يا عَيْني فَابكي بدَمْعٍ ذَرَى
لِخَيْرِ البَريَّةِ والمُصْطَفَى
O my eye, weep streaming tears
for the best of creation, the Chosen One.
وبَكِّي الرَّسُولَ وحُقَّ البكاءُ
عَلَيْهِ لَدَى الحَرْبِ عِنْدَ اللِّقا
Mourn the Messenger—for mourning him is only right—
when war rages, at the moment of encounter;
على خَيْرِ مَنْ حَمَلَتْ نَاقَةٌ
وأَتْقَى البَرِيَّةِ عِنْدَ التُّقَى
for the best man a she-camel ever carried,
the most God-fearing of creation when piety is the measure;
على سَيٍّدٍ ماجدٍ جَحْفَلٍ
وَخَيْرِ الأَنَامِ وخَيْرِ اللُّها
for a lord—glorious, a mighty chief—
the best of humankind and the finest of gifts.
لَهُ حَسَبٌ فوقَ كُلِّ الأَنا
مِ مِنْ هاشمٍ ذلِكَ المُرْتَجَى
His noble lineage stands above all human—
—kind: from Hashim, that one in whom hope is placed.
نُخْصُّ بما كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ
وَكَانَ سِرَاجاً لَنَا فِي الدُّجَى
Through his bounty we were especially favored;
he was a lamp for us in the darkness,
وكانَ بَشِيراً لَنَا مُنْذِراً
وَنُوراً لَنَا ضَوْؤُهُ قَدْ أَضَا
a bearer of glad tidings for us, and a warner,
and a light for us, whose radiance shone.
فأنْقَذَنا اللهُ في نُورِهِ
وَنَجَّى بِرَحْمَتِهِ مِنْ لَظَى
Then God delivered us through his light
and by His mercy saved us from the Blaze.
Sol 5.6