1. وفدت عليك بضاعةٌ لو تعلم

    فيها لمن يبغى التجارة مغنم

    Wares have come to you—if you but knew;

    In them is gain for whoever seeks to trade.

  2. نهنه جفونك من منامك وانتبه

    رجب لعمرك للتقرب موسم

    Hold your eyelids back from sleep, and awaken:

    Rajab, by your life, is a season for drawing near to God.

  3. يا مفلسين لقد أتى الربح الذي

    منه نهمم

    O bankrupt ones, the profit has indeed arrived which—

    From it ... [remaining word unclear].

  4. من كم وكنت به بناقة حاجة

    الأوقات يغنم

    From how many ... and you were ... with it ... with a she-camel ... a need [wording unclear].

    He profits from the times.

  5. أوقات ربح كلها لك يسّرت

    لا تُسلمنَها يا جهول فتُسلمُ

    Times of profit, all made easy for you;

    Do not surrender them, O foolish one, lest you be forsaken.

  6. وفد الأصب بنا أناخ وإنه

    وفدٌ على ما تعلمون مكرم

    Al-Asabb's delegation has encamped among us, and it is

    An honored delegation, as you know.

  7. طوبى لمن قد بات فيه قائماً

    بالذكر في محرابه يترنّم

    Blessed is whoever spends a night in it standing in prayer,

    Chanting remembrance in his prayer niche.

  8. يتلو الكتاب مرتّلا متبتلاً

    ودموعه في الخد سحا تسجُمُ

    He recites the Book in measured tones, wholly devoted,

    And his tears stream in torrents down his cheek.

  9. يبكى على ما فاته من عمره

    وبقلبه نار التأسف تضرمُ

    He weeps for what has slipped away of his life,

    And in his heart the fire of regret blazes.

  10. يرجو ويأمل والذنوب تخيفه

    والعفو يمحو ما جناه المجرم

    He hopes and cherishes hope, while sins frighten him,

    And pardon erases what the sinner has committed.

  11. يخفى ضرام الشوق بين ضلوعه

    والدمع عمافي الضمير يترجم

    He hides the blaze of longing between his ribs,

    And tears translate what lies within the heart.

  12. وكآبة المحزون تظهر حالهُ

    والصب إن رام التستر يعلَم

    And the sorrowful man's gloom reveals his state;

    And the lovesick one is recognized, even if he seeks concealment.

  13. هجر المنام وبات يشكو حزنهُ

    وبطى أحناء الضلوع جهنّم

    He forsook sleep and spent the night lamenting his sorrow,

    And in the folds of his curving ribs lies Hell.

  14. هذا هو الحزم الذي يرضيه لا

    من بات في لين الفراش ينعم

    This is the resolve that pleases him—not

    One who spends the night luxuriating in a soft bed.

  15. من بات في ظلم الدجنة وصم أيامه

    تعطى الجزيل من الهبات وتكرم

    Whoever spends the night in deep darkness—and fast its days [syntax unclear]—

    You will be granted abundant gifts and be honored.

  16. فعليه قد حض النبي محمد

    الهاشمي الأبطحي الأكرم

    For the Prophet Muhammad has indeed urged this,

    The Hashimite, the Abtahi, the most noble.

  17. صلى عليه الله ما انصرم الدجا

    وتطلعت وسط المجرّة أنجمُ

    May God bless him as long as the night's darkness passes,

    And stars emerge amid the Milky Way.