أَعلمت من ركب البراق عتيما

وَتَلاه جبريل الامين نَديما

I knew who rode Al-Burāq as an orphan

With Gabriel, the Trustworthy, accompanying him

حَتّى سَما فوق السماء قدوما

ودنا فكلم ربه تَكليما

Until he ascended above the highest Heaven in arrival

And drew near, speaking intimately to his Lord

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

أَم من عَلى الرسل الكِرام تقدما

Pray over him and greet him with peace

Is it he who surpassed the honorable messengers before?

وَنَوى الصَلاة بهم وَكبر محرما

سَرى والى ذى العرش فرد بعدَما

Intending the prayer through them and declaring greatness when consecrated

He travelled and returned after having reached

بلغ الامين مكانه المَعلوما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

The Trustworthy one’s known place

Pray over him and greet him with peace

أَم من كقاب القوس آية قربه

بعلوه وَدَنوه من ربه

Or is it he who is the verse of the bow, his nearness

In his ascension and closeness to his Lord?

وَرأى الاله بعينه وَبِقَلبه

وَحوى من الغيب الخَفي علوما

And saw God with his eye and heart

And learned the hidden, unseen knowledge

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

ومن المخصص بالنبوة أَوّلا

Pray over him and greet him with peace

He is the one specially chosen for prophethood first

وأبوه آدم طينة لم يكملا

ومن الَّذي نالَ العلا حَتّى علا

While his father Adam was unfinished clay

He who attained the banners until he rose

شرفا وَحاز الفخر وَالتَفخيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

In nobility, achieving pride and veneration

Pray over him and greet him with peace

ذاكَ ابن آمنة البَشير المنذر

الصادِق المزمل المدثر

That is the son of Āminah, the bearer of good tidings and the warner

The truthful, the enwrapped, the enshrouded

السابق المتقدم المتأخر

حاوى المَفاخر آخرا وَقَديما

The preceding, the advancing, the delaying

Containing glories, the last and the eternal

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

ذاكَ الَّذي طابَ الزَمان بذكره

Pray over him and greet him with peace

That is he whose era was sweetened by the mention of him

وَتعطرت طرق الهدى من عطره

واذا النَسيم الرطب مر بقبره

And the paths of guidance were perfumed by his scent

Whenever the moist breeze passed by his grave

أهدى من المسك الذَكي نَسيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

It brings a fragrance gentler than musk

Pray over him and greet him with peace

اختاره رب السَموات العلى

واختصه بالمكرمات وَفضلا

The Exalted Lord chose him,

And distinguished him with honors and preference

وَهداه بالوحي الشَريف مفصلا

سورا وَذكرا من لدنه حَكيما

And guided him with the noble, detailed revelation

Chapters and mention, from His wisdom

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

عبرت صبا نجد بنفعة عنبر

Pray over him and greet him with peace

The fresh scent of Najd has passed in the morning

من روضة في مشهد متعطر

ما بين قبر للنبي ومنبر

From a meadow at a fragrant tomb

Between the Prophet’s grave and his pulpit

فيها الَّذي وهب النوال عَميما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

