حاشاكم أن تقطعوا صلة الندى

أو تصرفوا علم المعارف أحمدا

Far be it from you to sever the ties of kinship

Or deny the knowledge of Ahmad

هو مبتدا بخباء ابنا جنسه

والله يأبى غير رفع المبتدا

He began with the unlettered among his people

And God refuses all but to exalt the unlettered one

اغريتم الزمن المعاند باسمه

وحذفتموه كأنه حرف الندا

You provoked the hostile times with his name

And omitted it as if it were a mere letter