sent it down entire on the Night of Decree,

    with knowledge—and what can make you know what the Night of Decree is?

  44. ولقَّنهُ إِيّاهُ بعدُ مُنَجَّماً

    نُجوماً تُضيءُ الأفق كالأَنجُم الزُهرِ

    Afterward He taught it to him piece by piece,

    in portions lighting the horizon like radiant stars:

  45. مفصَّل آياتٍ حَوَت كلَّ حِكمةٍ

    وَمحكم أَحكامٍ تجلُّ عن الحَصرِ

    distinct verses containing every wisdom,

    and firm rulings beyond all counting.

  46. وأَنهضَه بالسَيف للحَيفِ ماحياً

    وأَيَّده بالفَتح منه وَبالنَصرِ

    He raised him up with the sword to erase injustice,

    and supported him with conquest from Himself and with victory.

  47. فَضاءَت به شَمسُ الهداية واِنجلَت

    عَن الدين وَالدُنيا دُجى الغيِّ في بَدرِ

    Through him the sun of guidance shone, and there vanished

    from religion and the world the darkness of error at Badr.

  48. له خُلقٌ لَو لامَسَ الصَخرَ لاِغتدى

    أَرَقَّ من الخَنساءِ تَبكي عَلى صَخرِ

    His character, if it touched a rock, would make it

    more tender than al-Khansa weeping for Sakhr.

  49. وجودٌ لو اِنَّ البَحرَ أُعطي معينَه

    جَرى ماؤُهُ عَذباً يمدُّ بِلا جَزرِ

    And his generosity—if the sea were granted its flowing spring,

    its waters would run sweet, swelling without ebb.

  50. إِذا عبَّس الدَهرُ الضَنينُ لبائِسٍ

    تَلقّاه منه بالطَلاقة والبِشرِ

    When miserly time frowns upon a wretched man,

    he, in turn, welcomes him with openness and good cheer.

  51. وإِن ضَنَّ بالغيث السحابُ تَهلَّلت

    سحائبُ عَشرٌ من أَنامِله العَشرِ

    And if the clouds withhold their rain, there smile

    ten rainclouds from his ten fingers.

  52. فَفاضَت على العافين كفُّ نَواله

    فَكَم كفَّ من عُسرٍ وكم فَكَّ من أَسرِ

    The hand of his bounty overflowed upon those seeking gifts.

    How much hardship he warded off, how much captivity he ended!

  53. وَكَم للنَبيِّ الهاشميِّ عوارِفٌ

    يَضيق نطاقُ الحمد عنهنَّ وَالشكرِ

    How many kindnesses belong to the Hashimite Prophet,

    which praise and thanks are too narrow to encompass!

  54. إِليك رَسولَ اللَه أَصبحتُ خائضاً

    بحاراً يَغيض الصَبرُ في لُجِّها الغمرِ

    To you, Messenger of God, I have come wading

    through seas in whose deep waters patience ebbs,

  55. على ما براني من ضنىً صحَّ برؤه

    وَلَيسَ سوى رُحماك من رائِدٍ يَبري

    despite the wasting sickness that wore me down—may its cure be sound!—

    and no guide brings healing save your mercy.

  56. فأَنعِم سَريعاً بالشِفاءِ لمُسقَمٍ

    تقلِّبُه الأَسقامُ بطناً إلى ظَهرِ

    So swiftly grant healing to one made sick,

    whom illnesses turn from belly to back.

  57. وَخذ بنجاتي يا فديتُك عاجِلاً

    من الضرِّ والبَلوى ومن خطر البَحرِ

    Undertake my rescue at once—O you for whom I would be a ransom—

    from harm and affliction, and from the sea's danger.

  58. عليك صَلاةُ اللَه ما اِخضرَّت الرُبى

    وَماست غصونُ الروض في حللٍ خُضرِ

    God's blessings be upon you as long as the hills grow green

    and the garden's branches sway in green robes,

  59. وآلِك أَربابِ الطَهارة والتُقى

    وَصَحبِكَ أَصحابِ النَزاهة والطُهرِ

    and upon your family, masters of purity and piety,

    and your companions, possessed of integrity and purity.