اتسعفني عيني ببذل دموعها

اتسعفني عيني ببذل دموعها

وتسعدني نفسي بشق دروعها

وتسعدني نفسي بشق دروعها

Will my eye aid me by pouring out its tears,

My eyes overflow with shedding their tears,

and my soul gladden me by rending its armor,

And my soul rejoices in piercing its armor.

وتلحقني روحي بام عبيدة

وتلحقني روحي بام عبيدة

فارتع ولهانا ببيد ربوعها

فارتع ولهانا ببيد ربوعها

and my spirit bring me to Umm Ubayda,

My spirit joins the mother of Obeidah,

so I may roam, love-struck, through the deserts of its abodes,

So I graze freely in the hand of its meadows.

وتبصر عيني بعد طول انكفافها

وتبصر عيني بعد طول انكفافها

وتبرء ذاتي من سقام ولوعها

وتبرء ذاتي من سقام ولوعها

and my eye see again after its long blindness,

And my eyes see after their long blindness,

and my being recover from the sickness of its yearning,

And my being is cured of its illness and anguish.

وافرح في تقبيل اعتاب احمد

وافرح في تقبيل اعتاب احمد

امام رجال الله تاج جموعها

امام رجال الله تاج جموعها

and I rejoice in kissing Ahmad's thresholds?

I rejoice in kissing the reproach of Ahmed

Imam of God's men, crown of their throngs,

Before the men of God, the crown of their gathering.

عظيم طريق القوم صدر اصولها

عظيم طريق القوم صدر اصولها

سجل معانيها ملاذ فروعها

سجل معانيها ملاذ فروعها

Great master of the people's path, foremost among its foundations,

Great is the path of the people, the origin of its principles,

Record of its meanings, refuge of its branches,

Its meanings are recorded, the refuge of its branches.

فتى الزهر كبار الحقيقة شيخها

فتى الزهر كبار الحقيقة شيخها

لعير معاليها أمين خضوعها

لعير معاليها أمين خضوعها

Youth of the blossoms, mighty one of Truth, its sheikh,

The youth of flowers, the elders of its truth, its sheikh,

For the caravan of its lofty attainments, trusted guardian of its submission.

For the magnificent heights of its meanings, the trustee of its submission.

به جثة العرفان صح نظامها

به جثة العرفان صح نظامها

وروح معانيه انطوت في ضلوعها

وروح معانيه انطوت في ضلوعها

Through him, the body of gnosis was set in sound order,

In it the body of gnosis became well ordered

and the spirit of its meanings was enfolded within its ribs.

And the spirit of its meanings folded into its ribs.

مقبل كف الهاشمي محمد

مقبل كف الهاشمي محمد

بحضرة قدس عم شأن سطوعها

بحضرة قدس عم شأن سطوعها

He who kisses the palm of Muhammad the Hashimite,

Approaching the palm of Hashimite Muhammed

in a sacred presence whose radiant glory spread everywhere.

In the presence of the holiness whose affair shone forth.

لقد حسدته امة ضل رايها

لقد حسدته امة ضل رايها

وهل حسد للشمس بعد طلوعها

وهل حسد للشمس بعد طلوعها

Indeed, a community whose judgment went astray envied him;

A nation gone astray envied him

and can the sun be envied once it has risen?

But how can one envy the sun after its rising?