بِحمدِ إلهي وَالصلاةِ عَلى الّذي

تَنبّا وَما إِن مِن سماءٍ ولا أرضِ

With praise of my God, and blessings upon the one

who became a prophet—none in heaven or earth compares—

مُحمّدُ الموفي الشفاعةَ في غدٍ

لِمانِحِهِ حتّى ببيت منَ القرضِ

Muhammad, who tomorrow will repay with intercession

whoever lends him even a single verse.

وَبعدُ فَقد أمّلت منّي إجازةً

بِبردةِ مدحِ المُصطفى شافع العرضِ

And now: you have hoped to receive from me an authorization

in al-Burda, praising the Chosen One, intercessor at the Presentation,

لِعلمكَ بِالفضلِ الّذي خُصّصَت بهِ

وَما ليَ فيها مِن على سندٍ محضِ

because you know the special excellence bestowed upon it,

and what I possess in it through the loftiness of a pure chain.

فَها أَنا ذا بالإِذن فُهتُ مُؤرّخاً

أَجزتُ لَكُم بِالبردةِ العللَ المُرضي

So here I am: with authorization, I have uttered a chronogram:

“I authorize you in al-Burda, the approved standard.”

وَأَرجو منَ الرحمنِ حسنُ جزائهِ

وَمِنكم دُعاء مجزي القرض بالقرضِ

From the All-Merciful I hope for a gracious recompense,

and from you, a prayer for one who repays loan with loan.

وَصلّي عَلى المُختارِ منزلِ مدحهِ

بِآياتهِ مَع آلهِ الطاهري العرضِ

And bless the Chosen One, whose praise was sent down

in His verses, together with his family, pure in honor.