سلامٌ كأزهار الربيع نضارةً

سلامٌ كأزهار الربيع نضارةً

وحسنا على شيخ الشيوخ الذي صفا

وحسنا على شيخ الشيوخ الذي صفا

A greeting as fresh as the blossoms of spring,

Greetings like spring flowers, fresh

and as beautiful, to the shaykh of shaykhs, who is pure.

And beauty upon the Shaykh of Shaykhs who is pure

ولو لم يعقني العذر عن قصد ربعه

ولو لم يعقني العذر عن قصد ربعه

سعيت كما يسعى الملبي إلى الصفا

سعيت كما يسعى الملبي إلى الصفا

And had no excuse kept me from seeking his abode,

And if old age had not prevented me from visiting his abode

I would have hastened as the pilgrim chanting the talbiyah hastens to al-Safa.

I would have hastened like one yearning for purity

ولكن عداني عنه دهر مكدّر

ولكن عداني عنه دهر مكدّر

ومن ذا الذي واتاه في دهره الصفا

ومن ذا الذي واتاه في دهره الصفا

But troubled times kept me away from him;

But a troubled age has kept me from him

and who is there whom serenity has favored in his lifetime?

And who in his age attained such purity?