1. يا منْ لعَينٍ قد أضرَّ بها السهر

    وأضالع حُدُبٍ طُوينَ على الشَّرر

    Oh, who will help an eye that sleeplessness has harmed,

    And curved ribs folded over glowing sparks,

  2. وفؤادٍ مصدوع الفؤاد مُروَّعٌ

    ضلّ الطريق فلا أمان ولا مفر

    And a heart, broken at heart and terror-struck,

    Lost on the road, with neither safety nor escape?

  3. يمسي سميرَ النجم في غسق الدُّجى

    وكذاك يضحي في الصَّباح إذا سفَر

    It spends the evening keeping the star company in deepest darkness,

    And likewise passes the morning when it brightens.

  4. حذر التي كانت قبيل وقوعها

    فيه وهل حذر يفيد من القدر

    Dreading what was to come, shortly before it fell

    Upon it—yet can caution avail against fate?

  5. أمسى بمنزلة الغريق تلاطمت

    حوليه أمواج الخضم وقد زخر

    It has become like a drowning man, with waves crashing

    Around him from the deep sea, now swollen high.

  6. ونوائبا لو أنّ ايوباً بها

    يبلى وقد كان الصبور لما صبر

    And calamities—had Job by them

    Been tried, patient though he was, he would not have endured.

  7. يا ربَّ إن تَكُ لي ذُنوبك اغتفِر

    واقِل فمثلك من أقال ومن عَثَره

    My Lord, if I have sins, forgive them;

    And pardon, for one like You grants pardon [ending unclear].

  8. يا ربّ لا أقوى على كلّ الذي

    ألْقى ولطفُك خير لُطْف ينتظر

    My Lord, I cannot bear all that

    I encounter; Your kindness is the finest kindness one awaits.

  9. قد قلتُ إنَّ العسر يتبع ضيقه

    يُسر فما بالي أساء ولا أسر

    I have said that hardship's constriction is followed by

    Ease—why, then, am I saddened, never gladdened?

  10. لم يبقَ من جسمي سوى شبح يُرى

    كالوهم لا يسطيع يحصره النظر

    Nothing remains of my body but a visible phantom,

    Like an illusion that sight cannot encompass,

  11. وحُشاشة فَنِيتْ ومنها فضْلةُ

    بقيت مُقُلّبة على شوكِ الإبَر

    And a last flicker of life, wasted away, of which a little

    Remains, tossed upon the points of needles.

  12. أو لستَ قد أنجيتَ من طُوفانِه

    نوحاً وقد لاقى ابنه إحدى الكُبر

    Did You not save, from his flood,

    Noah, while his son met one of the greatest calamities?

  13. وحَفظت موسى يومَ ألْقي مُرضِعاً

    في اليَمّ طِفلاً لا ملاذ ولا وزر

    And preserve Moses when, still a suckling, he was cast

    Into the sea as a child, with neither refuge nor shelter?

  14. وكفَيتَ يونس ظلمة الحوتِ التي

    في بطنه لذوي الشدائد معتبر

    And shield Jonah from the fish's darkness, which

    Within its belly offers a lesson to those in hardship?

  15. ووقيْتَ إبراهيم والنمرود قد

    سَعَر الحريق فكان برداً ما سَعَر

    And protect Abraham when Nimrod had

    Kindled the blaze, so what he kindled became cool?

  16. ووهبت داووداً خطِيِئته التي

    تركتْ مدَامعَه سواكب كالمطر

    And forgive David his sin, which

    Left his tears streaming like rain?

  17. وقصرت عن حواء طول حبيبها

    وأقلْتَ آدم في العثار وقد عثر

    And lessen, for Eve, her beloved's stature,

    And pardon Adam's stumbling when he had stumbled?

  18. نَفِّسْ عليَّ فأنت أرحمُ راحم

    وانظر إليَّ فلا أقل من النظر

    Relieve me, for You are the most merciful of those showing mercy;

    And look upon me—at least grant me a glance.

