بالابرق الفرد اطلال قديمات

لآل هند عفتهن الغمامات

With the singular lightning, the ruins of antiquity,

As if the clouds had maintained their chastity,

وَملعب لعبتهوج الرياحبه

كَأَنَّهم فيه ما ظلوا وَلا باتوا

And it was a playground where the winds sported,

As if they neither lingered there nor spent the night.

تنكر العلم الغربيّ من أضم

وأَقفرت بعد بين الركب رامات

Western science denies the well-known flag,

And after the caravan, wide roads lied deserted.

تَشتهم جَمع الاحزان في كَبدي

فالهم مجتمع وَالركب أَشتات

My liver craves to gather all sorrows,

So they gathered while the caravans scattered.

فان أَنستَ غيابات الفؤاد بهم

فهم أَحباب قَلبي يا غيابات

If you forget the departures of the heart with them,

They are the beloved of my heart, O departures.

فَيا حَمامات وادى البان شجوك في

ظل الاراك شجاني يا حَمامات

So O doves of the valley of ebony, your passion in

The shade of the meadows, my passion O doves.

وَيا أَثيلات نجد ما لعبت ضحى

الا لعبتبِقَلبي يا أَثيلات

And O fawns of Najd, the dawn has not played

Except it played with my heart, O fawns.

تهيج لوعة قَلبي المستهام اذا

هبت بنشر الصبا النهدي هبات

The zealous yearning of my heart is aroused when

The morning breeze blows the tender branches.

فَكَيفَ حال بعيد الدار مغترب

له إِلى الشام حنات وأنات

So what is the state of one far from home, an expatriate

Who has for Syria yearnings and sighs?

يهدى التَحيَّة من نيابَتي برع

الى نَبي عَطاياه جَزيلات

Greetings I send from my deputyship clearly

To the Prophet whose gifts are plentiful.

محمد سيد الخلق الَّذي امتلأت

من نوره الارض وَالسبع السَموات

Muhammad, the master of creation, with whom

The earth and seven heavens have filled with his light.

اسرى به اللَه من ارض الحجاز إِلى

ان قبلت نعله الحجب الرَفيعات

God took him by night from the land of Hejaz

To the Highest Heaven, where his shoes were held high.

أَدناه من قاب قوس حين كلمه

بالغَيب من بعد ما قالَ التَحيات

He brought him within two bow lengths when He spoke

To him of the unseen, after greetings were exchanged.

وَزاده منه تَشريفا وَشفعه

في الخلق لا عدمت منه الشَفاعات

And increased his noble station and interceded through him

In favor of creation, so his intercessions shall not be refused.

فالبدر وَالبحر وَالقطر الملث حيا

وَالفَضل وَالفخر فيه وَالكَرامات

The full moons, seas, pouring rains give him life,

As do superiority, pride, and miracles to him belong.

تاللَه ما اِرتَفَعَت للدين مرتبة

لولا مراتبه الشم المنيعات

By God, religion's station would not have risen so high

If not for his towering positions.

أَحيا الزَمان فأيام الزَمان به

يَومان في اللَه انعام وَغارات

He gave life to the age, and the age's days because of him

Are days of favors and raids in God.

وَفل شوكة أَهل الشرك مرتضيا

لِلَّه ربا فَما العزى وَما اللات

He broke the thorns of the polytheists, pleasing

God as Lord, so no consolation or Lat remain.

فالخَيل تصهل والارماح شاحرة

وَالبيض وَالبيض مسراها العجاجات

The horses neigh and the spears spark,

While the swords - their edges are the hewers.

ما اِستمطرته ثغور المشركين حيا

الا سقتها القنا وَالمشرفيات

The borders of the polytheists poured not but blood

Which the channels and waterfalls watered.

مني السَلام عَلى القَبر الَّذي اعكفت

فيه العلى واِنتَهَت فيه النهايات

Peace be upon the grave round which

The Highest has revolved and met its end.

وَجاد طيبة مرفض يَلوح به

زهر الرياض وَتخضر البشامات

The fragrance of Taybah is sent off in all directions,

Where flowers bloom and vegetation turns green.

أَرض سمت بِرَسول اللَه اشرف من

تشرفت فيه آباء وامات

A land distinguished by God's Messenger, more noble than

The land honored by forefathers and mothers.

مَتى أَرى النور من أَرجاء قبته

مَتىتباشرني منه البشارات

When will I see the light in the corners of his dome?

When will glad tidings reach me from it?

فان ولهت الى قبر ابن آمنة

فهوَ الَّذي خقت فيه الرسالات

If I become distracted with the grave of the Son of Amina

It is where messages came to an end.

ذاكَ الحَبيب الَّذي تَرجو عواطفه

وَبره الخلق أَحياء وَأَموات

That beloved whose affection

The creation hopes for, the living and dead.

البدر شق له وَالغيم ظلله

وَالجذع حن وَسبحن الحصيات

The full moon split for him, clouds shaded him

Trunks bowed to him, and pebbles glorified.

وَشاة حابر يوم الجيش معجزة

نعم النَبي وَنعم الجيش وَالشاة

And Shebah's ewe on the day of the army was a miracle-

What a Prophet, what an army, and what an ewe!

وكان في الشمس نورا لَيسَ يشخصه

ظل بذلك حاءَتنا الروايات

In the sun was a light no shade could diminish

Many narrations have informed us of this.

له فجار وَتَعظيم ومرتبة

وَمعجزات كَثيرات وآيات

Honor, reverence, and position belong to him

As do many miracles and signs.

مَولاي مَولاي فرج كل معظمة

عني فَقَد اثقلت ظَهري الخطيآت

My Master, my Master relieve me

Of all hardship as sins have burdened my back.

وَعد عَلى بما عودتني كرما

فَكم حرت لي بخير منك عادات

And fulfill what you have accustomed me to of generosity

So many times you have confused me with your goodness.

وامنع حماي وهب لي منك مكرمة

يا من مواهه خير وَخيرات

And protect me and grant me honor from you,

O He whose nature is goodness and goodness.

واعطف عَلى وخذ يا سَيدي بيدي

اذا دهتني الملمات المهمات

And turn to me and take my hand, O my Master,

When difficulties and worries overwhelm me.

فقد وقفت بباب الجود معتذرا

وَالعَفو متسع وَالعذر أَبيات

For I stand at the door of generosity, apologizing-

Forgiveness is vast and the excuse is clear.

وقل غدا أَنتَ من أَهل اليَمين اذا

زخرفن للداخلين الخلد جنات

And say, "Tomorrow you will be of the People of the Right,"

When the Abode is adorned for those brought in.

وان مدحتك بالتَقصير معترفا

فمدحك الوحي وَالسبع القرآت

And if I praise you inadequately, while admitting,

The Quran and seven oft-repeated verses praise you.

قل لا يخف بعدَها عَبد الرَحيم ومن

يَليه أَهل وَصحب أَو قرابات

Say, after this, no servant who hopes for mercy will fear,

Nor will relations or family who come later.

صَلى عليك الهى يا محمد ما

لاحَت لنورك من بدر عَلامات

O my God, bless Muhammad as long as

Signs of your light shine from the full moons.

والآل وَالصَحب والازواج كلهم

فهملِسادات اهل الفضل سادات

And his Family, Companions, and Wives-

For they are the chiefs of the people of virtue.