مَدْحُ النَّبيِّ أُمانُ الخائفِ الوجِلِ

فامْدَحْهُ مَرْتَجِلاً أَوْ غيرَ مُرْتَجِلِ

Praising the Prophet brings peace to the anxious soul

So praise him, composed or impromptu lines extol

وَلا تُشَبِّبْ بأَوْطَانٍ وَلا دِمَنٍ

ولا تُعَرِّجْ عَلَى رَبْعٍ ولا طَلَلِ

Do not dwell on lands or eras of the past

Nor wander to abandoned camps amid the dunes

وصِفْ جَمالَ حَبيبِ اللهِ مُنْفَرِدَاً

بِوَصْفِهِ فَهْوَ خَيْرُ الوصْفِ وَالغَزَلِ

But sing the beauty of Allah's beloved matchless and alone

For in his praise all praise and verse become whole

ريْحانَتاه على زَهْرِ الرُّبا

رَيْحانَتاهُ مِنَ الزَّهْراءِ فاطِمَةٍ

His scent surpasses the sweetest flower

His lineage from Fatima, the shining star

خَيرِ النِّسَاءِ وَمِنْ صِنْوِ الإِمامِ علي

إذا امْتَدَحْتُ نَسِيباً مِنْ سُلاَلَتِهِ

And Ali, best of men, perfection did sire

When I praise those born of his brilliant fire

فهْوَ النَّسِيبُ لِمَدْحِي سَيِّد الرُّسُلِ

مُحَمَّدٌ أَفْضَل الرُّسْل الَّذي شَهِدَتْ

My praise reflects the master of messengers entire

Muhammad, greatest prophet, by all is admired

بِفَضْلِهِ أَنبياءُ الأَعْصُرِ الأُوَلِ

لَمْ يَعْدُهُ الحُسْنُ في خَلْقِ وفي خُلُقٍ

Lesser prophets bowed to him, his favor desired

None matched his noble form or character so pure

وَلَمْ يَزَلْ حُبُّهُ لِكُلِّ خَلِي

وَقِفْ عَلَة سُنَنِ المَرْضِيِّ مِنْ سُنَنٍ

All found in him a friend, loving and demure

Study his blessed ways for in them finds the soul its cure

فإنَّ فيها شِفاءَ الخَبْلِ والخَبَلِ

ونَزِّهْ الفِكْرَ في رَوْضاتِ فِكْرَتِها

Free thought takes wing in his wisdom's secure anchor

And eloquence flows from his branches forevermore

واجْنِ البَلاغَةَ مِنْ أَغْصانِها الذُّلُلُ