الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ الحَكيمِ المانِح

مُصَرِّف السّحابِ وَاللَّواقِح

Praise be to Allah, the Wise, the Bestower

Who ordains the clouds and the pollination

صَرفها بِأَحسَن المَقاصِد

مِن أَجلِ أَن يمن بِالفَوائِد

He ordained them for the best purposes

So that He may bless (us) with benefits

وَالناسُ بَينَ شاكِر وَجاحِد

وَكُلّهم مُفتَقِر للواحِد

While people are between grateful and ungrateful

And all are needy of the One

ثم الصَّلاة مَع سَلام دائِم

لسَيد تَمَّت بِهِ المَكارِم

Then prayer and eternal peace

Upon the master with perfected virtues

أبدِي مَعان بِجَوامِع الكَلِم

مُختَلِفات وَحلاها مُنتَظِم

With concise words of deep meanings

Of differing styles yet well composed

رَسوله إِلى جَميعِ الناسِ

وآله أَهل النَّدي وَالباس

His messenger to all mankind

And his family, people of guidance and insight

وَصَحبُه ساداتنا الأَبرار

هُم المُهاجِرونَ وَالأنصار

And his companions, our virtuous leaders

The migrants and supporters

وَبعد لَما كانَت العزيه

مفردَة في فَنِّها سنيَّه

And after, when the poem was singular

In its art, facilitated in its meter

فَهيَ إِلى التَّصريفِ نعم الموصلَه

مَدنية لِبُعدِه مسهلَه

It is well-suited for versification

Being of the Madani style, easily adaptable

وكانَت الإخوان بِالأحساءِ

بِشَأنِ حِفظِها ذوي اعتِناء

And the brothers in Al-Ahsa

Were careful regarding its preservation

نَظَمتها لأن حِفظَ الشِّعر

يَفوقُ في الغالِب حِفظ النَّثر

They versified it because memorizing poetry

Most often exceeds memorizing prose

وافعَلَّ كاحمرَّ احمراراً خدها

من خجل حتى تبدي عقدها

And make like a bashful red-faced one

Out of shyness until it shows its necklace

هَذي الذي وعدت أني أنظمه

في فَن صَرف واللَّبيب يغنمه

This is what I promised to versify

In a skill of prosody that the perceptive may benefit from

تَم بِعَونِ رَبِّنا اللَّطيف

عَلَى لِسان عَبده الضَّعيف

It was completed by the grace of our Refined Lord

Upon the tongue of His weak servant

مَن مِن ذُنوبه إلَيه يلتَجي

عَبد العَزيزِ القرشِي العلجِي

Who seeks refuge in Him for his sins

Abdulaziz Al-Qurashi Al-Ulji

سَمَيته مباسِم الغَواني

مقرباً عزية الزّنجاني

I named it Smiles of Melodies

Drawing near the Zinjani poem

عَن أَربع مِن المِئاتِ يَنجَلي

وعشرة وأَربَعينَ كمل

In fourteen hundred

And forty four it was completed

ثُم صَلاة اللَّهِ مَع سَلامه

ما لاحَ ضَوءُ البَرقِ في غَمامِه

Then the prayer of Allah and His peace

Where the lightening's glow does not enter its clouds

عَلَى نَبِي لِلنَّبِيينَ ختم

مُحَمَّد سَيِّد عرب وعَجَم

Upon the Prophet, the seal of prophets

Muhammad, master of Arabs and non-Arabs

منور الكَونِ بِأَنوارِ الهُدى

وَصاحِب المقام في يَوم الندا

Enlightening the universe with the lights of guidance

And the companion on the Day of the Call

وَآله الكِرام مَع أصحابِه

من مَدحِهم نَتلوه في كِتابِه

And his noble family and companions

Whose praise he relates in His Book

وَجاءَ في التَّوراةِ والإِنجيل

تَبجيلهم عَن رَبِّنا الجَليل

And it came in the Torah and the Gospel

Their veneration from our Majestic Lord