1. أَعلمت من ركب البراق عتيما

    وَتَلاه جبريل الامين نَديما

    Do you know who rode al-Buraq late at night,

    And faithful Gabriel followed him as a close companion,

  2. حَتّى سَما فوق السماء قدوما

    ودنا فكلم ربه تَكليما

    Until he rose above the heavens, pressing onward,

    And drew near and spoke directly to his Lord?

  3. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    أَم من عَلى الرسل الكِرام تقدما

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    Or who took precedence over the noble messengers,

  4. وَنَوى الصَلاة بهم وَكبر محرما

    سَرى والى ذى العرش فرد بعدَما

    And intended to lead them in prayer, proclaiming God's greatness as he began,

    Journeying by night alone toward the Lord of the Throne, after

  5. بلغ الامين مكانه المَعلوما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    The faithful one had reached his appointed station?

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  6. أَم من كقاب القوس آية قربه

    بعلوه وَدَنوه من ربه

    Or whose sign of nearness was like a bow's span,

    Through his ascent and his drawing near to his Lord,

  7. وَرأى الاله بعينه وَبِقَلبه

    وَحوى من الغيب الخَفي علوما

    And who saw God with his eye and his heart,

    And gathered knowledge of the hidden unseen?

  8. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    ومن المخصص بالنبوة أَوّلا

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    And who was singled out for prophethood first,

  9. وأبوه آدم طينة لم يكملا

    ومن الَّذي نالَ العلا حَتّى علا

    While his father Adam was clay, not yet complete?

    And who attained eminence until he rose

  10. شرفا وَحاز الفخر وَالتَفخيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    In honor, and gained glory and exaltation?

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  11. ذاكَ ابن آمنة البَشير المنذر

    الصادِق المزمل المدثر

    That is Aminah's son, the bearer of glad tidings, the warner,

    The truthful one, the wrapped one, the mantled one,

  12. السابق المتقدم المتأخر

    حاوى المَفاخر آخرا وَقَديما

    The foremost, the preceding, the last to come,

    Bearer of glories in latter days and long ago.

  13. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    ذاكَ الَّذي طابَ الزَمان بذكره

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    That is he whose remembrance made time sweet,

  14. وَتعطرت طرق الهدى من عطره

    واذا النَسيم الرطب مر بقبره

    And whose fragrance perfumed the paths of guidance.

    And when the moist breeze passes by his grave,

  15. أهدى من المسك الذَكي نَسيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    It brings a breath of sweet-scented musk.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  16. اختاره رب السَموات العلى

    واختصه بالمكرمات وَفضلا

    The Lord of the high heavens chose him,

    Singled him out for honors, and favored him,

  17. وَهداه بالوحي الشَريف مفصلا

    سورا وَذكرا من لدنه حَكيما

    And guided him with noble revelation, set out in detail:

    Chapters and wise remembrance from His presence.

  18. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    عبرت صبا نجد بنفعة عنبر

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    Najd's east wind passed with a waft of ambergris,

  19. من روضة في مشهد متعطر

    ما بين قبر للنبي ومنبر

    From a garden within a fragrant shrine,

    Between the Prophet's grave and a pulpit,

  20. فيها الَّذي وهب النوال عَميما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    Within it is he who bestowed abundant bounty.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  21. هُوَ صفوة الباري وَخاتم رسله

    وأمينه المَخصوص منه بفضله

    He is the Creator's chosen one and the seal of His messengers,

    And His trusted one, singled out by Him for His grace.

  22. لا در در الشعر ان لم أمله

    في مدح أَحمَد لؤلؤا منظوما

    May poetry's bounty never flow unless I compose it

    In praise of Ahmad, as strung pearls.

  23. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    كَم دمر المختار من متمرد

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    How many a rebel did the Chosen One destroy,

  24. بمحجل وَمثقف وَمهند

    وَعصابة حازة بفضل محمد

    With a white-socked steed, a straightened spear, and an Indian-steel sword,

    And a band that gained, through Muhammad's favor,

  25. شرفا وَفخر الايرام عَظيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    Honor and immense glory of [unclear in the text].

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  26. قاد الخيول الصافنات الى العدا

    ثم اِنتَضى بيضا تدل عَلى الهدى

    He led the poised steeds against the foes,

    Then drew bright swords that pointed toward guidance,

  27. وَعواسلا أوردن باغضه الردى

    وأعدن والدة الضلال عَقيما

    And quivering spears that brought his hater to destruction,

    And made the mother of misguidance barren.

  28. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    وحمت حمى الاسلام بيض صفاحه

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    His bright sword blades defended Islam's sanctuary,

  29. وَجنود نصرته وَسمر رماحه

    وَحمى الظلال سقى رمال بطاحه

    As did the armies supporting him, and his dusky spears.

    And the sanctuary of shadows—he drenched its broad valley sands

  30. دم باغضيه وَعاد منه سَليما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    With his haters' blood, and returned from it unharmed.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  31. ذاكَ الَّذي عبد الاله وأخلصا

    وَهُوَ المشفع في المعاد لمن عصى

    That is he who worshipped God with sincere devotion,

    And whose intercession is accepted at the Resurrection for those who sinned.

  32. وَبكفه نطقت وَسبحت الحصى

    شَرفا له وَلربه تَعظيما

    In his palm, the pebbles spoke and glorified God,

    To honor him and magnify his Lord.

