1. هذا ربيعٌ قد أتاك مبشرا

    بقدوم مولد خير من وطىءَ الثرى

    Here is Rabi‘, come to you bearing glad tidings

    of the coming birthday of the best who ever trod the earth.

  2. لا شك فيه أنه في فضله

    بين الشهور كمثل أحمد في الورى

    There is no doubt that, in its excellence,

    it is among the months as Ahmad is among humankind.

  3. وافاك يزهو بين أشهُرِ عامه

    متهللاً متدللا متبخترا

    It has reached you, resplendent among the months of its year,

    beaming, coy, and strutting proudly.

  4. بهر الشهور بليلة نبوية

    ضمنت له آياتها أن يبهَرا

    It dazzled the months with a night of the Prophet,

    whose signs assured it that it would dazzle.

  5. أرج الزمان بذكره فكأن في ال

    أفواه من ذكراه مسكاً أذفرا

    Time grew fragrant at his mention, as though in the

    mouths, from remembering him, lay intensely fragrant musk.

  6. فيه تطلع نور بدر هداية

    ياما آجل سنا علاه وأخطرا

    In it rose the light of a full moon of guidance—

    O how majestic and momentous is the radiance of his exalted rank!

  7. نورٌ قضى رب الورى تتميمَهُ

    حتما على رغم العداة وقدرا

    A light whose completion the Lord of humankind decreed

    and ordained irrevocably, despite the foes.

  8. شرفٌ لأحمد قد أتى تعظيمه

    بالنص في آي الكتاب مسطَرا

    An honor for Ahmad, whose exaltation has been

    explicitly inscribed in the verses of the Book.

  9. لولاه ما طلعت بدور أهلة

    كلا ولا صبحٌ أضاء وأسفرا

    Were it not for him, no full moons of crescents would have risen—

    no indeed, nor would any dawn have shone and broken bright.

  10. للخلق أرسلَ شاهدا ومبشرا

    ومُشفهاً في المذنبين ومنذرا

    To creation he was sent as a witness and a bearer of glad tidings,

    and an intercessor for sinners, and a warner.

  11. للَه مجد فخرُهُ متقدّم

    في المعلوات وإن أتى متأخرا

    To God belongs a glory whose renown stands foremost

    among the lofty ranks, though he came later.