شَباب ضاعَ في زور الكَلامِ

وَشَيبٌ لاحَ في مَدح اللئامِ

Youth was lost in the vanity of words,

While old age appeared praising the wicked.

أَما مِن تَوبة يا نَفس حَتّى

تفوزي بِالرضا قَبل الحِمام

Is there no repentance, O soul, so that

You may succeed in attaining satisfaction before the end?

فَكَم سوّدتُ بِالبُهتان وَجهاً

يُضيء بِمَدح مصباح الظَلام

How many faces have I blackened with lies,

Faces that shine with the lamp that lights up the darkness -

محمد الَّذي أَربى سَناه

عَلى الأَقمار وَالبَدر التَمام

Muhammad who raised his career

Above the full moon and the shining moon,

رَسول طاهر طهر نقيّ

كَريم قَد تَناسل مِن كِرام

A pure, cleansing Messenger of noble lineage,

Kind to His servants, merciful to them,

رؤف بِالعِباد بِهم رَحيم

شَفيع فيهمُ يَوم الزِحام

Intercessor for them on the Day of Reckoning.

So my praise of him - by Allah - is not enough,

فَما مَدحي لَهُ وَاللَه أَثنى

عَلَيهِ بِالتَحية وَالسَلام

I greet him with peace and prayers,

And I will support and aid him with clear victory,

وَقرّبه وَأَيده بِنَصر

مُبين بِالأَسنة وَالحسام

With tongues and swords.

Did anyone else ascend like Taha

فَهَل أَحد به أَسرى كَطَه

وَظلَّله المهيمن بِالغَمام

As the Guardian shaded him with clouds?

Does anyone else have a basin like the basin

وَهَل أَحد لَهُ حَوض كَحوض ال

نبيّ الهاشمي خَير الأَنام

Of the Prophet of Hashim, the best of mankind?

And did anyone else lead the messengers and angels in prayer

وَهَل بِالرُسل وَالأَملاك صَلَّى

إِماماً غَيرُ أَحمدنا التهامي

Other than Ahmad our most resolute leader?

Do other nations boast though we

وَهَل أمم تَفاخرنا وَإِنا

لَنا فَخر يَزيد عَلى الدَوام

Have eternal pride?

We have good tidings - we have attained

لَنا البُشرى فَإِنا قَد بَلَغنا

بِهِ مِن ربنا فَوق المَرام

Through him the utmost wishes from our Lord.

And Allah has favored us over many

وَفضلنا الإِلَه عَلى كَثير

وَأَتحفنا بِزمزم وَالمَقام

And granted us Zamzam and the Ancient House.

We are the proudest nation, whom the Most High

وَنَحنُ الغرّ أَمة مَن تَعالى

عَلى الأَملاك وَالرُسُل العِظام

Has favored over the angels and great messengers.

By as-Siddiq - O treasure of the righteous -

فَبالصدّيق يا ذخر البَرايا

أَبي بَكر خَليفتك الإِمام

Abu Bakr, the imam caliph,

By al-Farooq the bravest warrior

وَبِالفاروق أَشجَع مَن تصدّى

لِقَمع ذَوي الضَلالة بِالسِهام

Who repelled the misguided with arrows,

By the owner of two lights who attained the heights

وَذي النُورين مَن حازَ المَعالي

بِبَذل النَفس في يَوم الخِصام

By sacrificing himself on the day of the great battle,

By your son-in-law, my beloved,

وَبِالصهر اِبن عَمِّك يا حَبيبي

عَليّ فارس الحَرب الهمام

Ali the brave knight of war,

By Fatima, and the two grandsons - be

وَبِالزَهراء وَالسبطين كُن لي

شَفيعاً يا رَجائي في القِيام

My intercessor, O my hope, on the Day of Resurrection,

And watch over me, for I am an evil slave

وَراقبني فَإِني عَبد سُوء

صرفت العُمر في زُور الكَلام

Who wasted life in the vanity of words,

But I regretted my sins

وَلَكني ندمت عَلى ذُنوب

بَدَت مِني وَلَم يَنفَع مَلامي

That appeared from me, though blaming did not benefit me,

And I came to You repenting, O Lord, so accept

وَجئتك تائِباً يا رَب فَاقبل

مسيئاً يَرتَجي حسن الخِتام

A sinner who hopes for a good end.