1. أسامِعَ أَخبار الرَسول لَكَ البُشرى

    لَقَد سُدتَ في الدُنيا وَقَد فُزتَ في الأُخرى

    O listener to the Messenger's reports, glad tidings are yours!

    You have indeed attained eminence in this world and triumphed in the next.

  2. تشنف آذانا بِعقد جَواهر

    تَوَدُّ الغَواني لَو تُقَلِّدُهُ النَحرا

    You adorn ears with a necklace of jewels,

    which beautiful women long to clasp about the neck.

  3. جَواهركم حَلَّت نُفوساً نَفيسَةً

    فَحَلت بِها صَدراً وَجَلَّت بِها قَدرا

    Your jewels have settled in precious souls,

    so through them their hearts grew sweet and their rank grew lofty.

  4. هَل الدين إِلا ما رَوته أَكابر

    لَنا نَقلوا الأَخبارَ عَن طيبِ خِبرا

    Is religion anything but what the eminent have related,

    transmitting to us reports from one pure in character?

  5. وَأَدَّوا أَحاديثَ الرَسول مَصونَةً

    عَن الزَيفِ وَالتَصحيفِ فَاستَوجَبوا الشُكرا

    And they conveyed the Messenger's traditions, safeguarded

    from falsification and misreading; thus they earned thanks.

  6. وَإِنَّ البخاريَّ الإمامَ لجامِعٌ

    بِجامِعه مِنها اليواقيت وَالدرا

    And indeed, al-Bukhari, the imam, has gathered

    in his Compendium their rubies and pearls.

  7. عَلى مَفرقِ الإسلام تاجٌ مُرَصَّعٌ

    أَضاءَ بِهِ شَمساً وَنارَ بِهِ بَدرا

    A gem-studded crown upon the head of Islam,

    through it, Islam shone as a sun and gleamed as a full moon.

  8. وَبحرُ عُلوم يَلفظُ الدُرَّ لا الحَصا

    فَأَنفِس بِهِ دُراً وَأَعظِم بِهِ بَحرا

    And a sea of learning, casting forth pearls, not pebbles:

    how precious a pearl it is, and how mighty a sea!

  9. تَصانيفه نَورٌ وَنُورٌ لناظرٍ

    فَقَد أَشرَقَت زهراً وَقَد أَينَعت زهرا

    His writings are blossoms and light to the beholder;

    for they have shone radiantly and come into full bloom.

  10. نَحا سُنَّةَ المُختارِ يِنظم شَتَّها

    يلخصُها جَمعاً وَيخلصها تِبرا

    He pursued the Chosen One's tradition, ordering its scattered parts,

    condensing it into a collection and refining it into pure gold.

  11. وَكَم بَذَلَ النَفسَ المَصونةَ جاهِداً

    فَجازَ لَها بَحراً وَجابَ لَها بَرا

    And how often he devoted his cherished self, striving hard,

    so he crossed sea and traversed land for its sake.

  12. فَطوراً عراقياً وَطوراً يَمانيا

    وَطوراً حِجازياً وَطوراً أَتى مِصرا

    At times in Iraq, and at times in Yemen,

    and at times in the Hijaz, and at times he came to Egypt.

  13. إِلى أَن حَوى مِنها الصَحيحَ صَحيحُه

    فَوافى كِتابا قَد غَدا الآيةَ الكُبرى

    Until his Sahih contained the authentic reports among them,

    and so it emerged as a book that had become the supreme marvel.

  14. كِتابٌ لَهُ مِن شَرعِ أَحمَدَ شِرعَةٌ

    مُطهرةٌ تَعلو السِماكينِ وَالنَسرا

    A book with a path drawn from Ahmad's law,

    purified, rising above the two Simak stars and the Eagle.