سلامٌ على المُختار من آلِ هاشمٍ

ومن هوُ مبعوثٌ إلى الجِنِّ والإنسِ

Greetings upon the Chosen One from the family of Hashim,

And the one who was sent to mankind and jinn.

سرىَ ليلةَ المعراجِ من أرضِ مكةٍ

كما جاءَ في مسراهُ ليلاً إلى القُدس

He ascended on the night of Israa from the land of Makkah,

As he came on his night journey to Al-Quds.

سما لمحلٍّ لم يُفز قبلَهُ به

نبيُّ ولا ملكٌ وخُصِّصَ بالأنسِ

He reached a place that no prophet or angel reached before him,

A prophet, not an angel, and was granted intimacy.

سيادته أزرَت بكيوانَ رفعةً

وطلعته فاقت سنا البدرِ والشَّمسِ

His leadership was adorned with the raising of the heavens,

And his ascension surpassed the brilliance of the moon and sun.

سلُوا عنه كسرى فهو يوم ظُهوره

تيقَّن أنَّ العُربَ تقوى على الفُرس

Ask Khosrow, for on the day of his appearance,

He was certain that the Arabs would overcome the Persians.

سعدتُ بما حَبرتُهُ من مديحَه

فأصبحتُ بعدَ العيِّ افصحَ من قَسِّ

I was delighted with what I composed in his praise,

So I became after blindness more eloquent than a storyteller.

سَواءٌ على مُشتافه الصبحُ والدُّجى

فيغدُو من الوجدِ الشَّديدِ كما يُمسى

The dawn and the night are equal for the one longing for him,

Who starts the day with intense love, and ends it the same.

سويداءُ قلبي أودعَت سرَّ حُبِّه

كما تُودَع الأسرارُ بالنفسَ في الطرس

My heart, bright white, held the secret of loving him,

As secrets are held in the self, engraved in rock.

سأسلو بلثم القبر قبر محمد

فمنها كنت أروى من مراشفها اللُّعس

I will kiss the soil of the grave, the grave of Muhammad,

For from it I would quench my thirst, from its pebbles.

سلامٌ إله الخلقِ في القربِ والنَّوى

على ذلك الجسم الموسَّدِ في الرَّمُس

Greetings O God of creation, in intimacy and distance,

Upon that body laid to rest in the sand.