أَلا يا رَسولَ اللَهِ كُنتَ رَجائيا

وَكُنتَ بِنا بَرّاً وَلَم تَكُ جافيا

Oh, Messenger of God, you were truly my hope,

You were righteous toward us, never harsh or cruel.

كَأَنَّ عَلى قَلبي لِذِكرِ مُحَمَّدٍ

وَما جاءَ مِن بَعدِ النَبِيِّ المَكاويا

It is as if, upon my heart at the memory of Muhammad,

And the grief that followed the Prophet, were cauterizing irons.

أَفاطِمَ صَلَّى اللَهُ رَبُّ مُحَمَّدٍ

عَلى جَدَثٍ أَمسى بِيَثرِبَ ثاويا

O Fatimah, may Allah, the Lord of Muhammad, send peace

Upon a grave in Yathrib where he has come to dwell.

فَدىً لِرَسولِ اللَهِ أُمي وَخالَتي

وَعَمّي وَزَوجي ثُمَّ نَفسي وَخاليا

May my mother and my aunt be a ransom for the Messenger of God,

And my paternal uncle, my husband, then my own soul, and my maternal uncle.

فَلَو أَنَّ رَبَّ العَرشِ أَبقاكَ بَينَنا

سَعِدنا وَلَكِن أَمرُهُ كانَ ماضيا

If only the Lord of the Throne had kept you among us,

We would have been joyous, but His command was destined to pass.

عَلَيكَ مِنَ اللَهِ السَلامَ تَحيَةً

وَأُدخِلتَ جَناتٍ مِنَ العَدنِ راضيا

Upon you be the peace of God as a greeting,

And may you be admitted to Gardens of Eden, well-pleased.