يَا لَيْلَةَ الْمِيلاَدْ

مَا كَانَ أَحْلَى سَمَرَكْ

O night of the birth

O night of the birth,

How sweet was your vigil

How sweet was your evening discourse,

شَفَيْتِ ذَا أَنْكَادْ

بَاتَ يَشِيمُ غُرَرَكْ

You healed whoever despaired

You healed the one burdened with hardships,

As the splendor of your gems shone

Who spent the night watching your radiant lights.

فَاللهُ بِالإِسْعَادْ

بَيْنَ اللَّيَالِي نَظَّرَكْ

So God granted you bliss

May Allah, with boundless joy,

Among the nights He singled you out

Make you radiant among all nights.

أَسْرَجَهَا الرَّحْمَانْ

بِنُورِ شَمْسِ الْبَشَرِ

The Merciful adorned you

The Merciful illuminated it

With the light of the sun of mankind

With the light of the sun of mankind,

مَنْ هُوَ فِي الإِحْسَانْ

يَاقُوتَةٌ فِيحَجَرِ

Who is he in benevolence

He who is, in his benevolence,

A ruby in the rock

A ruby set among common stones.

بِمُوضِحِ اللَّبْسِ

بِذِي اللِّوَاءِ وَالْقَضِيبْ

The elucidator of confusion

By the clarifier of ambiguity,

The bearer of the standard and staff

By the bearer of the banner and the sword,

بِمُبْعِدِ النَّحْسِ

عَنْ غُرَّةِ الدِّينِ الْعَجِيبْ

Who wards off misfortune

By the dispeller of misfortune

From the marvel of the wondrous religion

From the radiant face of this wondrous faith.

بِطَيِّبِ النَّفْسِ

مَنْ خُصَّ بِالْحُسْنِ الْغَرِيبْ

Of pleasant disposition

By the pure of soul,

Is he who was blessed with strange beauty

He who was singled out with extraordinary beauty,

مُكَحَّلُ الأَجْفَانْ

بِالدَّعْجِ وَالْحَوَرِ

Eyes lined with kohl

Whose eyelids are adorned with natural kohl,

And charm and delight

With deep black pupils and striking white contrast,

مُفَلَّجُ الأَسْنَانْ

يَبْسِمُ عَنْ كَالدُّرَرِ

Teeth gleaming

With beautifully spaced teeth,

Smiling like pearls

Smiling to reveal what looks like pearls.

نَبِيُّنَا الْمَنْسُوبْ

إِلَى ذَوِي الْجَاهِ الْخَلُوبْ

Our Prophet related

Our Prophet, whose noble lineage traces

To those of glorious renown

To those possessing captivating prestige,

الْمُصْطَفَى الْمَحْبُوبْ

مَنْ حُبُّهُ يَمْحِي الذُّنُوبْ

Al-Mustafa, the beloved

The Chosen One, the Beloved,

Whose love blots out sins

He whose love erases all sins.

مُنَوَّرُ الأُسْلُوبْ

مُنَبَِّأٌ عَنِ الْغُيُوبْ

Eloquent in speech

Illuminated in his path and manner,

Foretelling the unseen

The informer of unseen realms.

فَأَعْظَمُ الْبُرْهَانْ

عَلَى سَنَاهُ الأَبْهَرِ

Thus the greatest proof

And the greatest proof

Of his splendor

Of his dazzling splendor

أَنْ جَاءَ بِالْقُرْآنْ

يُفْحِمُ كُلَّ مُجْتَرِي

Is that he brought the Qur’an

Is that he came with the Quran,

Which silences all dissenters

Silencing every audacious challenger.

لَمْ يَقْوَ ذُو قُوَّهْ

عَلَى الْكَلاَمِ الْمُشْرِقِ

No being of might

No possessor of power could find the strength

Stood up to the shining discourse

Against its luminous speech,

مِمَّنْ لَهُ قَسْوَهْ

مِنْ شَاعِرٍ ذِي مَنْطِقِ

Of those eloquent

From among those with hardened hearts,

Poets of rhetoric

Nor any poet of great eloquence,

أَنْ يَحْتَذِي حَذْوَهْ

مُعَارِضاً فِي النَّسَقِ

To parallel it in cadence

To ever follow its path

Rivalling it in arrangement

By opposing it in its perfect composition.

