1. سَلامٌ وَلا أَقرَا سلاماً على هِندِ

    صرفتُ إِذاً مَسرايَ عن مَسلك الرشدِ

    Peace—but I send no greeting to Hind;

    I would then have diverted my night journey from the path of right guidance.

  2. على قَمَرٍ لو أطلعتهُ يدُ الثّرى

    لقصّر عن لألائه قمرُ السّعدِ

    Upon a moon—were the hand of the earth to make him rise,

    the moon of good fortune would fall short of his radiance,

  3. وأَربَى على نورِ الغزالة نورُه

    كما يفضل الحُرُّ الكريمُ على العَبدِ

    and his light would surpass the light of the sun,

    as the noble freeman surpasses the slave.

  4. فَطَابَ بهِ تُربُ الضريح بِطيبةٍ

    فيعبَقُ عن مسكٍ ندِيّ وعن نَدِّ

    So, through him, the tomb's earth in Taybah grew fragrant,

    and exhales the scent of fresh musk and incense.

  5. وَيَضحكُ عن روضٍ تُداني يد الصبّا

    به صفحة السّوسانِ مِن صفحةِ الوردِ

    And it smiles, revealing a garden where the east wind's hand

    brings the iris's cheek close to the cheek of the rose.

  6. فَطوبى لمَن أضحى يمرّغ لوعَةً

    بتربة ذاك القَبر خدّاً إلى خَدِّ

    So blessed is he who, in burning longing, comes to rub

    a cheek beside a cheek in the soil of that grave.

  7. نبي عليه من تلألؤ نورِه

    تَلألؤ برقٍ أسرجَتهُ يدُ الرّعدِ

    A prophet upon whom, from his light's radiance,

    shines the brilliance of lightning kindled by thunder's hand.

  8. نما من قريشٍ في ذؤابة هاشمٍ

    فما شئت من فضلٍ عميم ومن مجد

    He sprang from Quraysh, at the summit of Hashim,

    so his is all you could wish of abundant excellence and glory.

  9. سلامٌ عليهِ ما تغنّت حمامةٌ

    وفاحَ ذكي المسكِ من جنّة الخُلدِ

    Peace be upon him as long as a dove sings,

    and fragrant musk wafts from the Garden of Eternity,

  10. وما أنشدَ المشتاقُ إن هبّت الصبّا

    ألا يا صبَا نجدٍ متى هِجتِ من نجدِ

    and as long as the yearning one chants when the east wind blows:

    “Ah, east wind of Najd, when did you rise from Najd?”