بِرابِعَةِ السّاعاتِ جِئْتُ أخَبِّرُ

وللمَدْحِ في الموْلى الهُمامِ أحَبِّرُ

At the fourth hour I came to announce

And to eulogize the valorous master

ولم لا وقدْ أحْيا بكَ اللهُ سُنّةً

نُهَلِّلُ في أعْيادِها ونُكَبِّرُ

Why not, when Allah revived through you a tradition

That we celebrate its holidays and pronounce the takbeer

كأنّ رَبيعاً كان للنّاسِ شهْرُهُ

رَبيعاً سَقاهُ عارضٌ منْكَ مُمْطِرُ

It was as though for people the month of Rabee’

Was a Rabee’ watered by a cloud from you pouring rain

فأرْجاؤهُ منْ نورِ وجْهِكَ تزْدَهي

وبَطْحاؤهُ منْ نَوْرِ جودِكَ تُزْهِرُ

So its outskirts blossomed from the light of your face

And its lowlands bloomed from the light of your generosity

محمّدٌ قدْ عظَّمْتَ دينَ محمّدٍ

ومِثْلُكَ مَنْ يُبْدي الجَميلَ ويُضْمِرُ

Muhammad, you have honored the religion of Muhammad

And who like you shows goodness and conceals it

لقدْ شدّ أزْرَ المُلْكِ منْكَ خليفَةٌ

لهُ تحْتَ سِتْرِ الغَيْبِ نصْرٌ مؤزّرُ

Indeed a caliph has supported the kingdom through you

To him under the veil of the unseen is triumphant support

تبَشِّرُ منْهُ العارِفونَ بوارِدٍ

قَريبِ المَدى يا لَلّهِ فيما تُبشِّرُ

From it the learned foresee good tidings

Near in reach, oh Allah, regarding what you foretell

فكُنْ واثِقاً باللهِ مُسْتَنْصِراً بهِ

فهَلْ ثَمَّ إلا اللّهُ يكْفي ويَنْصُرُ

So be certain in Allah, seeking victory through Him

Is there then other than Allah sufficient to grant victory?

يفُلُّ جُموعَ الشّرْكِ وهْيَ كثيرَةٌ

ويَنْمي منَ الدّينِ القَليلَ فيَكْثُرُ

He will defeat the multitudes of polytheists numerous

And nurture the little of religion until it becomes prolific