قَدْ صَانَهُ الْمَنَّانْ

مِنْ خَدْشِ كُلِّ مُمْتَرِي

The Benefactor has protected him

The Bestower has protected it

From the insults of all dissenters

From the scratch of every doubter.

أَيَمْتَرِي إِنْسَانْ

فِي أَنَّهُ مِنْ بَشَرِ

Does any human

Could any human harbor doubt,

Dare dissent that he was mortal

Considering he is but a mortal?

يَكْفِيكَ فِي مَجْدِهْ

يَا مَنْ لَهُ أُذْنٌ وَعَيْنْ

It suffices you of his glory

It suffices you as proof of his glory,

O you of ear and eye

O you who possess an ear and an eye,

وَحَارَ فِي قَصْدِهْ

أَنْ فَاضَ مِنْ يُمْنَاهُ عَيْنْ

And they were confounded by his purpose

And who are bewildered in your aim,

That a spring burst from his right hand

That a spring gushed forth from his right hand,

رَوَتْ ذَوِي جُنْدِهْ

وَمَا حَوَى يَوْمَ حُنَيْنْ

Quenching his armies

Which quenched the thirst of his soldiers,

And what transpired at Hunain

And what he gathered on the day of Hunayn,

لَمَّا الْتَقَى الْجَمْعَانْ

وَفَرَّ كُلُّ مُدْبِرِ

When the two hosts clashed

When the two armies met,

And every deserter fled

And every deserter turned to flee,

مِنْ هَزْمِ ذِي الأَوْثَانْ

بِقَبْضَةٍ مِنْ حَجَرِ

From the defeat of the tribe of Hawazin

From the defeat of the idolaters

With a handful of pebbles

By a mere handful of stones.

يَا عِلْقَ أَعْلاَقِي

يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ خَصَّ وَعَمْ

O most ardent of lovers

O most precious of my treasures,

O best of those graced

O best of those who gave specifically and universally,

ذُبْتُ بِأَشْوَاقِي

إِلَى ضَرِيحِكَ الأَشَمْ

I pine in my longing

I have melted in my intense yearnings

For your fragrant tomb

For your lofty and noble tomb,

وَقَيْدُ إِمَلاَقِي

أَلْبَسَنِي بُرْدَ سَقَمْ

My shackles make me sick

And the chains of my destitution

The youth hopes for you

Have clothed me in a garment of sickness.

يَرْجُوكَ ذُو الأَشْجَانْ

فِي الْفَوْزِ يَوْمَ الْمَحْشَرِ

To win on the Day of Assembly

The sorrowful one places his hope in you

The children's hair turned white

For triumph on the Day of Gathering,

مُشَيِّبُ الْوِلْدَانْ

بِهَوْلِهِ الْمُسْتَنْكَرِ

From its terrible spectacle

The day that turns the hair of children gray,

Grant your Prophet, O God

With its terrifying, unimaginable horror.

قَدِّرْ رَسُولَ اللهْ

لِذَا الْمُعَنَّى فَرَجَا

This wish which gives me relief

Bring about, O Messenger of Allah,

Bless Muhammad, O God

For this afflicted one a much-needed relief.

صَلَّى عَلَيْكَ اللهْ

مَا لاَحَ نَجْمٌ فِي دُجَى

As long as a star shimmers in night's gloom

May Allah send His blessings upon you,

As long as one lost in desolation

As long as a star shines in the darkest night,

وَمَا شَدَا مَنْ تَاهْ

فِي لَيْلِ هِجْرَانٍ سَجَا

In the night of estrangement wandered

And as long as the lost wanderer sings

The night of passion expires

In a quieted night of abandonment.

لَيْلُ الْهَوَى يَقْضَانْ

وَالْحِبُّ تِرْبُ السَّهَرِ

And love is the soil of vigilance

The night of passion remains awake,

Patience betrayed me

And the lover is the companion of sleeplessness,

وَالصَّبْرُ لِي خَوَّانْ

وَالنَّوْمُ عَنْ عَيْنِي بَرِي

And sleep fled my eye

While patience has become a traitor to me,

And sleep is completely absent from my eyes.