بلغت بأحمدَ أنفسٌ آمالها

حمدت مبادئها به ومآلها

Ahmad's hopes have reached their peak,

Praising their principles that led to this peak.

تاقت له فتزودت أوجالها

واستصغرت في حبّه آجالها

They yearned for him, so they geared up,

And for his love, shortened their time.

لبست لما قد شفّها أسمالها

ولباسها أسمالها أسمى لها

They wore their finest clothes for him,

And their finest clothes became their finest for him.

تهوى الرياح جنوبها وشمالها

ولذا تميل يمينها وشمالها

The winds blow south and north for him,

Thus they lean right and left for him.

إن ضرّمَت نار البعاد خبالَها

أسفاً فكم منح بذاك خبالها

If the fires of separation kindled their sorrows,

Alas, he compensated for that with his sorrows.

أو كان غيرَ سيرُها أشكالها

جهداً فإن نحولها أشكى لها

Or if their ways differed in forms,

With hardship, their leanness was worse for them.

الشوق قطّع بالنوى أوصالها

فكأنه بعذابها أوصى لها

Yearning cut their bones into pieces,

As if prescribing agony for them with his torment.

وكذا المعالى إن فتا أهوى لها

يلقى المكارم راضياً أهوالها

And so the high ambitions, if they missed their love for him,

Would willingly meet disasters for him.

نور التشوق للديار جلا لها

عن حجبها فرأت بذاك جلالها

The light of yearning for the homes shone for them,

Unveiling their grandeur thus for them.

تلك المعالم إن خطبت جمالها

فاخدم بأجواز القفار جمالها

Those landmarks, if they sought their beauty,

Then serve, permitting the barrenness, their beauty.

قد أطلعت بسما القلوب هلالها

ولذاك تعملُ نحوها إهلالها

The crescents of hearts rose for them,

And so they reverently act toward them.

يا فارس الدعوى أدّرك أبطالها

لا تعلُ فيها والتزم إبطالها

O knight of claims, catch up to their heroes,

Do not ascend among them, and commit to defeating them.