1. كَم دونَ طيبةَ مِن فراسِخ

    وَشَوامخٍ تتلو شوامِخ

    How many parasangs lie between us and Taybah,

    and lofty peaks following lofty peaks!

  2. فاِرحَل بِعيسٍ لا يرى

    فيها لَدى الفلواتِ رابِخ

    So set out on pale camels: none is seen

    among them lagging in the desert wastes,

  3. حتّى تزورَ محمّداً

    حيثُ العلى والمجدُ باذِخ

    until you visit Muhammad,

    where eminence and glory tower high.

  4. خيرُ الخلائقِ صفوة ال

    خلّاق عالي القدر شامِخ

    The best of creatures, the chosen of the

    Creator, exalted in rank, sublime;

  5. بينَ العبادِ وربّهم

    سُبحانهُ خير البرازِخ

    between the servants and their Lord—

    glory be to Him—the best of intermediaries.

  6. شمسُ الوجودِ لظلمةِ الط

    طغيانِ وَالأديان ناسِخ

    The sun of existence, dispelling the darkness of

    tyranny and abrogating religions.

  7. أَوَ بعدَ أن عمّ العوا

    لمَ نوره يطفيه نافِخ

    And after filling the worlds,

    can his light be quenched by one who blows?

  8. أَحيا الهُدى وبهِ على ال

    غاوين كم صرَخت صوارِخ

    He revived guidance, and through him, against the

    erring, how many voices have cried out!

  9. وَجُدودُه إمّا فتى ال

    فتيانِ أَو شيخُ المشايِخ

    And his forefathers—either the foremost of

    young men, or the elder of elders.

  10. شَرفٌ عَلا السبعَ العُلا

    وَأساسهُ في الأرض راسِخ

    Nobility that rose above the seven lofty heavens,

    and its foundation is firmly rooted in the earth.