أهلاً بركب القادمي

ن زها وأزهر وقته

Welcome, O caravan of those who came

With splendor, at the height of blossom time

لبني عليّ إنه

نعم الولي علمته

For Ali's sons - what an excellent guardian indeed

I've found him to be

يا قادماً ما زلت في

نعماه منذ عرفته

O you who came - blessings shower you still

Since first I came to know him

ومُدِحت حين قصدته

وقصدت حين مدحته

And praise him I did when I sought him

And sought when extolling was he

هنئت حجاً من شذا

عرفات قد عرفته

With joy I felicitated all pilgrims from love's spurring

Arafat had made known to me

وبعثت من فرحي خرو

فاً لو قدرت لزدته

And in my joy a lamb I would have sent

Had I the means, and more gifts added be

لو أنه ابن خروف نح

ويّ النحاة بعثته

Were he a lamb, to grammarians I would send

Him as gift - such is his nobility