1. شَباب ضاعَ في زور الكَلامِ

    وَشَيبٌ لاحَ في مَدح اللئامِ

    Youth was lost in false speech,

    and gray hair appeared amid praise of the ignoble.

  2. أَما مِن تَوبة يا نَفس حَتّى

    تفوزي بِالرضا قَبل الحِمام

    Is there no repentance, O soul, so that

    you may win favor before death?

  3. فَكَم سوّدتُ بِالبُهتان وَجهاً

    يُضيء بِمَدح مصباح الظَلام

    For how often I have blackened with slander a face

    that shines through praise of the lamp of darkness—

  4. محمد الَّذي أَربى سَناه

    عَلى الأَقمار وَالبَدر التَمام

    Muhammad, whose radiance surpassed

    the moons and the moon at its fullest.

  5. رَسول طاهر طهر نقيّ

    كَريم قَد تَناسل مِن كِرام

    A messenger, pure, spotless, unsullied,

    noble, descended from the noble.

  6. رؤف بِالعِباد بِهم رَحيم

    شَفيع فيهمُ يَوم الزِحام

    Compassionate toward God's servants, merciful to them,

    an intercessor for them on the day of the throng.

  7. فَما مَدحي لَهُ وَاللَه أَثنى

    عَلَيهِ بِالتَحية وَالسَلام

    What, then, is my praise of him, when God has praised

    him with salutation and peace,

  8. وَقرّبه وَأَيده بِنَصر

    مُبين بِالأَسنة وَالحسام

    and drawn him near and strengthened him with victory,

    manifest, through spearheads and the sword?

  9. فَهَل أَحد به أَسرى كَطَه

    وَظلَّله المهيمن بِالغَمام

    So, has anyone been taken on a night journey like Ta-Ha,

    and been shaded by the Guardian with clouds?

  10. وَهَل أَحد لَهُ حَوض كَحوض ال

    نبيّ الهاشمي خَير الأَنام

    And does anyone have a pool like that of the

    Hashimite Prophet, the best of humankind?

  11. وَهَل بِالرُسل وَالأَملاك صَلَّى

    إِماماً غَيرُ أَحمدنا التهامي

    And did anyone pray with the messengers and angels,

    as imam, other than our Ahmad of Tihamah?

  12. وَهَل أمم تَفاخرنا وَإِنا

    لَنا فَخر يَزيد عَلى الدَوام

    And can any nations vie with us in glory, when indeed

    ours is a glory that grows forever?

  13. لَنا البُشرى فَإِنا قَد بَلَغنا

    بِهِ مِن ربنا فَوق المَرام

    Ours are glad tidings, for we have attained

    through him, from our Lord, more than we hoped for.

  14. وَفضلنا الإِلَه عَلى كَثير

    وَأَتحفنا بِزمزم وَالمَقام

    And God favored us above many,

    and graced us with Zamzam and the Station.

  15. وَنَحنُ الغرّ أَمة مَن تَعالى

    عَلى الأَملاك وَالرُسُل العِظام

    And we are the radiant ones, the community of him who rose

    above the angels and the mighty messengers.

  16. فَبالصدّيق يا ذخر البَرايا

    أَبي بَكر خَليفتك الإِمام

    So, by al-Siddiq, O treasure of all creation—

    Abu Bakr, your successor, the imam—

  17. وَبِالفاروق أَشجَع مَن تصدّى

    لِقَمع ذَوي الضَلالة بِالسِهام

    and by al-Faruq, the bravest to step forward

    to subdue the people of error with arrows,

  18. وَذي النُورين مَن حازَ المَعالي

    بِبَذل النَفس في يَوم الخِصام

    and by Dhu al-Nurayn, who attained lofty honors

    by giving his life on the day of conflict,

  19. وَبِالصهر اِبن عَمِّك يا حَبيبي

    عَليّ فارس الحَرب الهمام

    and by your son-in-law, your cousin, O my beloved—

    Ali, the valiant horseman of war—

  20. وَبِالزَهراء وَالسبطين كُن لي

    شَفيعاً يا رَجائي في القِيام

    and by al-Zahra and the two grandsons, be for me

    an intercessor, O my hope at the Resurrection.

  21. وَراقبني فَإِني عَبد سُوء

    صرفت العُمر في زُور الكَلام

    And watch over me, for I am a wicked servant;

    I spent my life in false speech.

  22. وَلَكني ندمت عَلى ذُنوب

    بَدَت مِني وَلَم يَنفَع مَلامي

    But I have regretted the sins

    that arose from me, and my self-reproach did not help.

  23. وَجئتك تائِباً يا رَب فَاقبل

    مسيئاً يَرتَجي حسن الخِتام

    And I have come to You repentant, O Lord, so accept

    a wrongdoer who hopes for a good end.