اللَّهُ أَكبَر كَم وافَت بِشارات

وَكَم تَبدت لِتَعظيم إِشارات

God is Greatest, how many tidings have come

And how many signs have appeared for glorification

وَكَم تَجَلَت بَراهين وَمُعجزة

وَكَم تَوالَت كَرامات وَآيات

And how many proofs and miracles have been manifest

And how many miracles and signs have followed

بِلَيلة المَولد الغَراء حين دَنا

لِوَضع أَحمد خَير الخَلق مِيقات

On the auspicious night of birth when it drew near

For Ahmad, the best of creation, to come into the world

أَعظم بِها لَيلة جَلت بَدائعها

وَأفصحت بِالهَنا فيها الجمادات

The greatest night whose wonders were majestic

And inanimate objects were eloquent in it

وَضمخت سائر الأَرجاء وَاِمتَلَأَت

عطراً وَفاحَت مِن الأَنحاء نَفحات

And all corners were saturated with fragrance

And wafts of scent emanated from regions

وَدَق طَبل الهَنا في كُل ناحِيَة

وَقابَلته مِن الآفاق كوسات

And the drum of celebration sounded in every vicinity

And answering it from horizons were kettledrums

وَزَينت حَضرات الغَيب وَاِنتَصَب

مِن أَجل ياسين أَعلام وَرايات

And the presences of the unseen adorned themselves

With, for his sake, standards and banners set up

وَجَلل العَرش بِالأَنوار وَاِتشَح ال

كُرسي وَزخرف فردوسٌ وَجنات

And the Throne was majestic with lights and the

Chair was clothed and Paradise adorned and gardens

وَفَرقت خلع التَّكريم في المَلأ ال

أَعلى وَضجت بِحَمد اللَّهِ أصوات

And gifts of honor were distributed in the Most High assembly

And voices extolled God in praise

وأشرق الكون بالأنوار واتصلت

من الهواتف بالهادي بشارات

And the universe shone with lights and were linked

From spheres to the Guide tidings

وَنكست سائر الأَصنام وَاِنقَلَبَت

كَأَنَّها لَم تَكُن إِلّا هباآت

And all idols were inverted as if they were

Only false imaginations that were no more

وَرجّ إِيوان كِسرى رَجة سَقَطَت

لِبأسِها شُرف مِنهُ عَديدات

And Kisra's palace quaked a quaking by which

Many glories fell from it

وَساءَ ساوة غَيض الما وَفارس مِن

خُمود نِيرانهم بِالغَيظ قَد ماتوا

And Sawa was miserable like turbid water and Persia

In the stillness of their fires died of rage

وَالجن صدت وَآفاق السَّما مُلِئَت

شُهباً أديمت بِها مِنهم حِراسات

And the jinn were repelled and the horizons of the sky filled

With meteors by which their guards were destroyed

وَانشد الحال وَالآيات ظاهِرة

وَلِلعَوالم أَخبات وَأنصات

And the present and signs proclaimed

And for worlds were warnings and prickings of ears

قَد آن أَن يُطلع المَولى بِرَحمَتِهِ

شَمساً يُدربها في الكَون خيرات

The time has come for the Master to manifest through His mercy

A sun by which good is brought forth in the universe

ذات زكت فهي مَحو في مهيمنها

تَحققاً وَلَها بِالحَقِّ إِثبات

Of assured truth in its collectorship

And by truth it has proofs

لِلمُصطَفى المُجتبى ياسين من نزلت

في مَجدِهِ الفَرد إِنجيل وَتَوراة

For the Chosen One, the epitome upon whom descended

In his glory the Gospel and Torah

وَنالَ في لَيلة الإِسراء ما عَجزت

عَن شَرح أَيسر مَعناه العِبارات

And who attained in the Night Journey that which expressions

Are too limited to explain the easiest of its meanings

وَخصَّ فيها بِما لَم يدره أَحَد

وَأَمّ جَمعاً بِهم يَسمو السَّموات

And was particularized with what no one else realized

And He assembled them while they were particles

وَهوَ المُخَصص في التَّقديم مِن قدم

وَحين أَشهدهم وَالقَوم ذرات

And He was distinguished in priority from aforetime

When He witnessed them while they were motes

وَهوَ الَّذي جاهَه الأَعلى تَلوذ بِهِ

في سائر الأَمر أَعيان وَسادات

And He is the one whose court the Most High sought refuge in

For all affairs, elites and dignitaries

وَهوَ الَّذي لَم أَزَل أَجلوه في خلدي

تَحققا فَكَأن القَلب مرآت

And He is the one whom I always revered in my eternity

As if my heart were a mirror

وَحُبهُ في صَميمي ساكن وَبِهِ

أَرى نَعيمي وَلي مِنهُ عِنايات

And love of him dwells in my core and through him

I see my bliss and I have his care

ما رُمت شَيئاً وَنادى السرّ يا سندي

إِلّا وَجاءَت بِمَأمولي العِنايات

I have never desired anything and my inner secret called

Except that the desired object of my care came

وَلا عراني ضِيق وَاِستغثت بِه

إِلا وَأَوسَع لي مِنهُ العطيات

No narrowness constricted me and I sought refuge through him

Except that he expanded generosities for me

وَلا اِستجرت بِهِ مِما يروّعني

إِلا أمنت وَوافتني الحِمايات

I have never sought protection from what frightens me

Except I became secure and protections came to me

يا أَكرَم الرسل آمالي لَدَيك وَلا

يَخفى مُرادي وَلي بِالجَبر عادات

O noblest Messenger my hopes are in you and

My desires are not hidden from you and you have power over fate

وَأَنتَ أَكرَم مَخلوق تَمدّ لَهُ

يَد فَتَملأها مِنهُ المبرات

You are the most generous creature whose hand extends

And it fills from Him with good things

عَلَيك مِن صَلَوات اللَّه أَفضلها

أَزكى صَلاة بِها لِلقَلب وَصلات

Upon you from God are the best prayers

The purest prayer by which the heart is purified

وَالرُّسل وَالآل وَالأَصحاب قاطِبَة

وَمَن لَهُم مِن قَبيل الحَق جَذبات

And upon the messengers, family, and companions altogether

And those attracted through truth to their tribe

ما زَمجَر الرَّعد بِالتَّسبيح وَاِتَصَلَت

لِلّهِ مِن قَطرات الوَدق سَجدات

As long as thunder glorifies with tesbih

And prostrations connect to God from drops of rain

وَما تقشّع غَيم الحجب عَن بَصَر

وَأَوضَح الجَمع في المَعنى بَيانات

And the cloud cover lifts from sights

And the group clarifies meanings in explanation