يا مَنْ بهِ للمِلّةِ اسْتِبْشارُ

وإلَيْهِ إنْ ذُكِرَ الكَمالُ يُشارُ

O You upon whom the nation seeks counsel

And towards whom perfection is gestured if mentioned

أمُحمّدُ المحْمودُ دُمْ في عصْمَةٍ

للهِ يمْضي حُكْمَها المِقْدارُ

Muhammad, the Praised One, lives protected

By God's decree which runs its course

بدْراً وما غيرُ الخِلافَةِ هالَةٌ

شمْساً وما غيْرُ العَلاء مَدارُ

A full moon, and none but the Caliphate is its halo

A sun, and none but the Exalted has its orbit

غيْثاً وما غيرُ النّوالِ سَحابةٌ

ليْثاً وما غيرُ الظُّبا أظْفارُ

A rain, and none but bounty is its cloud

A lion, and none but the lionesses have claws

مرّتْ منَ السّاعاتِ عشْرٌ فصّلَتْ

حِزْب الدُّجى فكأنّهُ أعْشارُ

Ten hours have passed separating

The party of nightfall as if it were tenths

طابَتْ بمَوْلِدِ خيْرِ مَنْ لضَريحِهِ

تُزْجى قِلاصٌ أو تُزَمَّ عِشارُ

The night has turned its back and morning

Dawns against the darkness and day breaks

والليلُ قد ولّى وحُثَّ وراءَهُ

فجْرٌ يكُرّ على الدُجى ونَهارُ

By his birth the best of those whose tomb

Is visited by caravans or tithed crops

ذبُلَتْ بهِ زُهْرُ النّجومِ وطالَما

أرِجَتْ بحَضْرَتِهِ لَها أزْهارُ

The stars have withered in his presence, though often

Their flowers thrive through him

فلَقٌ على شَفَقٍ يكُرّ لحكمَةٍ

خفِيَتْ وأمْرٌ تحْتَهُ أسْرارُ

A slit in the dusk turns for wisdom

Hidden, and a matter underneath, secrets

والكُلّ مؤتَمِرٌ وما في ضِمْنِهِ

للّهِ فهْوَ الواحِدُ القَهّارُ

All confer and within Him

Is God, the One, the Omnipotent