1. سامَحَ اللهُ الحمامهْ

    حَرَمَتْ جفني منامهْ

    May God forgive the dove:

    she denied my eyelid its sleep.

  2. بعثتْ في القلبِ لمّا

    هتفتْ وَهْناً غرامه

    She stirred within the heart, when

    she called late at night, its passion.

  3. شاقها البرقُ حجازي

    اً فَرَنَّتْ مستهامه

    The lightning from the Hijaz stirred her longing,

    and she cooed, distraught with love.

  4. ما لهذا البرقِ يُوري

    في حشا الصبِّ هيامه

    What is with this lightning, kindling

    passion in the lovesick lover's breast?

  5. لاح في الأُفْقِ ولكنْ

    شبَّ في قلبي ضرامه

    It flashed on the horizon, yet

    its blaze flared in my heart.

  6. هاجَ دمعي وشجاها

    حين حيّا بابتسامه

    It stirred my tears and saddened her

    when it greeted with its smile.

  7. لم تكدْ تسكنُ حتّ

    ى قاربَ اللَّيلُ ختامه

    She had scarcely fallen silent when

    night drew near its close.

  8. فتعالى من أَذانِ ال

    فجرِ ما راعَ ظلامه

    Then from the call to prayer at

    dawn rose what startled its darkness:

  9. نغمةٌ علويَّةٌ

    للرّوحِ راحٌ ومدامه

    a heavenly melody,

    wine and vintage for the soul.

  10. مَد فيها صوتَه

    نائي الصدى عذب الرُّخامه

    He drew out his voice in it,

    far-carrying in echo, sweetly mellow.

  11. كبَّر اللهَ فَخِلتُ ال

    كونَ قد طأْطأ هامه

    He proclaimed God's greatness; I thought the

    universe had bowed its head.

  12. شاهدٌ بالحقِّ ولىّ

    باطلُ الليلِ أَمامه

    A witness to truth: away fled

    the falsehood of night before him.

  13. يا له عدلاً يزكّي

    فَلَقُ الصبحِ كلامه

    What an upright witness! His words are confirmed

    by the breaking dawn.

  14. قلتُ لما ذَكَرَ ال

    هادي حبا وكرامه

    I said, when he mentioned the

    Guide, with love and reverence:

  15. باسِمه في كلّ يومٍ

    يحسر الفجرُ لثامه

    At his name, each day,

    dawn draws back its veil.

  16. تشرقُ الدنيا وتعلو

    جبهةَ الأُفْقِ وسامه

    The world shines, and there rises

    on the horizon's brow his emblem.

  17. التباشيرُ بوجهِ ال

    صبح مِنْ بشرٍ علامه

    The first gleams on the face of

    morning are a sign of joy.

  18. مولدٌ قد بَسَمَ الدَّه

    رُ له بعد الجهامه

    A birth: Time has smiled

    upon it after its scowl.

  19. في السما عيدٌ وتلك الشُّ

    هبُ قَدْ كانتْ سهامه

    In heaven is a festival, and those shooting

    stars had been his arrows.

  20. وَعَلَى الأرضِ ربيعٌ

    ناضرٌ يُولي رهامه

    And on earth is springtime,

    fresh and green, bestowing its gentle rains.

  21. ناشرٌ أَعلامَه في

    كلِّ روضٍ وَخيامه

    Spreading its banners in

    every meadow, and pitching its tents.

  22. فغمتْ (مكة) (نجداً)

    بشذاها وَتهامه

    Mecca filled Najd

    and Tihamah with its fragrance.

  23. (بنتُ وهبٍ) ولدتْ بد

    راً لقد وافى تمامه

    Wahb's daughter bore a full

    moon: it had indeed attained its fullness.

  24. كان إذْ ضمَّته كالزه

    رةِ ضَمَّتها كمامه

    When she held him, he was like a flower

    enfolded within its calyx.

  25. يا يتيماً كفلَ الل

    هُ هداه واعتصامه

    O orphan for whom God assured

    guidance and protection!

  26. شبّ أميّاً وَلكنْ

    نال في العلم الإمامه

    He grew up unlettered, yet

    attained preeminence in knowledge.

  27. هل درى أنْ سوف يرعى ال

    خلقَ إِذْ يرعى سوامه

    Did he know he would shepherd

    humankind, while tending his flocks?

  28. قام يدعو للهدى في

    حلكٍ يزجي ركامه

    He rose to call to guidance amid

    deep darkness, driving back its piled-up masses.

  29. إنْ يكنء أعزلَ فالحقُ

    له سيفٌ وَلامه

    If he was unarmed, truth

    was his sword and armor.

  30. أو يكن فرداً وَحيداً

    حاوَل القومُ اهتضامه

    Or if he stood alone and solitary,

    with the people seeking to oppress him,

  31. فهو في جيشٍ من الإي

    مان ما فَلَّوا لهامه

    he stood within an army of

    faith, whose mighty ranks they never broke:

  32. ثقةٌ باللهِ والحق

    الذي يرعى ذمامه

    trust in God and in the truth

    which safeguards his covenant.

  33. خوَّلوه الملكَ والما

    لَ وَما كانا مرامه

    They offered him kingship and

    wealth, but neither was his aim.

  34. قال والدمعُ يُوالي

    فوق خدّيه انسجامه

    He said, while tears kept

    flowing over his cheeks:

  35. لو وَضعتمْ بيديَّ الش

    مسَ والبدر قسامه

    If you placed in my two hands the

    sun and the full moon, one in each,

  36. لم أدعْ ذا الأَمرَ حتى

    يرفعَ اللهُ دعامه

    I would not abandon this cause until

    God raises up its pillars.

  37. يا رسولَ اللهِ شكوى

    ذي شجونٍ، وظلامه

    O Messenger of God, the plaint

    of one with sorrows and a grievance.

  38. نحن في (الشام) نقاسي

    فوق أَهوال القيامه

    We in al-Sham endure

    worse than the terrors of Judgment Day.

  39. ما لنا من أَمرِنا حتى

    ولا مثل قلامه

    We have no share in our own affairs,

    not even so much as a nail clipping.

  40. أَخذوا الأمرَ وأَعطوا

    نا (المعالي) و (الفخامه)

    They took power and gave

    us 'Excellency' and 'Magnificence.'

  41. هل يصيرُ الهرُّ ليثاً

    حين تدعوه أُسامه

    Does a cat become a lion

    when you call it Usamah?

  42. كم نفوسٍ تتلظى

    حسراتٍ وندامه

    How many souls are aflame

    with anguish and remorse!

  43. تتنزى للتي تغ

    سلُ عاراً وملامه

    They leap toward what washes away

    shame and reproach.

  44. ما عسى أَهدي إلى مَنْ

    رَفَعَ اللهُ مقامه

    What might I offer to one

    whose station God has exalted?

  45. باقة من زهرِ (الغو

    طةِ) طلَّتها غمامه

    A bouquet of flowers from the Ghouta,

    bedewed by a cloud,

  46. حملتْ (للمصطفى) نج

    وى محبٍّ وسلامه

    bore to the Chosen One the confidences

    of a lover, and his greeting.