قفوا أيها الركبان نودعكم منا

ثناء على المختار مطرداً يثنى

Stop, O travellers, we bid you farewell

With praise for the Chosen One, continuously praised

فرادى وأزواجاً شدودهه فإنني

حريصٌ عليكم لا ثلاثاً ولا مثنى

Individually and in pairs, chant his virtues, for I

Am eager for you, not in threes or pairs

به عبرت أفواهنا عن قلوبنا

وقام به إخلاصنا نئباً عنا

With him we expressed our hearts through our mouths

And through him our sincerity stood in for us

خذوه محل التاج فوق رؤوسكم

لحرمة من يثني عليك ولا منا

Take him in place of a crown above your heads

Out of reverence for the one who praises you though not us

تهديكم أنواره وشذاؤه

فلا تنشقوا ننتناً ولا تحذروا دجنا

His lights and aroma guide you

So do not split apart in anguish or fear the night

يفو فتيت المسك عند غدوه

إذا ما مغنيكم به في السرى غنى

The aroma of musk bursts forth when it moves

When your singer sings his praises during the night journey

ولا عجب للعيس إن نصبت له

إذا ما امتلا فوه المغني به الأذنا

And it is no wonder that the staff was planted for him

When the singer's mouth was filled with praise for him the ear

كأن حداة العيس لما حدوا به

كل مجهولٍ من الفيحة الدهنا

It is as if the staff's engraving when they engraved it

Every unknown thing from the oily fat

فإنن تطلعوا به فاطنبوا الثنا

يزل عنكم إن تلجوا جزأه الحزنا

So if you rise with him then speak well

Sorrow will leave you if you seek his protection from sorrow

فإن بدرت أعلام مكة بينكم

بدور سهيل بادروا بالدعا عنا

For if the banners of Mecca shine among you

Like the rising of Suhail, be quick to pray for us

وطوفوا إذا طفتم به ثم أحللوا

به واغسلوا في العين واستقبلوا الركنا

And circumambulate with him, then finish

With him and wash in the spring and face the corner

وفي عرفاتٍ عرف اللَه أجركم

أذيعوا به بين الملا ترزقوا الأمنا

And recognise your reward in Arafat

Proclaim him among the gathering, you will be granted safety

وعند دعاكم فاذكروني فإنني

أسير ذنوب تحطم الجيد والضبنا

And when you supplicate, remember me

For I am bound by sins that crush the neck and palms

لعل إلهي يعفو عني

بلطفه ويرحمني كي التقي القسط باليمنى

Perhaps my God will pardon me

With his kindness and have mercy on me so I may meet fairness with the right hand

فإما قضيتم حجكم واعتماركم

لطيبة عوجوا كل زيافةٍ وحنا

So when you complete your Hajj and Umrah

Return to Taybah, avoiding all sin and love

أمون السرى سارت لقبر محمدٍ

نحن إليه والحصا خلفها جنا

The companions of the night journey went to the grave of Muhammad

We are heading there while the seekers are behind them

أريحوا الوجا بع الوجا عند كوك

على رأسه من نور شمس الضحى أسنى

Rest your cheeks on his cheeks at Al-Kauthar

Above his head from the light of the sun at dawn most radiant

وخروا على أجياهكم فوق قبره

كما خر موسى صاعاٌ وانشقوا اللبنا

And fall upon your faces over his grave

As Musa fell prostrating with awe, splitting the sea

وقلوا لعينيكم تقول وقد جرت

شئون مآقيها بما عندنا ذعنا

And say to your eyes, say though they have shed

Tears over our misfortunes, with what we possess, they were quenched

وقوموا مقامات الذليل وصرحوا

بما عندكم عنك وما جاءكم عنا

And stand in humility, and state openly

What you have of him, and what has reached you from us

وقولوا سلام اللَه يا من يكفه

جرى الماء فيضاً من هناك ومن هنا

And say, "Peace be upon you, O you who

The water flowed copiously from over there and over here"

عليك سلام اللَه يا من بردنه

قد انشق بدر التم واستلم الردنا

Upon you is the peace of Allah, O you who

The full moon split open and donned the burdah

عليك سلام اللَه يا من تكلمت

له الظبية الوعساء باللفظ والمعنى

Upon you is the peace of Allah, O you to whom

The doe spoke clear words and meaning

عليك سلام اللَه يا خير مرسل

إلى الخلق لا إنساً يخص ولا جنا

Upon you is the peace of Allah, O the best Messenger

To creation, neither human nor jinn excludes

عليك سلام اللَه يا من بدا له

يحييه عود يشبه الفلة الفدنا

Upon you is the peace of Allah, O you who

A wooden staff resembling a succulent branch revived him

محمد خير المرسلين أخيرها

وأولها في الفضل والسابق الأدنى

Muhammad is the best of Messengers, the last of them

And the foremost in virtue and the earliest to believe

أتيناك طوراً نزجر العيس بالسرى

وطوراً تزجي في الخضم لك السفنا

We came to you sometimes driving away the enemy with the night journey

And sometimes the ships in the sea make way for you

أنخنا فأحسنا الظنون وفائز

بنيل نداك الجم من أحسن الظنا

We supposed, so we thought well, and the winner

Of attaining your help, the bountiful from good thoughts

فشأنك يا خير النبيين في امرئٍ

ومن محض الإخلاص فيك فلا يشنا

For you, O best of Prophets, are to a person

Of pure sincerity towards you, so he does not suffer loss

إليك أتينا والمصير لربنا

فإنا إليه وهو أولى بنا هدنا

To you we came, and the destination is to our Lord

For to Him we will return, and He is most worthy of guiding us