1. برحمةِ ربي أرتجي حرمة القرُب

    فأدنو بها من سيّد العجم والعرب

    Through my Lord's mercy I hope for the sacred privilege of nearness,

    And through it draw near to the master of non-Arabs and Arabs.

  2. برتني يدُ الأشواقِ برياً وكيفَ لا

    ومثواه في شرق ومثواي في غرب

    The hand of longing has whittled me away—how could it not,

    When his abode is in the east and mine in the west?

  3. براهينُه في كلِّ شيء تبيّنت

    ومن لجّ مأتاه إلى الطعن والضرب

    His proofs have become manifest in everything,

    And whoever persists obstinately is headed for thrusts and blows.

  4. براءة أبدت عزّه حين آذنت

    لأعدائه بعد البراءة بالحرب

    Barāʾa revealed his might when it proclaimed

    War against his enemies, after disavowal.

  5. براه إله الخلقِ نوراً مُصوراً

    لكيما يُلاقي عالمَ الروح والترب

    The God of creation fashioned him as light given form,

    So that he might meet the realm of spirit and dust.

  6. براقُ معاريج الذين اصطفاهم

    من الخلق أسماه فاحضاه بالقرب

    The Buraq of the ascents of those He chose

    From creation—He exalted him and favored him with nearness.

  7. براعة ذاك الحسن ترني إذا بدا

    على كل تربي وبالحق

    The excellence of that beauty [unclear verb] when it appears,

    Above every peer of mine, and in truth.

  8. برود جفون الصبِّ رؤية وجهِه

    فرؤيتةُ تشفي الفؤاد من الكرب

    The sight of his face cools the ardent lover's eyelids,

    For seeing him heals the heart of distress.

  9. برزت إلى استسقاء رحمةِ خالقي

    عسى عارضٌ منها يعرض بالثرب

    I came forth to seek the rain of my Creator's mercy,

    Hoping a raincloud from it might appear at al-Tharb.

  10. بروقُ الحيا حيّت فأحيت حُشاشتي

    فقلتُ لحادي الركب سرْ بي مع السرب

    The rain's lightning gave greeting and revived my last spark of life,

    So I said to the caravan's camel-driver: 'Lead me onward with the company.'