بارق بالابرق الفرد سرى

وَتراءى لي بنجد سحرا

With lightning flashing brightly alone

And I saw the dawn break over Najd

وَسَقى خيف مني عارضه

واثيلات النقا وَالسمرا

Its fears quenched from me by the veil

And the black night and still dawn

واِتيحت بالمصلى ديمة

غادرت وادي المصلى خضرا

The prayer place was made accessible

I left the green valley of the prayer place

فأنار النور من فضيه

في ربا تلك النواحي زهرا

So the light illuminated from its radiance

The plateau and environs were in full bloom

فرياض الشعب رضوانية

ينثر الطل عليها دررا

The meadows of Raḍwā are like Paradise

Scattering pearls of dew upon them

يا نَسيم الريح من كاظمة

اهدلي ذاك النَسيم العطرا

O breeze blowing from Kazima

Bring to me that sweet-smelling wind

واعد لي بالحمى ساجعة

فرقت بين جفوني وَالكرى

Promise me a night visit in Ḥimā

That distracted me from sleep and anguish

من عذ برى من حَبيب راحل

اخذ الموم واعطى السهرا

The one who suffered from his absent beloved

Took sorrows and gave wakefulness

وَعذول لامى في الحب لَو

ذاق كاس الحب مثلي عذرا

If the blamer only knew of my love's agony

He would have tasted from my cup and excused me

لا يظن الدهر اني مهمل

بعد مدحي من يجيز الشعرا

Time does not think me heedless

After my praise of the excellent poet

قبل لي ما نلت من نائله

قلت كل الصيد في جوف الفرا

I gained from the one I asked

I said all the game is in the belly of the saddlebags

ذا الوجيه الوجه في الدارين ذا

صيدي الشيخ العرابي عمرا

The shining face in both abodes

My quarry, the Sheikh al-‘Arabī lives on

صفوة الحق الَّذي انواره

عمت الدنيا فَشاعَت في الوَرى

Quintessence of truth whose light

Covered the world and spread amongst mankind

واحد الامة هدا وَهدى

غوث أَهل الارض كهف الفقرا

The one guide of the nation, guided and guiding

Rescuer of Earth’s people, cave of the destitute

قبلة الوفد المرجى جوده

بل إِمامالصالحين الكبرا

Direction of visitors hoping for his generosity

But the Greatest Imam of the Righteous

كعبة المجد الَّذي من زاره

حج في زورته واِعتمرا

Ka‘ba of Glory whom when visited

Pilgrimage, in seeking him, was gained

والذي ما جئته مستلما

كفه الا اِستَلمت الحجرا

He whom I never approached empty-handed

Except that I grabbed the stones from his palm

غيم برّ ظلهمرحمة

لَم يزل صببه منهمرا

Cloud of blessings whose shade is mercy

That never ceased pouring from them

سادتي لاتهملوا مادحكم

فَلَقَد لذت بكم منتصرا

My masters do not neglect your praiser

For I was made victorious through you

ان أدنىواجب الخدمة أن

تبلغوا عَبد الرَحيم الوطرا

The least duty of service is to

Reach ‘Abd al-Raḥīm of Al Waṭar

فصلواحَبلي وَشدوا عروتي

واِرفَعوا قَدري اذا خطب عرا

Pray especially for me and grasp my hand

And raise my worth whenever it is sought in marriage

لا تخصوا بالدعا أَنفسكم

واذكروا من غاب فيمن حضرا

Do not reserve supplications for yourselves

And remember the absent amongst those present

واسألوا الرحمن يَهدي رَحمة

تشمل الاموات في بطن الثرى

And ask the Merciful to bestow a mercy

Encompassing the dead in the earth’s cavity

وَصَلاة اللَه تَغشي روضة

أَحمد المختار فيها قبرا

And God’s prayers spread over the meadow

Of Aḥmad the Chosen One wherein lies a grave

وَضجيعيه وَسبطيه ومن

آثر الهجرة أَو مننصرا

And his two grandsons and whoever

Chose emigration or gave victory

وَجَميع الآل والاصحاب ما

بارق بالابرق الفرد سرى

And all progeny and companions

With lightning flashing brightly alone