Where the Bestower of plenty resides

Pray over him and greet him with peace

هُوَ صفوة الباري وَخاتم رسله

وأمينه المَخصوص منه بفضله

He is the elite of the Creator and the seal of his messengers

And his specially chosen Trustee, preferred by His Grace

لا در در الشعر ان لم أمله

في مدح أَحمَد لؤلؤا منظوما

My poetry cannot be pearls unless I fill it

With praise of Ahmad, a string of pearls

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

كَم دمر المختار من متمرد

Pray over him and greet him with peace

How many rebels the Chosen One destroyed

بمحجل وَمثقف وَمهند

وَعصابة حازة بفضل محمد

With his sharpened swords and spears

And the band of supporters, who by Muhammad’s grace

شرفا وَفخر الايرام عَظيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

Attained honor and the pride of greatness

Pray over him and greet him with peace

قاد الخيول الصافنات الى العدا

ثم اِنتَضى بيضا تدل عَلى الهدى

He led the brisk, sword-brandishing horses to battle

Then the white [banners] were raised, showing guidance

وَعواسلا أوردن باغضه الردى

وأعدن والدة الضلال عَقيما

And the stallions, who detested evil, raced

And the mothers of misguidance returned barren

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

وحمت حمى الاسلام بيض صفاحه

Pray over him and greet him with peace

The sanctity of Islam was protected by the flash of his blades

وَجنود نصرته وَسمر رماحه

وَحمى الظلال سقى رمال بطاحه

And the armies of his supporters and brown spearheads

And the shade which watered the sands where he camped

دم باغضيه وَعاد منه سَليما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

[Bringing] the blood of his enemies, and he returned unharmed

Pray over him and greet him with peace

ذاكَ الَّذي عبد الاله وأخلصا

وَهُوَ المشفع في المعاد لمن عصى

That is he who worshipped God and was sincere

And he intercedes on the Day of Requital for the disobedient

وَبكفه نطقت وَسبحت الحصى

شَرفا له وَلربه تَعظيما

By his palm the pebbles spoke and glorified

Honoring him and his Lord

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

في الغار نسج العنكبوت لاجله

Pray over him and greet him with peace

In the cave a spider wove a web around him

وَالماء من يمناه فاضَ لفضله

وَتفجر الضرع الاجد برسله

And the water flowed abundantly from his right side due to his excellence

The udder flowed though dry before

واخضر جدع كان قبل هشيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

And the withered trunk became green

Pray over him and greet him with peace

وَالفحل خص محمدا بسجوده

وَالجذع حن عَلى فوات وجوده

The stallion singled out Muhammad with prostration

And the calf inclined upon missing him

يا أَيُّها المتعرضون لجوده

زوروا كَريما واقصدوه كَريما

O you who object to his generosity

Visit a generous one, and seek him with generosity

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

من لي بان أَحظى فأفخر موعد

Pray over him and greet him with peace

Who can grant me the fortune to boast

وأزوره وَالعمر لَيسَ بمسعد

وَمَتى أُشاهد نور قبر محمد

And visit him though life does not favor me

When will I look upon the light of Muhammad's grave?

وَيَصير حظى بالشقاء نَعيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

And my misfortune becomes bliss

Pray over him and greet him with peace

فومن أَحن الى زيارة سوحه

لا كفرن خَطيئَتي بمديحه

I yearn to visit his plain

Will not my sins be covered by praising him?

فاللَه يسعدني بلثم ضَريحه

لا نالَ فوزا من لديه عَظيما

By God, he will grant me happiness by kissing his tomb

I will not attain great success without him

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

ما زلت أكتسب الفَضائِل وَالعلى

Pray over him and greet him with peace

I continue to gain merits and ascendance

بنظام نثر كالجواهر فصلا

أهديه من نيابَتي برع الى

By prose arranged like pearls

I gift it from me, an obedient servant, to

من لم يزل بالمؤمنين رَحيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

The one who has always been Kind to the faithful

Pray over him and greet him with peace

هُوَ ذخرتي هُوَ عمدتي هو عدتي

وَحماى في الدنيا وَمؤنس وحدتي

He is my treasure, he is my pillar, he is my supply

My protector in life and companion in solitude

وَغد الوذ به فيكشف كربتي

وَيَكون عني للخصوم خَصيما

And tomorrow I will plead my case through him to dispel my worries

And he will side with me against adversaries

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

هو لُجئي وَبه اهديت من العمى

Pray over him and greet him with peace

He is my refuge; through him I was guided from blindness

وَلقيت منه لدى الشدائد أنعما

وَجعلته لمنال فَخري سلما

And found comfort from him in adversities

I made him the ladder to the pride of my hopes

وَلروضة الامل الهَشيم غيوما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

And for the meadow of hopes, a cloud blocking gloom

Pray over him and greet him with peace

هَل يا محمد تنقذون غَريقكم

متحمل الاوزار ضل طَريقكم

O Muhammad, will you save your drowning supplicants

Lost on your path, burdened with sins?

ان لم أَكن في النائبات رَفيقكم

وَلزيمكم فلمن أَكون لزيما

If I am not your companion and loyal friend in adversities

Then for whom could I be a loyal friend?

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

قل أَنت يا عَبد الرَحيم وكل من

Pray over him and greet him with peace

Say, “You, O Most Merciful, and all from

يعنيك من أَصل وَفرع أوسكن

في ظلنا المَمدود من محن الزمن

Your origin and branches or dwelling

In our extended shade from the trials of fate

واشمل بجاهك صاحبا وَحَميما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

Include your companion and confidante with your intercession

Pray over him and greet him with peace

وادرأ بصولكفي نحور حواسدي

أَبَدا وَعاند بالنكال معاندي

And with your palm, ward off the treachery of my enviers

Forever, and punish with vengeance those who oppose me

وأجز حروف قصائدي بمقاصدي

وَتول نصرى ظالما مَظلوما

And reward my poetry’s words with their intentions

And support me against an unjust oppressor

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

يا من براه اللَه نور اللورى

Pray over him and greet him with peace

O you whom God exonerated, the light of messengers

فأقام فيهم منذرا وَمبشرا

أَنا غرس جودك في العراء وَفي الثرا

Who established among them a warner and bearer of good tidings

I am the product of your kindness, in the barrens and ruins

وَغداة يجمعنا المعاد عموما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

And tomorrow the Day of Reunion will gather us universally

Pray over him and greet him with peace

مني السَلام عليك ما هب الصبا

وَتعانقت عذبات بانات الربا

Peace be upon you from me for as long as the morning breeze blows

And the lovely, supple branches entwine

وَتناوحت ورق الحمام لتطربا

وأَضاءَ نورك في السماء نحوما

And the doves in passion flutter their wings

And your light shines faintly in the sky

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

وَعليك صَلى اللَه غالب أَمره

Pray over him and greet him with peace

And God’s prayers upon you, all-encompassing in His command

تعداد موجود الوجود بأسره

يا لِلَّه يا متلذذين بذكره

As numerous as all existence altogether

O God! O you who delight in his mention

من كان منكم ظاعنا وَمُقيما

صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

Whoever among you has erred or settled

Pray over him and greet him with peace