1. مثالُ نعلِ رَسول اللَه ذي الكرمِ

    شفاءُ كلِّ عَليلٍ من ضَنى السَقمِ

    The likeness of the sandal of God's noble Messenger

    is a cure for every sufferer worn down by sickness.

  2. أَكرم به من مِثالٍ زانه شَرَفٌ

    من أَشرَف الرُسلِ خير الخَلق كلِّهمِ

    How noble a likeness, adorned with honor

    from the noblest of messengers, the best of all creation:

  3. محمّدٍ أَحمد المحمود مَن شَرُفت

    بوطئ نعليه أَرضُ القُدس والحرَمِ

    Muhammad, Ahmad, the praised one, who brought honor

    by his sandals' tread to the land of Jerusalem and the Sanctuary.

  4. فاِلثمهُ لثم محبٍّ لم يفُز بِلقا

    حَبيبه فرأى الآثارَ للقدَمِ

    So kiss it with the kiss of a lover who could not meet

    his beloved and so beheld the traces of his foot.

  5. وعفِّر الخدَّ فيه واِكتحل نظراً

    به فرؤيتُه تَشفي من الأَلَمِ

    And rub your cheek in its dust, and apply the kohl of gazing

    upon it, for the sight of it heals pain.

  6. واِحملهُ تظفَر بما تَرجوه من أَمَلٍ

    واِحفظه تُحفظ من الأَسواء واللَممِ

    And carry it: you will attain the hope you cherish.

    And safeguard it: you will be guarded from evils and fits of madness.

  7. وَكَم نَجا حاملوهُ الحافظونَ له

    من سوءِ خَطب ملمٍّ فادحٍ عَممِ

    And how often have its bearers, those who safeguard it, escaped

    from the harm of an assailing calamity, grievous and all-engulfing.

  8. وَراجعِ النَفحات العنبريَّة في

    وَصفِ النِعال الَّتي فاقَت على القِمَمِ

    And consult The Ambergris-Scented Breezes on

    the description of the sandals that rose above the summits.

  9. تَظفَر بِما يُبرئ الأَبصارَ من رَمَدٍ

    وَالقلبَ من كمد والسَمعَ من صَمَمِ

    You will find what heals the eyes of inflammation,

    and the heart of grief, and hearing of deafness.

  10. لِلَّه دَرُّ إِمامٍ حبَّرت يَدُه

    تلك الدراري الَّتي صيغت من الكَلمِ

    How admirable the imam whose hand composed

    those radiant stars fashioned out of words!

  11. وَكَم فَتىً فاتَه لثمُ النِعال غدا

    يَرجو وَيأملُ أَن يَلقاه من أمَمِ

    And many a youth who missed kissing the sandals began

    to hope and yearn to meet him face to face.

  12. وَراحَ ينشدُ والأشواق تزعجُه

    مثالَ نعليه هلّا قُبلةً بِفَمِ

    And he began to chant, his longings unsettling him:

    O likeness of his sandals, will you not let me kiss you with my mouth?