  33. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    في الغار نسج العنكبوت لاجله

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    In the cave, the spider spun for his sake,

  34. وَالماء من يمناه فاضَ لفضله

    وَتفجر الضرع الاجد برسله

    And water flowed from his right hand through his excellence,

    And the dry udder gushed with its milk,

  35. واخضر جدع كان قبل هشيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    And a trunk grew green that had once been withered debris.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  36. وَالفحل خص محمدا بسجوده

    وَالجذع حن عَلى فوات وجوده

    And the male camel singled out Muhammad with its prostration,

    And the trunk moaned for the loss of his presence.

  37. يا أَيُّها المتعرضون لجوده

    زوروا كَريما واقصدوه كَريما

    O you who seek his generosity,

    Visit a generous one, and seek him in his generosity.

  38. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    من لي بان أَحظى فأفخر موعد

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    Who will grant me favor, so I may glory in an appointed meeting,

  39. وأزوره وَالعمر لَيسَ بمسعد

    وَمَتى أُشاهد نور قبر محمد

    And visit him, though my lifetime gives me no help?

    And when shall I behold the light of Muhammad's grave,

  40. وَيَصير حظى بالشقاء نَعيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    And my lot of misery turn into bliss?

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  41. فومن أَحن الى زيارة سوحه

    لا كفرن خَطيئَتي بمديحه

    Then, by the one whose courts I long to visit,

    I shall surely expiate my sin through praising him.

  42. فاللَه يسعدني بلثم ضَريحه

    لا نالَ فوزا من لديه عَظيما

    May God favor me with kissing his tomb,

    So that I may attain a great triumph from his presence.

  43. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    ما زلت أكتسب الفَضائِل وَالعلى

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    I have never ceased to gain virtues and eminence,

  44. بنظام نثر كالجواهر فصلا

    أهديه من نيابَتي برع الى

    By stringing scattered words, set out like jewels.

    I offer it from my district, Buraʿ, to

  45. من لم يزل بالمؤمنين رَحيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    Him who has always been merciful to the believers.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  46. هُوَ ذخرتي هُوَ عمدتي هو عدتي

    وَحماى في الدنيا وَمؤنس وحدتي

    He is my treasure, he is my support, he is my provision,

    And my refuge in this world, and the companion of my solitude.

  47. وَغد الوذ به فيكشف كربتي

    وَيَكون عني للخصوم خَصيما

    And tomorrow I shall seek refuge in him, and he will dispel my distress,

    And plead my cause against my adversaries.

  48. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    هو لُجئي وَبه اهديت من العمى

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    He is my refuge; through him I was guided out of blindness,

  49. وَلقيت منه لدى الشدائد أنعما

    وَجعلته لمنال فَخري سلما

    And received favors from him amid hardships.

    I made him a ladder to attain my glory,

  50. وَلروضة الامل الهَشيم غيوما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    And rain clouds for the withered garden of hope.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  51. هَل يا محمد تنقذون غَريقكم

    متحمل الاوزار ضل طَريقكم

    O Muhammad, will you rescue your drowning one,

    Burdened with sins, who has strayed from your path?

  52. ان لم أَكن في النائبات رَفيقكم

    وَلزيمكم فلمن أَكون لزيما

    If I am not your companion in calamities,

    And your constant attendant, whose attendant shall I be?

  53. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    قل أَنت يا عَبد الرَحيم وكل من

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    Say: 'You, O Abd al-Rahim, and everyone who

  54. يعنيك من أَصل وَفرع أوسكن

    في ظلنا المَمدود من محن الزمن

    Concerns you, whether forebear, descendant, or household,

    Are in our outstretched shade, sheltered from time's trials.'

  55. واشمل بجاهك صاحبا وَحَميما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    And shelter friend and intimate through your high standing.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  56. وادرأ بصولكفي نحور حواسدي

    أَبَدا وَعاند بالنكال معاندي

    And repel my enviers with your assault upon their throats,

    Forever, and confront my adversary with punishment.

  57. وأجز حروف قصائدي بمقاصدي

    وَتول نصرى ظالما مَظلوما

    And reward my poems' letters with the fulfillment of my aims,

    And undertake my aid, whether I wrong or am wronged.

  58. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    يا من براه اللَه نور اللورى

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    O you whom God created as the light of humankind,

  59. فأقام فيهم منذرا وَمبشرا

    أَنا غرس جودك في العراء وَفي الثرا

    Who stood among them as a warner and bearer of glad tidings,

    I am a sapling of your generosity, in the open and in the soil,

  60. وَغداة يجمعنا المعاد عموما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    And on the morn when resurrection gathers us all together.

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

  61. مني السَلام عليك ما هب الصبا

    وَتعانقت عذبات بانات الربا

    Peace from me be upon you as long as the east wind blows,

    And the branch-tips of the hills' ban trees embrace,

  62. وَتناوحت ورق الحمام لتطربا

    وأَضاءَ نورك في السماء نحوما

    And gray doves exchange their plaintive calls to stir delight,

    And your light illumines stars in the sky.

  63. صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    وَعليك صَلى اللَه غالب أَمره

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.

    And may God, whose command prevails, bless you,

  64. تعداد موجود الوجود بأسره

    يا لِلَّه يا متلذذين بذكره

    As many times as there are things in all existence.

    For God's sake, O you who delight in remembering him,

  65. من كان منكم ظاعنا وَمُقيما

    صلوا عليه وَسَلموا تَسليما

    Whoever among you is traveling or settled—

    Invoke blessings upon him, and greet him with peace.