النبي خير الأنام

صاحب الجاه المكين

The Prophet, best of all creation,

Possessor of firmly established eminence,

أكرم الخلق الكرام

وأجلّ المرسلين

Noblest of all noble creatures,

And most exalted of the messengers.

يده فاضت كما اليمّ

والحصا فيه تكلّم

His hand overflowed like the sea,

And within it the pebbles spoke;

وله بدر تقسّم

مُرغماً للجاحدين

For him the full moon split apart,

To the humiliation of the deniers.

وجهه بدر وأنور

قدّه غصن وأزهر

His face is a full moon—yet more radiant;

His stature, a bough—yet more flourishing.

إن يقل اللَه أكبر

جاءه الفتح المبين

If he says, “God is greatest,”

Manifest victory comes to him.

حبّه روحي وراحي

وسروري وانشراحي

Love of him is my soul and my wine,

My joy and my gladness,

وشقائي وارتياحي

وسروري وانشراحي

My misery and my relief,

My joy and my gladness,

وشقائي وارتياحي

وهو لي دُنيا ودين

My misery and my relief;

And he is my world and my faith.

مَن به يوماً توسّل

نال ما قد كان يسأل

Whoever one day seeks recourse through him

Attains whatever he had asked for.

فبه الرحمة أرسل

رحمة للعالمين

Through him mercy was sent forth—

A mercy to all the worlds.

يا رسول اللَه يا مَن

في حماه القلب يأمهن

O Messenger of God, O you

Within whose shelter the heart feels safe,

بابك المقصود مأمن

لقلوب الخائفين

Your door—the one sought—is a refuge

For the hearts of those who fear.

ابن سودون المُعنّى

قلبه للذنب مُضنى

Ibn Sudun, the tormented one,

His heart worn down by sin,

يرتجي بالمدح أمناً

يا شفيع المذنبين

Hopes through praise to find safety—

O intercessor for sinners.