أحيا اشتياقي والأشواق قد ذهبوا

عرامسُ بالظبيع فوقها ذهبُ

I revive my longing, though longings have gone

Doe-eyed gazelles above which gold has risen

عرامس كلها من فوقها ذهبٌ

لكن ذا ذهبٌ في ثغره شنب

All gazelles above which is gold

But that gold has a gap-toothed smile

عرامسٌ ذهبت بكل ما أربٍ

وكل ذي أرب قبلي له أربُ

Doe-eyed, who have taken all I wanted

And all those before me who wanted have wanted

عرامس حسنت حُسناً لمن حملت

وصادت الأدبا فصادها الأدبُ

Doe-eyed, beautiful for those who carried them

And most virtuous, so virtue reciprocated

عرامس حملت ميمون لو طلبت

مني الفداء لها لجاءها الطلب

Doe-eyed, who carried fortunes, if they sought

From me sacrifice, requests would come to them

ميمون لو طلبت نفسي لقد طربت

تعطي لها النفس والأرواح والطرب

Fortunes, if they sought my soul I would rejoice

Giving them my soul, spirit, and joy

ميمون قد سلبت نفسي بها وَلَهَا

بها الفؤاد لها والجسمُ والسلب

Fortunes who have captured my soul for them

To them my heart, body, and captivity

ميمون قد نصبت نفسي بها ولها

يا ليتها قربت ليذهب النصب

Fortunes for whom I set out my soul and for them

Would that they drew near so anxiety departed

ميمون شمسٌ فلا تعجب لها قمرٌ

لكن تنسيك ذا وتلك ذا عجبُ

Fortunes, a sun so no wonder it has a moon

But your forgetfulness of this and that is wondrous

ميمون قد جملت أخلاقها خُلُقاً

ذكراً ورؤيا جمال قربها قرب

Fortunes, who have beautified their characters beautifully

Remembrance and sight of their proximity is intimate

لأنها أخذت حرفا لمن رغبت

نفسي به وجميع الخلق قد رغبوا

Because they have taken a letter from whom I desired

My soul for him and all people have desired

في فضله وله عدلٌ وقد رهبت

نفسي به وجميع الخلق قد رعبوا

For his excellence, and he has justice, so I fear

For my soul for him and all people are afraid

ذاك الذي قد سما في ذا الورى شرفاً

وفاقها حسباً قد زانه نسبُ

He who has risen with honor in this abode

And their ancestry, adorned by lineage

ذاك الذي لن ترى في ذا الورى حسباً

إلاّ له كرماً ومنه ذا الحسبُ

He for whom you will not see in this abode a lineage

Save for him, generosity, and from him this lineage

ذاك الذي لن ترى في ذا الورى سبباً

إلا وإصلاح ذاك منه والسببُ

He for whom you will not see in this abode a cause

Save for reforming that from him and the cause

ذاك الذي لن ترى في الناس من نسبٍ

إلا به جمعه ويبذل النسبُ

He for whom you will not see among people a lineage

Save through him, who unites and gives lineage

ذاك الذي لن ترى في الأرض قد رسبت

قدمٌ سوى إربه يكون ذا الرسبُ

He for whom you will not see on earth a foothold

Save his fingertip, for that is the foothold

هو الشريف الذي لولاه ما هربت

أبطال كفرٍ ولكن منه قد هربوا

He is the noble but for whom knights of blasphemy would not Have fled, but from him they have fled

He is the noble but for whom enemies would not

هو الشريف الذي لولاه ما ذهبت

شحنا ولكن به أسبابها ذهبوا

Have perished, but by his means they have gone

He is the noble but for whom the armies of Iblis would not

هو الشريف الذي لولاه ما خربت

جنود إبليس لكن منه قد خربوا

Have been destroyed, but by him they were ravaged

He is the noble but for whom the people of knowledge would not

هو الشريف الذي لولاه ما شربت

أهل المعارف لكن منه قد شربوا

Have drunk, but by him they have drunk

He is the noble by whom in distance hearts

هو الشريف الذي في النأْي قد قربت

ضمائر منه للإله قد قربوا

For God have drawn near, and drawn near

Sheikh of sheikhs, for whom abundance of knowledge

شيخ الشيوخ الذي بالفضل قرَّ له

شرق يمينٌ شمالٌ والذي غَرُبوا

To the East, West, South and North has flowed

Sheikh of sheikhs, for whom all knowledge

شيخ الشيوخ الذي جمْع العلوم له

قد وُهِّبَتْ وبه للخلق قد وُهِبُوا

Has been granted and through it people granted

Sheikh of sheikhs, who has surpassed them in rank

شيخ الشيوخ الذي قد فاقهم رتباً

وللمواريد قد أعلت به رُتَبُ

And for saints through him ranks are exalted

Sheikh of sheikhs by whom they overpowered and conquered

شيخ الشيوخ الذي علوا به غلبوا

كما علوا برسول الله من غَلَبُوا

As they did by the Messenger of God -- they conquered

Sheikh of sheikhs who codified the realities with

شيخ الشيوخ الذي صلب الحقائق مع

شرع أقسام وقبلاً للورى صلبوا

Branches of law and before that people codified

Muhammad the Virtuous, by whose excellence has expanded

محمدٌ فاضلٌ بفضله رَحُبَتْ

صدور علم مع العلوم قد رحبوا

Chests of sciences' knowledge vastly expanded

Muhammad the Virtuous by whose excellence unpacked

محمدٌ فاضلٌ بفضله فرجت

كروب قلب وعن جسمٍ جَلَتْ كُرَبُ

Distress of hearts and from bodies misfortunes dispersed

Muhammad the Virtuous who surpassed every last

محمدٌ فاضلٌ وفاق قاطبةً

كُلَّ الذي قبله في الناس قد قطبوا

One before him among all people universally

Muhammad the Virtuous, son of the Trustworthy by whom

محمدٌ فاضلٌ نجل الأمين به

ظفرٌ لمن رغبوا في الله أو طلبوا

A victory for those who have wanted God or sought

Muhammad the Virtuous, if you reckoned of his glory

محمدٌ فاضلٌ لم تفن لو حسبت

من مجده قطرةٌ لو تعدم الُحُقُب

Not a drop, though epochs run out, would suffice

Enough – through him inheritances of messengers are Complete, concluded, though they are gone

كفاك إن به قد أكملت ختمتْ

وراثة الرسل وانتهت وهم ذهبوا

Upon them, of God's prayers, as much as you reckoning,

And people you counting, though none can fathom

عليهم من صلاة الله ما حسبت

قوم تعدّ وما لم يدر من حسبوا