أَنبيّ دونك عبرتي وَتنهدي
كمدا عليك فَكَم أَعيد و أَبتَدي
I lament to you my sighs and sorrows
As oft as I repeat and begin
أَبني طال بك السقام فَلَيتَني
أَفديك لو ولد بوالده فدى
My son, has illness made you suffer long?
Would that I could ransom you if a father could ransom his son
أَبنيّ ما بيدي الملك حيلة
لكن أَمدالي ابن آمنة يَدي
My son, I am powerless
But I extend to you the hand of the son of Amina
ان ضاق بي وَبك الخناق فَلَم يضق
عَني وَعنك عَريض جاه محمد
If distress closes in on me and you
The vast glory of Muhammad is not too narrow for me and you
ذاكَ الغَياث المُستَغاث به الَّذي
لَولاه ما كانَ الوجود بموجد
He is the succor called upon in need
Without him existence would have no cause
ذاكَ المتوج بالمهابة وَالعلا
شمس النبوّة عصمة المسترشد
He whose authority and exaltation are glorious
The sun of prophethood, the protected guide
هُوَ غيم مرحمة عيد ظلاله
وَيَفيض نائله لكل موحد
He is a cloud of tender mercy, its shade a feast day
And it rains bounty on every monotheist
هُوَ صاحب الاحاكم وَالحكم الَّتي
طلعت طَلائعها هدى للمهتدى
He is the authority of judgments and wisdom
Whose brilliant dawns are guidance for the guided
قمر تسلسل من ذؤابة هاشم
في السر منها وَالصَريح الامجد
A moon descending in lineage from Hashim
In secret and publicly of greatest renown
ملأت محامده الزمان وأسرعت
شهب النجا ملغور وَلمنجد
His praises have filled time and accelerated
Meteors of glory for the aspiring and desiring
رؤوف بامته رحيم مشفق
متعطف بالود للمتودد
Compassionate to his nation, merciful, caring
Gently affectionate to those devoted to him
تَرجوه في الدنيا لنجح مرادنا
وَنَلوذ منه إِلى الشَفاعة في غد
In life we hope he will help our purpose prevail
And in the afterlife we take refuge in his intercession
وَهُوَ الَّذي من قاب قَوسين اِنتَهى
في القرب يفتح كل باب مؤصد
He who in the blink of an eye arrived
To open every closed door in proximity
وَله الفَضيلة وَالوَسيلة رفعة
وَالفَضل وَالزلفى وَصدق المقعد
His is superiority, intercession and lofty grace
Virtue, favor and truthful position
وَالرسل تحشر تحت ظل لوائه
وَتؤم كوثره الهىء المورد
The messengers assemble beneath his banner’s shade
His Kawthar their heavenly drink
جبل فلوذ من الخطوب بعزه
وَبه نَصول عَلى الزَمان المعتدى
He is the mountain of refuge from adversities in his might
By him we climb above the tyrannous times
جعل الصَنائع في الرقاب قَلائِدا
وَبَني المحامد في عراص الفرقد
He made excellence necklaces for heads
And built praises on the brides of tombs
يَتَوسَل المتوسلون بجاهه
فيرد عنهم كل خطب أَنكد
Those seeking intercession through his eminence
He wards from them every miserable plight
جاد الغمام عَلى رباه إِلى ربا
سلع فَما والى بقيع الغرقد
The cloud rained generously on its Lord
Goods never before in the valley of al-Baqee
وَسَقى جَوانِب روضة قدسية
مَحروسة في ظل ذاك المسجد
It watered the sides of a holy meadow
Protected in the shade of that mosque
فَهناك أَرواح النفوس عواكف
شغفا يا حمد ذائبات الاكبد
There the souls of the pious stand vigil
Yearning, O praised one, melting the liver
طوبى لطيبة حيث حل بربعها
شمس الفخار ففاق شمس الاسعد
Blessed is Taibah where there settled
The sun of glory outshining the most fortunate sun
نزل المكان فَكان محترما به
وَمحا الفسدا فساد كل مسود
He lodged in the place which thereby gained sanctity
And erased the corruption of all that was blackened
علم تظلل بالغمامة واِرتَوى
من ذلك الضرع الاجد الجلد
He learned in the shade of the cloud and sated thirst
From that most generous flowing breast
وَالجذع حن له وَسحت الحصى
في كفه نص الحَديث المسند
And the sapling inclined toward him while pebbles
In his palm narrated the verified hadith
هو عدتي هو عمدتي هو ذخرتي
هُوَ نصرتي هو منقذي هو منجدي
He is my equipment, my pillar, my treasure
My victory, my savior, my supporter
يا سيد الثقلين كن لي مسعدا
فالدَهر يا مَولاي ليسَ بمسعدي
O master of both creations, be my fortune
For, my master, time has not been kind to me
هَذا سَميك أَحمد قلق الحشا
أَتراك تغفل عن سميك أَحمَد
This is your namesake Ahmad, anxious and concerned
Will you neglect your namesake Ahmad?
أَلَم الم به فقطع بالبكا
كبدى وظني فيك غاية مقصدي
Suffering has touched him reducing him to tears
Cutting my liver, though my hopes are fixed on you
فاسأل له الرحمن نظرة راحم
بشمول عافية وَعفو سرمدي
So ask the Merciful to look on him with mercy
In all-encompassing wellness and eternal pardon
وأجز بها عبد الرَحيم براءة
من حر نار جهنم المتوقد
And so pardon the servant ar-Rahim his guilt
From Hellfire’s heat, blazing inferno
وَعَليك صَلى اللَه ما هب الصبا
من طيب طيبة عن شذا الند الندي
And upon you, O Allah, bless what the morning breeze carries
Of Taibah’s perfume from the aromatic wet branches
وَعَلى صحابتك الجَميع وكل من
والاك يشهد حسن ذاك المشهد
And on all your companions and whoever
Loves the memory of that blessed gathering
