هذا ربيعٌ قد أتاك مبشرا

بقدوم مولد خير من وطىءَ الثرى

This is a spring that has come to you heralding

The arrival of a birth of the best one to set foot on earth

لا شك فيه أنه في فضله

بين الشهور كمثل أحمد في الورى

Without doubt he is superior in his grace

Among the months like Ahmad among all people

وافاك يزهو بين أشهُرِ عامه

متهللاً متدللا متبخترا

It has come to you blooming among the months of the year

Jubilant, pampered, proud

بهر الشهور بليلة نبوية

ضمنت له آياتها أن يبهَرا

It outshone the months with a prophetic night

Its signs guaranteed it would dazzle

أرج الزمان بذكره فكأن في ال

أفواه من ذكراه مسكاً أذفرا

The era was perfumed with his mention, as if in people's mouths

From remembering him was ambergris musk

فيه تطلع نور بدر هداية

ياما آجل سنا علاه وأخطرا

In it appears the guiding full moon light

Oh how majestic, eminent, and dangerous it was

نورٌ قضى رب الورى تتميمَهُ

حتما على رغم العداة وقدرا

A light God, Lord of the Worlds, deemed its perfection

A must, despite the enemies and divine decree

شرفٌ لأحمد قد أتى تعظيمه

بالنص في آي الكتاب مسطَرا

An honor for Ahmad has come, exalting him

Inscribed clearly in the verses of the Book

لولاه ما طلعت بدور أهلة

كلا ولا صبحٌ أضاء وأسفرا

Without him the full moons of cycles

Would not have risen, no, nor would dawn have illuminated

للخلق أرسلَ شاهدا ومبشرا

ومُشفهاً في المذنبين ومنذرا

To people he was sent as a witness and bearer of good news

And as a pardoner toward sinners and a warner

للَه مجد فخرُهُ متقدّم

في المعلوات وإن أتى متأخرا

To God be the glory, His pride preceding

In the highest companions though he came late