1. هَلَمُّوا بني أمّي إلى جنّة المأوى

    تَرَوْا حُسْنَ ما فيها من الْمَنِّ والسَّلْوَى

    Come, sons of my mother, to the Garden of Refuge;

    you will see the beauty of what it holds: manna and quails.

  2. إلى مجلسٍ طابت عناصر سرّه

    بفضل الإِلهِ عالمِ السرّ والنَّجْوَى

    To a gathering whose secret's elements have grown pure,

    by the grace of God, Knower of secrets and private discourse.

  3. جرت فيه من فَيْضِ الرّسول سحابةٌ

    فهو كما تدري حصونٌ من البّلْوَى

    A cloud from the Messenger's overflowing bounty has drifted within it;

    so it is, as you know, fortresses against affliction.

  4. على كلّ ذي شَأْوٍ فأصبح في الورى

    عَلِيَّ الذّرى لا يدركون له شَأْوَا

    Above every man of achievement, it has become among humankind

    lofty in its summits; none can attain its reach.

  5. فَقُلْ للّذي ينهاك عن طيب نشره

    ويعذل ما لي عن محاسنه سَلْوَى

    So tell the one who bars you from its sweet fragrance

    and reproaches you: 'I find no solace apart from its beauties.'

  6. إلى حضرة الأَزْكَى المكمّل مَنْ له

    بَرَاهِنُ فضلٍ عن جميع الورى تُرْوَى

    To the presence of the purest, the consummate one, whose

    proofs of excellence are recounted by all humankind.

  7. إمام الهدى هو ابْنُ عيسى محمّدٌ

    شريفُ الورى أَصْلاً وأَكْرَمُهُمْ مَثْوَى

    He is the imam of guidance: Muhammad ibn Isa,

    noble among humankind in lineage, and noblest of them in abode.

  8. قديماً عَلاَ حتى تمهّد ذروةً

    تُذَرّي فحولَ النّاس ما دونها ذروى

    Long ago he rose until he made a summit his resting place,

    which utterly scatters the champions of men beneath it.

  9. ألا يا ابنَ عيسى مَنْ يساويك رفعةً

    وهل يستوي أعلى الروائح بالأَسْوَا

    O Ibn Isa, who can equal you in eminence?

    And can the finest of scents be equal to the worst?

  10. حِمَاك وإلا ما تُنالُ حمايةٌ

    وحُسْنُكَ أَوْ كُلُّ المحاسن لا تُهوى

    Your sanctuary—or else no protection can be gained;

    and your beauty—or all beauties remain unloved.

  11. وفيك وإلاّ ما تَوَشَّحُ مِدحَةٌ

    ومنك وإلاّ مَنْ يجيب بذي الشّكْوَى

    And in your praise—or else no eulogy is adorned;

    and from you—or else who answers the one with a grievance?

  12. ففيك أماني يا مُناي ومنيتي

    وأترك من يروي ملاميَ لا يروى

    So in you rest my hopes, O my desire and my wish;

    and I leave whoever recounts reproaches against me with thirst unquenched.

  13. وأقتل نفسي في رضاك صبابةً

    إلى أن أرى وَجْهَ العواذل لي يُشْوَى

    And I kill myself in passionate longing for your favor,

    until I see my reproachers' faces scorched on my account.

  14. دعوني ولومي في ابن عيسى فإنّني

    أرى لَوْمَهُ أشهى من المنّ والسّلوى

    Leave me to the reproach I bear for Ibn Isa, for I

    find reproach on his account more delicious than manna and quails.