هم الأحبة إن جاروا وإن عدلوا

فَلَيسَ لي معدل عنهم وإن عدلوا

They are the loved ones, whether they are unkind or fair,

I have no substitute for them even if they are unfair,

وكل شيء سواهم لي به بدل

منهم وَمالي بهم من غيرهم بدل

And everything other than them is worthless to me

Compared to them, and I have no substitute for them apart from them.

اني وان فتنتوا في حبهم كبدي

باق عَلى ودهم راض بما فعلوا

Even if they tempted my liver with their love,

I remain loving them, content with what they have done.

شربت كاس الهَوى العذرى من ظمأ

وَلذلي في الغَرام العسل وَالنهل

I drank the chaste cup of passion thirstily,

And my delight was honey and drink in passion.

فَليت شعري وَالدنيا مفرقة

بين الرفاق وايام الورى دول

If only I knew, while the world separates

Friends, and the days of life change,

هَل ترجع الدار بعد البعد آنسة

وَهَل تعود لنا ايامنا الاول

Will the house return friendly after absence?

And will our first days return to us?

يا ظاعنين بِقَلبي اينما ظعنوا

وَنازلين بِقَلبي اينَما نَزَلوا

O those who pierced my heart wherever they pierced,

And dwelled in my heart wherever they dwelled,

ترفقوا بفؤاد في هوادجكم

راحَت به يوم راحَت بالهَوى الابل

Be gentle with a heart that went to you when passions left with the camels.

By Him whose House the pilgrims circled,

فَو الَّذي حجت الزوار كعبته

ومن الم بها يَدعو وَيبتهل

And who calls and implores when afflicted by it,

Your love certainly flowed like my blood, so my blood

لَقَد جَرى حبكم مَجرى دَمي فَدمي

بعد التفرق في اطلالكم طلل

After separation remains at your ruins.

I did not forget the night I left the comrades when

لَم أَنس لَيلة فارقت الفَريق وَقَد

عاقوا الحَبيب عَن التَوديع واِرتَحَلوا

They avoided bidding farewell to the loved one and moved on.

When they saw a fire at Dhi Salm,

لما تَراءَت لهم نار بذي سلم

ساروا فمنقطع عنها وَمتصل

They went on, and were cut off from it while connected to it.

The mounts do not know where they are going

لادر در المَطايا أَينَما ذهبت

ان لم تنخ حيث لا تثنى لها العقل

If they do not stop where the mind cannot bend.

In a garden of the gardens of Paradise I rejoiced,

في روضة من رياض الجنة ابتهجت

حسنا وَطاب بها للنازِل النزل

Beautiful, and the dwelling in it was sweet.

Where his prophethood has its pavilion pitched,

حيث النبوّة مضروب سرادقها

وَطالع النور في الآفاق يشتعل

And the light rises shining in the horizons,

And where the existence was ennobled by God through him,

وَحيث من شرف اللَه الوجود به

فاِستغرق الفضل فردا ماله مثل

So virtue overwhelmed uniquely what equals him,

Muhammad, master of masters, from Mudar,

محمد سيد السادات من مضر

سر السَرارة شمس ماله طفل

The secret of secrets, a sun that has no peer,

شوارد المجد في مَعناه عاكفة

وَريف رأفته غصن النى الخضل

The birds of glory nestle in his meanings,

And the branch of his kindness is fresh and lush.

تثنى عليه المَثاني كلما تلبت

كَما اِستَنارَت به الاقطار وَالسبل

The verses glorify him whenever they are recited,

As the regions and roads were illuminated by him.

بحر طوا رقهبر وَمكرمة

بدر عَلى فلك العَلياء مكتمل

A sea whose depth knowledge cannot plumb,

And a full moon in the celestial sphere.

ما زالَ بالنور من صلب الى رحم

من عهد آدم في السادات ينتقل

He continued with light from loins to womb

Passing from ancestors to masters through the ages,

حَتّى اِنتَهى في الذرا من هاشم وَسما

فَتى وَطفلا وَوفى وَهو مكتهل

Until he reached the last of Hashim and Samaa

فَكانَ في الكَون لا شكل يقاس به

وَلا عَلى مثله الاقطار تشتمل

A youth, infant, loyal, fully grown.

So in existence there was no shape to compare him by,

به الحَنيفة مرساة قواعدها

فوق النجوموَنهج الحق معتدل

Nor do horizons encompass one like him.

Through him the straight path fixed its foundations,

وَمنه ظل لواء الحمد يشملنا

اذا العصاة عليهم من لطى ظلل

Balanced above the stars and the way made clear.

From him the banner of praise shelters us

وانه الحَكَم العدل الَّذي نسخت

بدين ملته الاديان وَالملل

When rebels, shadows envelope them.

He is the just arbitrator whose religion

يا خير من دفئت بالترب اعظمه

فَطاب من طيبهن السهل وَالجبل

Abrogated creeds and faiths with its nation.

O best one whose tomb perfumed the mighty earth,

نَفسي الفداء لقبر انت ساكنه

فيه الهدى وَالندى وَالعلم وَالعمَل

From his scent the plain and mountain turned fragrant.

My soul be sacrificed for the grave you inhabit,

أَنتَ الحَبيب الَّذي نَرجو عواطفه

غند الصراط اذا ما ضاقَت الحبل

In it is guidance, dew, knowledge and deed.

You are the beloved we hope for kindness from

نَرجو شَفاعتك العظمى لمذنبنا

بجاه وجهك عنا تغفر الزلل

At the narrow bridge when the rope grows taut.

We hope for your great intercession for our sins,

يا سَيدي يا رَسول اللَه خُذ بيَدي

في كل محادثة مالي بها قبل

Through your splendor our lapses are forgiven.

My master, O Messenger of God, take my hand

قالوا نزيلك لا يؤذي وَها اناذا

دَمي وَعرضي مباح وَالحمى همل

In all conversation I had no precedent for.

They said your protege does no harm, yet here I am, exposed,

وَذا المسمى بك اشتد البَلاء به

فاِرحمن مدامعه في الخد تنهمل

My blood and honor violated, protection abandoned.

He who is named for you, distress has intensified for him,

وَحل عقدة هم عنه ما برحت

واشرح به صدرام قَلبها وحل

So have mercy on the tears flowing down his cheek.

And untie the knot of sorrow from him, never ceasing,

وَصل بمرحمة عَبد الرَحيم ومن

يَليه لا خاب فيك الظن والامل

And reassure through him a chest, its heart distraught.

Join in mercy Abdel Rahim and whoever follows him, hopes in you never dashed, nor expectation failed.

صَلى وسلم رَبي دائماً ابدا

عليك يا خير من يحفى وَيفتعل

Bless and salute, my Lord, forever, eternally,

Upon you O best of those who are covered and wrapped.

والآل وَالصحب ما غنت مطوّقة

وَما تعاقبت الابكار والاصل

And upon the Family and Companions as long as

Caravans continue and generations come one after another.