سلامٌ وتسليمٌ وألفٌ تحيةٍ

وصفوُ وِدادٍ لا يكدره الدهرُ

Greetings of peace, salutations and friendship abound,

Affection and goodwill that time cannot confound,

وذكرُ جميلٍ معْ فضائل جمةٍ

وإسداء معروف يكرره الشعرُ

Memories of kindness and virtues in measure unbound,

Doing good deeds again and again as poets expound,

وحمدٌ جزيلٌ في معانٍ كأنها

قلائدُ عِقيان تضمنها دُرُّ

Copious praise whose meanings are like necklaces crowned

With pure pearls and precious gems that surround,

بجيدِ فتاةٍ بنتِ عشر وأربعٍ

كأن أساريعاً أنامِلُها العَشْرُ

For a maiden of fourteen, with fingers fair and round,

Whose bracelets on slender wrists make a delightful sound.

أخصُّ به الزاكى سلالة ماجد

محمد الحامى هو الباسلُ الذَّمرُ

My choicest regards to the prosperous man of good birth,

Muhammad the guardian, the valiant of great worth,

يَسرك مَلقاه ويهديك رَأْيه

يواسيك بالحُسْنى إذا مسَّك الضرُّ

May you find his company pleasant, his counsel of worth,

Consoling you kindly when sorrow holds you in dearth.

فإن كنتَ في شكٍّ لما أنَا واصفٌ

فسلْ عنه يخبرك المجاورُ والسفْرُ

If you doubt what I say of his merit on earth,

Inquire of his neighbors and travelers toward his hearth.

سأثنى عليه ما حييتُ وإنْ أمُت

فلا لومَ يعرونى إذا ضمّنى القبرُ

I will praise him as long as I draw in life's breath,

And if death takes me to him, blame me not in death!

وليس معى مالٌ أُكافئه به

ولكن سأدعو أن يطالَ له العُمرُ

I have no riches to give him, no wealth or bequest,

But sincerely I'll pray his life may be blessed.

وصلِّ على خير البريةِ أحمدٍ

شفيعِ البرايَا مَنْ له الملك والأمْرُ

Bless also the best of mankind, Ahmad the greatest,

Intercessor of sinners, whom angels attest!

صلاةً توالى ما لها قطُّ غايةٌ

ولم يحوِها نظمٌ ولم يحْوِها نَثْرُ

Bless him with praises no words can arrest,

That no poetry contains, nor can prose manifest.