يا ليتهُ بِالمدينة اِعتكفا

ينالُ فيها الألطافَ والتُحفا

Oh, if only he would stay in Medina

Receiving kindness and gifts there

يعيشُ في ظلّ سيّدٍ سندٍ

في بابهِ الدهرُ خادماً وقفا

Living in the shade of a guardian master

With eternal servitude at his door

محمّدٌ أفضل الخليقةِ من

لولاهُ هذا الوجودُ ما عُرِفا

Muhammad is the best of all creations

Without him, this existence would not be known

سيّد كلّ الساداتِ أَكرَمهم

أَدنى مُجيبٍ لمن به هَتفا

Master of all masters, the most generous

The humblest answerer to those who call him

قُل يا حبيبَ الرحمنِ نائبهُ

وَعنكَ ناب الملوكُ والخلفا

Say, O beloved of the Merciful, his deputy

Kings and caliphs sought you as representative

اِنظر إِلى دينكَ المبين غدا

لملّةِ الكفرِ في الوَرى هَدفا

Look upon your manifest religion tomorrow

As the target of unbelief in all lands

ها هُم تَداعوا كما أبنت لنا

وَنحنُ مَع كثرةٍ بنا ضعفا

See how they have gathered against us

While we, though many, are made weak

فَكُن بِهذا الزمانِ ذا نظرٍ

لَنا كما كنت في الّذي سلفا

In this time, be of insight for us

As you were in the past that came before

عَبدٌ لكَ الدهرُ إِن أمرت له

يتوبُ ممّا بحقّنا اِقترفا

A servant of yours, if you command him

Will repent the wrongs against us he did

وَأنتَ عبدٌ للَّه صفوتهُ

وَقَد أَسأنا فإن عفَوت عفا

While you are a servant of God, his elite

We have done evil, so if you pardon, pardon