  19. وكذاك يا مُنضي القلوص كأنها

    نجمُ الظلام أو الظليم إذا نفر

    And likewise, O you who exhaust your young she-camel, as though she were

    A star in the dark, or a startled male ostrich,

  20. سَلّمْ على القبر المُقيم بيثرب

    واسجد وَضَعْ خداً على ذاك العَفَره

    Greet the tomb abiding in Yathrib,

    And prostrate yourself; lay a cheek upon that dust.

  21. والثم ثرى فيه ابن امنة ثوى

    وأشكى الجوى ودموع عينك كالمطر

    And kiss the soil where Aminah's son lies,

    And lament your burning anguish, your eyes shedding tears like rain.

  22. واحطط حشاك على جوانبه وقل

    مني السَلام عليك يا خير البَشر

    And lay your bosom against its sides, and say:

    Peace from me be upon you, O best of humankind;

  23. مني السَّلام عليك يا علم الهدى

    والشمس تحْقُر عن ضيائك والقمر

    Peace from me be upon you, O beacon of guidance;

    The sun is slight beside your radiance, and so the moon.

  24. أنت المظلّلُ بالغمام وقد رأت

    رهبانٍ أيلة ذاك وانكشف الخبر

    You are the one shaded by clouds, and indeed

    The monks of Aylah saw that, and the news became known.

  25. رُبيت في بحبوح مكة حيثُ مَا

    نزل الخليل ففاق فخرك مَنْ فخر

    You were raised in the heart of Mecca, where

    The Friend dwelt; your glory surpassed all who boasted.

  26. ورضِعْتَ في سَعْدٍ بثدي حليمة

    كرما ففاق البدو نطقك والحضر

    And you suckled among Sa'd at Halimah's breast,

    Nobly; your speech surpassed both nomads and townsfolk.

  27. وصحبت ضَمْرة راعياً في بَهْمَةٍ

    إذا كنت خير أخٍ تطول من قصر

    And you accompanied Damrah, shepherding a lamb,

    When you were the finest brother, towering above those who fell short.

  28. وتخطفتْك ملائك العرش الذي

    صفوا فؤادك أن يلم به الكدر

    And the angels of the Throne snatched you up—those who

    Purified your heart lest murk should touch it.

  29. والبدراذ سالت قريش شقة

    فانشق فاعترفوا بفضلك إذ ظهر

    And the full moon, when Quraysh asked for its splitting,

    Split, and they acknowledged your merit when it appeared.

  30. والماء انْبعَ بين أنملك التي

    صفوا فؤادك أن يلم به الكدر

    And water sprang forth between your fingertips, which—

    Purified your heart lest murk should touch it.

  31. وعشية الأحزاب حين هَزمْتَهمُ

    سبعين ألفاً في الجواشن والصُدر

    And on the evening of the Confederates, when you routed them—

    Seventy thousand in coats of mail and breastplates—

  32. فرَّقتُ جمعهم بكفٍ من حَصى

    ارسلته فتناثروا لمّا انتثر

    I scattered their host with a handful of pebbles;

    You cast it, and they scattered as it scattered.

  33. وأتيت بالعضوِ الذي في بطنه

    سُمٌ فنادى منبئاً عما أسر

    And you were brought the limb inside which

    Was poison; it called out, revealing what it concealed.

  34. واعدت ما فيه شويهة جابرٍ

    ولقد شوى منها الطبيخ وقد جزر

    And you restored what was in it—Jabir's little ewe [wording unclear];

    He had indeed roasted food from it, having slaughtered it.

  35. ودعوت لابني جابر من بعدما

    ماتا فعادا لاَفناء ولا ضرر

    And you prayed for Jabir's two sons after

    They had died, and they returned, with neither death nor harm.

  36. وسريت في ظهر البراقِ مُجاوزا

    سبع الطباقِ وَعدتَ في وقت السحر

    And you journeyed by night upon Buraq's back, passing beyond

    The seven tiers, and returned in the predawn hour.

  37. تمشي الملائك في ركابك منهم

    جبريل بل ميكال حولك في زُمر

    Angels walked in your retinue, among them

    Gabriel, and indeed Michael, around you in throngs.

  38. حتى إذا جئت المكان المنتهى

    وبلغت سدرته وطابَ لك السفر

    Until, when you came to the furthest place,

    And reached its lote tree, and the journey pleased you,

  39. وتودعتك من الملائك هيبة

    وتلت عليها فضلٍ صورتك الصور

    The angels bade you farewell in awe,

    And the forms recited over it your form's excellence [wording unclear].

