1. بانوا فَليت غَرامي بعدَهم بانا

    واِستشعر القَلبُ بعد البَين سُلوانا

    They departed; would that my passion had departed after them,

    and the heart had found solace after parting.

  2. لا بل سَروا بفؤادي قبلَ سيرهم

    وأَبدَلوا من جَميلِ الصَبرِ أَحزانا

    No—rather, they carried my heart away by night before their own departure,

    and replaced noble patience with sorrows.

  3. هَل يَعلَم الصَحبُ أَنّي بعد فُرقتِهم

    أَبيتُ أَرعى نجومَ اللَيل سَهرانا

    Do my companions know that, after their departure,

    I spend the night sleepless, watching over the stars of night?

  4. أَقضي الزَمانَ ولا أَقضي به وَطَراً

    وأَقطعُ الدَهرِ أَشواقاً وأَشجانا

    I pass the time, but fulfill no desire in it,

    and spend my lifetime in longings and sorrows.

  5. ولا غَريبَ إِذا أَصبَحتُ ذا حَزَنٍ

    إنَّ الغَريبَ حزينٌ حيثما كانا

    And it is no wonder if I have become sorrowful:

    for the stranger is sorrowful wherever he may be.

  6. أَرى فؤادي وإِن ضاقَت مسالكُه

    بمدح نَجل رَسول اللَهِ جَذلانا

    I find my heart, though its paths have narrowed,

    joyful in praising the descendant of God's Messenger:

  7. عمّار أَبنيةِ المجد الَّذي رَفَعت

    آباؤُه الغرُّ من ناديه أَركانا

    the builder of glory's edifices, whose

    illustrious forefathers raised pillars of his assembly;

  8. السيِّدُ الماجدُ النَدبُ الشَريفُ ومن

    قد بذَّ بالفضل أَكفاءً وأَقرانا

    the illustrious lord, gallant and noble, who

    has surpassed equals and peers in excellence.

  9. سما به النسبُ الوضّاح فاِجتمعت

    فيه المَحامدُ أَشكالاً وأَلوانا

    His radiant lineage raised him high, and so there gathered

    within him praiseworthy qualities of many forms and hues.

  10. يا واسعَ الخُلق إِفضالاً ومكرُمةً

    وموسعَ الخَلق إِنعاماً وإِحسانا

    O you whose character abounds in generosity and noble deeds,

    and who enrich humankind with favors and kindness,

  11. فُقتَ الكرامَ بما أَولَيتَ من كَرَمٍ

    لِلَّه درُّك مِفضالاً ومِعوانا

    you have surpassed the generous through the bounty you have bestowed;

    God bless you, so bountiful and ever helpful!

  12. ما قلتَ في المجدِ قَولاً يوم مُفتخر

    إِلّا أَقمتَ عليه منك بُرهانا

    Never have you spoken a word of glory on a day of boasting

    without offering proof of it in your own person.

  13. لا زلتَ في الدَهر مرضيَّ العُلى أَبَداً

    وَنائلاً من إِلَه الخَلق رِضوانا

    May you forever remain, through all time, in glory's favor,

    and win the favor of the God of creation.

  14. عَلَيكَ منّي سَلامُ اللّه ما صَدحت

    ورقُ الحمام وهزَّ الريحُ أَغصانا

    May God's peace from me be upon you, for as long as

    gray doves sing and the wind shakes branches.