أَلاَ إنني في نعمةٍ ومسَرةٍ

وصحةِ أعضاءِ بذكرِ محمدِ

Behold, I am in bliss and joy, in health of limbs,

By the remembrance of Muhammad.

بَدَا لي من الأشواقِ ما لا أطيقُه

لرؤيةِ قبرِ الهاشميِّ محمدِ

From yearning appeared to me what I cannot endure,

To see the grave of the Hashimite, Muhammad.

تبدَّي لنا نورٌ بيثربَ حيثُما

وَصَلنا إلى رَبْع النبيِّ محمدِ

Light appears to us in Yathrib wherever

We reached the quarters of the Prophet Muhammad.

ثَنائي وتَذْكاري وَوُدِّي وطاعتي

ومدحي لخيرِ العالمينَ محمدِ

My praise, remembrance, affection and obedience,

And eulogy is for the best of mankind, Muhammad.

دنَا فتدَلى لا دنو مسافةٍ

ولكنَّ إكراماً لقَدْرِ محمدِ

He drew near and leaned down without distance,

But out of honor for the worth of Muhammad.

ذَر العذْلَ عني يا عذولُ فإنّني

مقيمٌ عَلَى مَدْحي وَوُدّ محمدِ

Leave your reproach of me, O reproacher,

For I insist on my praise and love of Muhammad.

رِضَا اللهِ حَقٌّ في اتباع رسوله

وطاعتُه يا صاح دينُ محمدِ

God’s approval is right in following His Messenger,

And obeying him, O companion, is Muhammad’s religion.

جَلاَ كل همٍّ عن فؤادي مديحُه

ولا مدح ينجو مثل مَدحِ محمدِ

Every care has departed my heart by his praise,

And no eulogy succeeds like praising Muhammad.

حَلا مدحُه في كلِّ قلبٍ كما حلا

بأسماءِ أهل الأرض إسمُ محمدِ

His praise settled in every heart as his name settled

Among the people’s names, the name Muhammad.

خزائنُه مملوءةٌ كرَماً فمن

يَرَى في كراماتِ الرضا كمحمدِ

His treasuries are full of bounty, so who

Sees the satisfactions of favors like Muhammad?

زماني تولّى وانْقَضى في بطالةٍ

لأني بهِ لم أحْىِ مَدْح محمدِ

My time has passed in idleness,

For through it I did not live praising Muhammad.

شَهِدتُ بأنّ اللهَ فضّله علَى

جميع البرايَا مَن كمِثل محمدِ

I bear witness that God favored him over

All creatures—who is like Muhammad?

صنائِعُه مشكورةٌ وفعالُه

مؤثرةٌ فارغبْ لدينِ محمدِ

His deeds are appreciated and his actions

Effective, so yearn for the religion of Muhammad.

ضياءِ ذكاءِ من سنا نورِ وجهه

فما في الورى وجهٌ كوجْهِ محمدِ

The light of the brilliance of one whose face radiated light,

So there is no face in the world like Muhammad’s face.

طَمَى بحر شوقي في زيارة قبره

فهلْ في الورَى قبرٌ كقبرِ محمدِ

The sea of my passion overflowed in visiting his grave,

So is there a grave in the world like Muhammad’s grave?

ظِلالُ جنان الخُلْدِ والفوز في

غدٍ لمن يبتغى دينَ النبيِّ محمدِ

The shades of the gardens of eternity and success tomorrow

Are for one who seeks the religion of the Prophet Muhammad.

عيونٌ به قَرَّتْ ودامَ سُرُورُها

لِمَا نظرت من حُسْن وَجه محمدِ

Eyes by him were sated and their happiness remained

At what they saw of the beauty of Muhammad’s face.

غرامي إليه دائمٌ ليس ينقضى

كما ليسَ يغنى ذكرُ مدح محمدِ

My passion for him is everlasting, not ceasing,

As praising him can never be enough.

فتعساً لقومٍ كذَّبوا بمحمدٍ

وطُوبَى لقومٍ آمنوا بمحمدِ

Woe to people who denied Muhammad,

And blessed are people who believed in Muhammad.

قلائدُ شعرى زينتْ بمديحه

وهل في قريض زانَ كاسم محمدِ

The necklaces of my poetry are adorned by his praise,

And is there any poem adorned like Muhammad’s name?

كفاهُ إلهُ الخلق كلَّ مخاتلٍ

ودمر أهلَ الشركِ سيفُ محمدِ

God sufficed every deceitful against him,

And Muhammad’s sword destroyed the polytheists.

لحا الله من قد صَدَّ عَنْ دين أحمدٍ

وشُلّتْ يدَا مَنْ عاب دين محمدِ

God humiliated whoever turned away from Ahmad’s religion,

And the hands of those who disdained Muhammad’s religion were paralyzed.

مَدِيحى له دَيْنٌ وَدِيني مَديحه

فمَا خَاب مَن يتلو مديح محمدِ

My praise of him is a debt and his religion is my praise,

So one who recites Muhammad’s praise will never go wrong.

نَمَا بدنى لما شُغلتُ بذكره

فيا ربّ وَفِّقني لِرُؤْيا محمدِ

My body grew when I was preoccupied by his remembrance,

So, O Lord, enable me to see Muhammad.

هو الموردُ العذبُ الذي طاب وِرده

فيا رب أوردني حِياض محمدِ

He is the sweet fresh spring whose drink was good,

So, O Lord, make me drink from Muhammad’s ponds.

لأُمَّتُه سفي دينها خير أُمَّة

وهم خيرُ سادات الورى بمحمدِ

His nation wields his religion as a sword and they are

The best leaders of mankind through Muhammad.

يسيرٌ على من يسّر اللهُ ربنا

زيارةً قبرٍ للشفيع محمدِ

It is easy, our Lord has made it easy,

To visit a grave, that of the intercessor Muhammad.

عليهِ صلاةُ اللهِ ما هبَّت الصَّبَا

وما فاهَ مخلوقٌ بذكرِ محمدِ

The blessings of God be upon him as long as the zephyr blows

And a being breathes the remembrance of Muhammad.

أقول لنفسي قد رأيتُ خيالَه

ألا قَدِّمي خيراً لأِخْراكِ تُرْشَدِ

I say to myself, I have seen his image,

Come now, do good for your future, be guided.

فَهذِي هي البُشرى تفوزُ بها غداً

برُؤْيا نبيٍّ فأحمدِ الله تُحْمَدِ

For this is the good news—you will succeed tomorrow

By seeing a prophet—so praise God, you are praised,

وفتحٌ مبينٌ لا يكدرهُ قذىً

ونصر عزيزٌ بالسرور مُؤَيَّدِ

And a clear opening that will not be marred by motes,

And mighty victory with happiness, supported.

وعنوانُ خيراتٍ ومحوُ جرائمٍ

وفكُّ أسيرٍ بالذنوب مُقيَّدِ

And the marks of blessings and erasing of sins,

And freeing a prisoner bound by sins.

وفضلٌ وإنذارٌ لمن كان غافلا

وبُشْرَى وتَذْكارٌ لِمَنْ هو يهتدِى

And grace, though one was heedless,

And good tidings and remembrance for one guided.

فطوبى لعبدٍ وحَّد الله مُخلِصاً

ولم يُؤْذِ مخلوقاً وبُعْداً لمُعْتَدِى

So blessed is a servant who makes God One sincerely

And does not harm any creature—and fie on the transgressor.