  40. ودعاك رب العرش إذ دانيته

    مقدار قاب القوس أو قوس الوتر

    And the Lord of the Throne called you, as you drew near Him,

    At a bow's span, or a bowstring's bow:

  41. أهلاً وسهلاً يا محمدُ مرحبا

    بل أشْرقَ النادي وَقرّبك المقر

    Welcome, Muhammad! A gracious, warm welcome!

    Indeed, the assembly shone, and the abode drew you near.

  42. يا سيد الكونين والثقلين بل يا اب

    ن الشناخيب الشوامخ من مضر

    O master of both worlds and of humankind and jinn, indeed, O son—

    Of the lofty, towering peaks of Mudar,

  43. قل لابن آمنةٍ وقل ما تشتهي

    تُعطي فغيرك من يُهان ويُحتقر

    Say to Aminah's son, and say whatever you desire:

    You shall be granted it; another is the one abased and scorned.

  44. أنت الحبيبُ فلو سألت جميع ما

    عندي وجملة ما لدي لما كثر

    You are the beloved: were you to ask for all that

    Is with Me, and everything I possess, it would not be too much.

  45. ولقد خصَصْتك بالذي لم أختصص

    أحداً به فليدكره من أدكر

    I have favored you with what I have not bestowed

    On anyone else; let whoever remembers recall it.

  46. لا يذكر أسمي قط في تهليلة

    للخلق إلا يذكر اسمك في الأثر

    Never is My name mentioned in a declaration of oneness

    For creation, without your name being mentioned in its wake.

  47. وقرنت ذكرك في من لم يعترف

    لك بالفضيلة والمقام فقد كفر

    And I coupled your remembrance [wording incomplete]; whoever does not acknowledge

    Your excellence and station has disbelieved.

  48. فالحوضُ حوضُك والسقاية كلها

    لك كل باعٍ عن مداك به قصر

    The Pool is your Pool, and all the giving of drink

    Is yours; every arm's span falls short of your reach there.

  49. فانْهض وأنهضْ صَاحبيك ونفِّسا

    عن صَاحِب الأمواج مَركبُهُ انكسر

    Arise, rouse your two companions; you two, bring relief

    To the man amid the waves, whose vessel has broken.

  50. ضاقتْ به الدنَّيا فلا مُسْتعْصِمٌ

    يُرجى سواك ولا نصيرٌ ينتصر

    The world has closed in on him; no refuge

    Is hoped for besides you, nor any champion who can prevail.

  51. سَلْ فيَّ رَبَّك إن يُسَهل مخرجي

    عَجِلاً فقلبكُ ما أحَن ومَا ابر

    Ask your Lord on my behalf to ease my escape

    Swiftly—how tender and dutiful your heart is!

  52. وأنا سميك يا محمدُ مثل ما

    خِلاكَ أبي بكر وصَاحبه عُمر

    And I am your namesake, Muhammad, just like

    Your two friends, Abu Bakr and his companion Umar.

  53. وأنا أمرؤٌ من بعض أَمتك الذي

    بك أمنوا ولهم بفخرك مفتخر

    And I am a man among those of your community who

    Believe in you and find glory in your glory.

  54. يا أهل يثرب غارة فِهْرية

    تجلى الكروب بتلك أو يقضي الوطر

    O people of Yathrib, a Fihri charge to the rescue!

    By it sorrows are dispelled, or the desire fulfilled.

  55. خدامُكم بل أسمياكم وكم

    حُمى الخفيرُ لديكم من كل شر

    Your servants—indeed, your namesakes—and how often

    Has one in your protection been shielded from every harm!

  56. صلى عليك الله غير مُوَدّع

    وعلى صحابتك الصناديد الغرر

    May God bless you, with no parting farewell,

    And your valiant, radiant companions.

  57. لا فارقت ذاك الضريح سحابةٌ

    بكرٌ إذا ما كف وابلها مطر

    May a cloud never leave that tomb,

    Fresh and unspent: when its downpour ceases, there is rain.