طالَ شَوقي لطيبةِ الطيبّاتِ

موطنِ المكرُمات والبركاتِ

Long has been my yearning for the best of the good,

The place of generous and blessed dwellers,

ليتَ شِعري يا سعدُ بعدَ نزوحي

هَل أَراها بأعيني النازحاتِ

I wonder, O Sa'd, after my emigration,

Will I see it with my displaced eyes?

يا نُزولاً بِها هنيئاً فقد فز

تُم بِها في حياتِكم والمماتِ

O to settle there! Congratulations, for you have won,

Through it, in your life and death,

مِن جنانٍ إلى جنانٍ فأنتم

في كِلا الحالتين في جنّاتِ

From gardens to gardens, so you are

In either case, in gardens,

حبّذا العيشُ عَيشكم عندَ مثوى

أكرمِ الخلقِ سيّد الساداتِ

Blessed is your life in the abode

Of the most generous of people, the master of masters,

أَحمدَ المُصطفى محمّدٍ المح

مود شمسِ الوجودِ هادي الهداةِ

I praise Muhammad, the chosen one, the praised,

The sun of existence, the guide of guides,

عِشتم في جِواره في أمانٍ

مِن صروفِ الردى وخوف العداةِ

You have lived in his company, in safety

From the vicissitudes of misery and fear of enemies,

وَدَخلُتم مِن نوره في حصونٍ

فَسلمتُم مِن هذه الظلماتِ

And through his light, you have entered fortresses

And so were safe from these darknesses,

ظُلماتٌ لولا سواطعُ أنوا

رِ هداهُ عمّت جميع الجهاتِ

Darknesses which, were it not for the rays of his guidance

Would have covered all directions,

ما غَبطنا الملوكَ لكن غَبطنا

كُم على نيل أحسن الحالاتِ

We do not congratulate kings, but we congratulate

You for attaining the best of conditions.