1. لِمَ ذا هَل كُلُّ ذا شَغَفٌ

    بِجَمالِ المُفرَدِ العَلَمِ

    Why this? Is all this ardent love

    for the beauty of the peerless, illustrious one?

  2. قَمَرِ الدارَينِ شَمسِهُما

    وَشَفيعِ الخَلقِ كُلِّهِمِ

    The moon of both worlds, their sun,

    And intercessor for all creation,

  3. خَلَدِ الدارَينِ لُسنِهِما

    وَإِمامُ العُربِ وَالعَجَمِ

    The mind of both worlds, their tongue,

    And leader of Arabs and non-Arabs,

  4. أَبِ آدَمَ إِبنِهِ عَجَباً

    لَكَ حُسنى اللَهِ لِلأُمَمِ

    Father of Adam, yet his son—how wondrous!

    Yours is God's goodness for the nations;

  5. لَكَ رَحمَتَهُ وَنِعمَتَهُ

    وَحَبيبَ اللَهِ مِن قِدمِ

    Yours are His mercy and His blessing,

    And you are God's beloved from of old.

  6. وَسَناكَ الكَوكُ مُؤتَلِبٌ

    بِسِناكَ الناسِخِ الغَسَمِ

    And by your radiance, the stars gather,

    Through your radiance that dispels the gloom.

  7. وَسِناكَ الكَونُ مُفتَخِرٌ

    بِسِناكَ الراسِخِ الشَمَمِ

    And by your splendor, the universe takes pride

    In your splendor, firmly established in loftiness.

  8. شَرَفٌ يا حَبَّذا شَرَفٌ

    سَنِمٌ بَداءُ لَم يُرَمِ

    Honor—oh, what splendid honor!

    Lofty, [unclear epithet], never sought.

  9. بِرَسولِ اللَهِ لي ثِقَةٌ

    بِها في الدارَينِ لَم أُضَمِ

    In God's Messenger I have trust;

    Through it, in both worlds, I have not been wronged.

  10. لِرَسولِ اللَهِ بي مِقَةٌ

    بِها شَيئاً مِنهُ لَم أَرُمِ

    For God's Messenger I bear love;

    Through it I have sought nothing from him.