حمى حيّ التداني سَلُوا

بمن تسمو به الرسلُ

The zeal of the close companions, ask

Whom the messengers extol

هو الباب الذي منه

جميع الرسل قد دخلوا

He is the door through which

All the messengers have entered

فهم نوّابُه حقّاً

بما قالوا وما نقلوا

So they are truly his representatives

In what they have said and conveyed

ولولاه لما بعثوا

ولا للحقّ قد وصلوا

And were it not for him they would not have been sent

Nor would they have reached the truth

أجلّ مفضّلٍ في الحس

ن حقّاً ما له مَثَل

The most preferred in perception, truly

With no peer or parallel

فما سلمى وما لبنى

وما ليلى وما جُمل

Not Salma, nor Labana

Neither Layla nor Jamal

فيا لله من بدر

به الأقمار تكتمل

What a full moon

By which moons gain their completion

ويا لله من نور

به الأبصار تكتحل

What a light

By which sights gain their kohl

عمُوا عن نور طلعته

ونورَ جماله جهلوا

They were blind to the light of his sunrise

And the light of his beauty they ignored

هو البحر الّذي منه

رجال الفضل قد نهلوا

He is the ocean from which

The people of merit have drawn

فمت في حبّه وجداً

ودع قول الألى عذلوا

I died of love and passion for him

Leave the words of blame and fault

فهم شوقاً وزد عشقاً

بقلب فيه يشتغل

Increase in yearning and passion

With a heart preoccupied by him

وقل يا خير خلق الل

ه إنّي فيك مبتهل

And say, O best of Allah's creation

I supplicate you

فأنت الباب للطلّا

بِ والمقصود والأمل

For you are the door to request

And the goal and the hope