1. يا ملكاً عمَّ نَداه الوَرى

    وأَلحق الباديَ بالعاكفِ

    O king whose bounty has embraced all humankind

    and made the visitor equal to the resident,

  2. لمّا حللتَ الطائفَ المُشتَهى

    وَصرتَ فيه مأمنَ الخائفِ

    when you settled in longed-for Ta'if

    and became there a refuge for the fearful,

  3. طافَ بكَ الخَلقُ جَميعاً فَها

    بيتُك أَضحى كعبةَ الطائفِ

    all people circled around you—so behold:

    your house has become the Kaaba for those who circle.