قلبٌ كواهُ البينُ حتى أنضجا
ما زال في بحر الغرامِ ملججا
My heart was burnt by separation until it was cooked
It still swirls in the sea of passion, turbulent
ومدامعٍ سحَّتْ وما شحَّتْ على
خدٍّ بحمرةِ لونها قدْ ضُرِّجا
With tears that flowed and did not dry
On cheeks tinged with the redness with which they were dyed
لمْ لا تضرِّجْ أدمعي خدي وقدْ
أُذكرتُ ظلاً بالمدينةِ سجسجا
Why do not my tears redden my cheeks, when
I was reminded of a shadow in Madinah intertwined
لي بالحجازِ وساكنيهِ مآربُ
أرضٌ حكَتْ حللَ الربيعِ مدبَّجا
I long for Hijaz and its inhabitants
A land on which the garments of spring were embroidered
سقتِ الحجازَ سحائبٌ يحيا بها
ميْتُ النباتِ لكيْ يميسَ تبرُّجا
Clouds watered Hijaz, bringing to life
The dead plants, so vegetation would wave
يا قاعةَ الوعساءِ ما هذا الشذا
أحويتِ شيحاً أمْ حويتِ بنفسجا
O hall of Al-Wu’sa, what is this aroma
Did you shelter wild thyme or harbor violets?
أمْ نسمةً هبَّتْ ببانِ طُويلعٍ
هزَّتْ معاطفهُ ففاحَ تأرّجا
Or a breeze that blew from Mount Tuwaile’
Shaking its coats, so musk permeated
ظمأى إلى غدرانِهِ ورياضِهِ
ظمأٌ يزيد القلبَ منهُ تأججا
Thirsty for its meadows and gardens
A thirst that makes the heart more fiery
ما للنياقِ رواقصاً هلْ عاينَتْ
برقَ الأُبيرِقِ تحتَ أزيالِ الدجى
What are the gazelles doing? Did they see
The lightning under the darkness’ robes?
يا سعدُ إنْ عاينْتَ بهجةَ طيبةٍ
فابشرْ بكونِكَ ناجياً فيمن نجا
O Saad! If you see the joy of Taybah
Rejoice that you are saved among the rescued
وانزلْ وقبِّلْ تربَها متورِّعاً
متخضِّعاً متخشِّعاً متفرِّجا
Descend and kiss its soil humbly
Submissively, imploringly, watchfully
واكحلْ جفونَكَ مِنْ ثراها وابتهجْ
بسنا نبيٍّ ما أعزَّ وأبهجا
Use its soil as kohl for your eyes and rejoice
In the tooth-stick of a prophet, most honorable and joyful
أعلى الورى قدْراً وأعظمُهُمْ تقىً
وأتمهمْ جاهاً وأكملُهمْ حِجا
The highest in rank, greatest in piety
Most perfect in glory and most complete in pilgrimage
وأحدُّهم سيفاً وأكثرُهُمْ ندى
وأعزُّ منزلةً وأوضحُ منهجا
The most intense of them with the sword and the gentlest
The most esteemed in status and the clearest in approach
منْ أينَ في الثقلينِ مثلُ محمدٍ
نرجوهُ في كرباتِنا أَنْ تُفرجا
Where in the two realms is one like Muhammad
Whom we hope in our afflictions to relieve
كمْ للنبيِّ محمدٍ منْ معجزٍ
أوهى قوى مَنْ عاندوهُ وأزعجا
How many miracles does Prophet Muhammad have
Which weakened those who opposed and troubled him
عجبي لنطقِ غزالةٍ للمصطفى
جعلَ الإلهَ لها بذلكَ مخرجا
Wondrous is the speech of the doe to Mustafa
God made it for her an exit from distress
لو لمْ يُشَقَّ البدرُ معجزةً لهُ
لانشقَّ منهُ غيرةً وتحرّجا
If the moon had not split as a miracle for him
It would have split out of zeal and embarrassment
لمْ لا تحنُّ إليه يا قلبي وقدْ
غلبَ الحنينُ الجذعَ فيهِ وهيّجا
Why does not my heart yearn for him, as
Yearning has overwhelmed its essence and provoked it?
سبحانَ منْ أعطاهُ تسبيحَ الحصى
في كفِّهِ المُرْوِي إذا عطشٌ فجا
Glory to Him who gave him the tasbih of pebbles
In his blessed hand when thirst was severe
أوَليسَ بيتُ العنكبوتِ بآيةٍ
في الغارِ لمّا أُلْهِمَت أنْ تنسجا
Is not the spider house a sign
In the cave when it was inspired to weave?
كم ردَّ عيناً كم برا ذا عاهةٍ
بدعائهِ كمْ شدَّةٍ قدْ فرَّجا
How many eyes has he cured! How many disabled did he bless!
With his prayers, how many hardships has he relieved!
كم قالَ غيباً صادقاً فمقالُهُ
مثلُ الصباحِ إذا بدا متبلِّجا
How much news of the unseen did he say truthfully!
His words like the dawn when it shines clearly
ولهُ منَ المعراجِ آياتٌ سمَتْ
لما دعاهُ اللّهُ في ليلٍ سجا
And he has signs of the Isra’
When Allah called him on a tranquil night
مَنْ رامَ يحصي معجزاتِ محمدٍ
فيعدّ موجَ البحرِ حينَ تموَّجا
Whoever tries to count the miracles of Muhammad
Would count the waves of the sea when it raged
مَنْ أُنزِلَ القرآنُ في أوصافِهِ
أنا قاصرٌ عَنْ مدحِهِ متلجلجا
The Quran was revealed describing him
I fall short praising him, confused
هلْ بعدَ يس و طه مدحةٌ
في الهاشميِّ وآلِهِ سفنِ النجا
After Ya Seen and Ta Ha, is there any eulogy
About the Hashimi and his family, the ships of salvation?
يا خيرَ خلقِ اللّهِ يا كلَّ المنى
أنا أرتجيكَ وأنتَ نعم المرتجى
O best of Allah's creation, O my only wish
I hope in you, and you are the best to hope for
يا منْ لواءُ الحمدِ في يدِهِ ومَنْ
تاجُ الكرامةِ في القيامةِ توِّجا
O you who hold the banner of praise in his hand and whom
The crown of honor on the Day of Resurrection will adorn
جسمي ضعيفٌ عنْ لظى وعذابُها
حاشاكَ تنسى مَنْ إليكَ قدِ التجا
My body is too weak for the heat and torment of it
Far be it from you to forget one who has resorted to you
كنْ لي شفيعاً إنَّ جسمي مثْقل
بالسيِّئاتِ وقدْ شجاني مَنْ شجا
Be my intercessor; my body is burdened
With sins, and he who caused them has abandoned me
كم ذا أُسوِّفُ بالمتابِ توانيا
حقٌّ لدمعي بالدما أن يُمْزَجا
How long will I procrastinate in repenting, hesitating?
It is my tears’ right to mingle with blood
إني لأحْوَجُ مذنب لشفاعةٍ
إنَّ الكرامَ يقدِّمونَ الأحْوَجا
I am most in need of intercession as a sinful one
The generous favor the most needy
صلّى عليكَ اللّهُ يا خيرَ الورى
ما نارَ نورٌ مِنْ ضريحكَ في الدجى
May Allah send blessings upon you, O best of creation
The fire around your shrine illuminates the darkness
