أَتحب مسئلة بغير جَواب

فاذا دَعَوت دعوت غير جاب

Do you love a question with no answer?

So if you call, you call without response

قضت الصَبابَة أَن تَكون متيما

فاصبر تنل بالصبر اجر مصاب

Fate decided that you be a lover

So be patient, with patience gain reward of the stricken

فدع الاقامة دون مطلبك الَّذي

تَرجوه وارحل قعدة التجواب

Leave residing without your sought desire

That you hope for, and depart the abode of questioning

دَعها من النيابَتين تحثها

نغمات حادى العيس بالاطراب

Leave them from the two minarets that arouse it

With melodies of the flute player disturbing with unrest

غلبا اذا رحلت تخال كانها

فلك تَرامى في خضم سراب

Often when you depart think it as if it

Were a mirage you see amidst the illusion

وَجناء لم يَبقَ السرى منها سوى

رمق يَسير بجيئة وذهاب

And a beauty that nothing remains of it except

A little spirit in coming and going

وَبقية من أَعظم مَهزولة

طفقت تغلغل فيأرق اهاب

And the remainder of a magnificent wasted

Began to creep in to disrupt rest

أَفلا تحن إِلى الاراك وَقَد رأت

حلل الرَبيع كست جسوم روابى

Do you not yearn for the sand dunes when it saw

The garments of spring adorned the forms of meadows

وأذابها عبق النَسيم وانما

كَيفَ الهَوى وَالجسم غير مذاب

And the scent of the breeze melted them yet

How can love and body be unmelted

يا نازلين بذي الاراكة أَو بذا

ت الجزع رسمى عزةوَرَباب

O you who descended to the sand dunes or to those

Of sorrow, greetings of strength and pillars

هَل عندكم علم عَن العلمين أَو

عَن معهد بالرقمتين خراب

Do you have knowledge of the two sciences or

Of an institute with the two ruins

أَنى أحن إِلى العذيب وأهله

والى مياه بالعذيب عذاب

How I long for al-Udayb and its people

And for the waters of al-Udayb of torment

وَيشوقني من نحو طيبه نسمة

تنبي المشوق بطيب الاطياب

And a breeze from towards Taybah makes me nostalgic

That awakens the nostalgic with the aroma of aromas

للعب ما أَبقى فراق أَحِبتي

مني وَما لَم يَبقَ للأحباب

For playfulness, what remains of the separation of my loved ones

From me, and what remains for loved ones

يَخفى الغَرام تجلدى فَتذيعه

عبرات جفن عَن صبابة صابى

Love is hidden by my patience so it spreads it

Tears of an eyelid about the crying of a youth

ما زالَت الايام تقرع مروتي

حَتّى التجأت إِلى اعز جناب

The days have not ceased hitting my gallbladder

Until I resorted to the most mighty pillar

وَنزلت من حرم الحجاز بما جد

من آل غالب قاهر غلاب

And I descended from the sanctuary of Hejaz with what helped

From the family of Ghalib, conqueror of conquerors

العاقِب الماحي الضَلالة بالهدى

ومدمر الازلام والانصاب

Al-Aqib the destroyer of misguidance with guidance

And destroyer of termites and competitors

قمر تشعشع من ذوابة هاشم

في الارض نور هداية وَصَواب

Moon shining from the bright Hashim

In the earth the light of guidance and correctness

وَغدا نَبيا حيث كانَ وآدم

سَيَكون من ماء وطن تراب

And he became a prophet where Adam was

To be from water and earth of dust

فَمَضى الزَمان وَنعته وَصِفاته

من قبل مبعثه بكل كتاب

So time passed and his traits and attributes

Before his mission in every book

اخباره مَع سائر الاحبار وَالرُهبان

وَالكهان وَالحساب

His news with the rest of the scholars, monks

And soothsayers and fortune-tellers

عرفوه قبل ظهور بدلائل

عنوانهن مناصب الانساب

They knew him before appearance with signs

Titles of them from genealogies

وَرأوه بدرا ساطِعا متنقلا

بالنور في الارحام والاصلاب

And they saw him a radiant crescent moving

With light in the wombs and loins

حَتّى نضاه اللَه سَيفا مصلتا

بالحق يدحض حج المرتاب

Until God brought him out a straight sword

With the truth refuting the doubts of the skeptic

كَم عاندته قريش أَول وَهلة

سفهاء كم نبزوه بالالقاب

How Quraysh opposed him at first

Fools, how they insulted him with names

وَسموه مَع صفة الجنون بكاهِن

وَبشاعر وَبساحر كذاب

And they named him with the trait of madness a priest

And a poet and a lying sorcerer

فَهُنالِك اِرتَفع الحجاب وأشرقت

شمس النبوة فوق كل حجاب

Thereupon the veil rose and the sun of prophecy shone

Above every veil

عَبد المُهيمن وحده سبحانه

بالسَيف بعد تعدد الارباب

Worshipper of the Supreme Lord alone glorified is He

With the sword after the multitude of gods

وَغدا منار الدين متضح الهدى

وَالشرك منتكض عَلى الاعقاب

And he became the minaret of religion, clear guidance

And polytheism recoiled on its heels

رفعت لك الرايات يا قمر العلا

وَنهاية التَمكين قرب القاب

The banners were raised for you O moon of ascendancy

And the end of empowerment drew near

فغدوت بالقدمين أَشرف من مشى

في الأَرض من عجم ومن اعراب

So you became with your feet the noblest who walked

The earth, Arab or non-Arab

وَلك العلا وَالفخر غير مدافع

بين الوَرى يا واضح الاحساب

And for you is the highest ascent and pride without contention

Among mankind, O evident of calculations

في ملة نكحتك كفأ بعدما

عدمت وجود الكفء في الخطاب

In a faith your marriage was matched after

You invalidated matching in discourse

ولأنت أَسمى المرسلين مكانة

بجلال قدرا وعلو ركاب

And you are the highest of messengers in status

With majesty, esteem, and high platforms

يا سَيدي أَنا من علمت أذابَني

حمل الذنوب وجور دهر نابى

My master, I whom you taught, you melted me

The burden of sins and injustice of my disloyal age

لَو لَم يَكن لي اذ حججت وَلَم أزر

الا غناؤك وحده لكفى بي

If I had not but your singing alone when I performed Hajj

And did not visit except it would suffice me

ماذا تَقول لآمل متعرض

لعريض فضلك واقف بالباب

What can you say to a hopeful exposed

To your abundant grace standing at the door

وافاك لا علم وَلا عمل وَلا

قلب سَليم لائذ بمآب

And I came to you no knowledge, no deed, and no

Heart pure seeking shelter

فاِعطف عَلى عَبد الرَحيم برحمة

واشفع له من هول كل عذاب

So turn to the merciful servant with mercy

And intercede for him from the horror of every torment

وانهض به وَبمن يَليه فانه

مستعتب في موضع الاعتاب

And assist him and those that come after him, and he

Is regretful in the position of regret

واقمع بحولك باغضيه وكل من

يؤذيه من متمرد مرتاب

And with your power defeat his enemies and all who

Harm him of every stubborn skeptic

وَبجامع النيابَتين صو يحب

واهى القوى متقطع الاسباب

And by the collector of minarets return his love

And the most beloved, disconnected of causes

ان قمت بي وبه بلغنا كل ما

نَرجوه من خير وحسن مآب

If you stand by me and him we will attain everything

We hope for of good and beautiful shelter

وَعليك صَلى اللَه يا علم الهُدى

وَعَلى جَميع الآل والاصحاب

And upon you prayed Allah, O flag of guidance

And upon all the family and companions