أمالي إلى قبر الرسول مبلغ

سلاماً فقد أفنى الزمان ذمائي

Is there no one to convey to the Messenger's grave

a greeting? For time has consumed my last remnant of life.

أمانة مشتاق حمى الدمع جفنه

فماصام طيف النوم خوف حماء

A trust from one who yearns, whose tears have guarded his eyelid,

so sleep's phantom would not halt, fearing guarded ground.

أماني كانت لي زيارة قبره

وأرضى بروض يانع وسماء

My wishes were to visit his grave,

and I would be content with a flourishing garden and sky.

أمال قناتي بعد حسن اعتدالها

زمان أراني النقص بعد نماء

My spear-shaft, once so finely straight, was bent

by time, which showed me decline after growth.

أمات قوى الأعضاء إلا أقلها

وأعطش روضي حين أنضب مائي

It killed my limbs' strength, save the smallest part,

and parched my garden when it drained my water.

أماري مشيبي في سنين وقد رقا

فؤادي على قوسي فكيف رمائي

I dispute with my gray hair over the years, though already risen

is my heart upon my bow—how, then, can I shoot?

رماني الردى لو بلغتني ناقتي

فلم تبقني ظمآن بين ظماءِ

Death has shot me—if only my she-camel had brought me there,

and had not left me thirsty among the thirsty.

إمام جميع المرسلين محمدٌ

وأكرمُ مبعوث من الكرماءِ

Muhammad is the leader of all the messengers,

and the noblest envoy among the noble.

أمان الورى مما يخافون حبُّه

فيا حبُّ شعشع أدمعي بدماءِ

Love for him is humankind's refuge from what they fear.

So, O love, mingle my tears with blood!

أماتَ الأسى عيني وسعّر أضلعي

فخذْ بيدي يا أرحم الرحماءِ

Grief has killed my eye and set my ribs ablaze.

So take me by the hand, O most merciful of the merciful.