لكَ نحوَ أرضِ العربِ لحظُ

أَهَواكَ قيصومٌ وقرظُ

Towards the land of Arabs you have a moment's glance,

Does love of tribe Qais or Jurhum entrance?

كَلّا ولكن ثمّ أح

بابٌ لهُم في القلب حفظُ

Nay, but then love awoke

For them a chamber in the heart's expanse

فَعَسى يكونُ بِقربهم

لي عندَ خير الخلق حظُّ

Mayhap in their nearness

For me is the best of mankind's chance

روحُ الوجودِ محمّد ال

محمودُ لا كظٌّ وفظُّ

The spirit of existence, Muhammad

Praised, neither coarse nor dense

طَبعٌ أرقُّ من النسي

مِ بهِ على الكفّار غلظُ

A nature gentler than the soft fine silk

With it harsh to unbelievers, else intense

راضٍ بِما رضي الإلَ

هُ وَما به لسواه غيظُ

Content with what Allah content

And with what else discontented and incensed

لا الحَرُّ حَرٌّ عندهُ

في حبّه لا القيظ قيظُ

Neither is heat hot for him

In his love, nor the sultry heat intense

مَهما عَراه من أمو

رِ الدهرِ لا يعروه بهظُ

However much the calamities of fate

Bare him, they leave him unblemished thence

فاقَ الكلامَ جميعهُ

لِكتابهِ معنىً ولفظُ

He surpassed all speech entirely

In his book, meaning and elegance

وَقدِ اِستَوى ببيانهِ

قصصٌ وأحكامٌ ووعظُ

And his eloquence encompassed

Stories, judgments and admonishments