لاحَ شَيبُ الرَأسِ مِنّي فَاِتَّضَح

بَعدَ لَهوٍ وَشَبابٍ وَمَرَح

The gray in my hair appeared and became plain,

after diversion, youth, and merriment.

فَلَهَونا وَنَعِمنا ثُمَّ لَم

يَدَعِ المَوتُ لِذي لُبٍّ فَرَح

So we amused ourselves and lived in delight; but then

death left no joy to anyone endowed with understanding.

يا بَني آدَمَ صونوا دينَكُم

يَنبَغي لِلدينِ أَن لا يُطَّرَح

O children of Adam, safeguard your faith;

faith ought not to be cast aside.

وَاحمَدوا اللَهَ الَّذي أَكرَمَكُم

بِنَبيٍّ قامَ فيكُم فَنَصَح

And praise God, who honored you

with a Prophet who arose among you and gave sincere counsel;

بِنَبيٍّ فَتَحَ اللَهُ بِهِ

كُلَّ خَيرٍ نِلتُموهُ وَشَرَح

with a Prophet through whom God opened

every good you have attained, and made it plain.

مُرسَلٌ لَو يُوزَنُ الناسُ بِهِ

في التُقى وَالبِرِّ شالوا وَرَجَح

A Messenger—were all humankind weighed against him

in piety and righteousness, they would prove light, and he would outweigh them.

فَرَسولُ اللَهِ أَولى بِالعُلى

وَرَسولُ اللَهِ أَولى بِالمِدَح

For the Messenger of God is most worthy of the heights,

and the Messenger of God is most worthy of praise.