خَمِدَت لِفَضلِ وِلادِكَ النيرانُ

وَاِنشَقَّ مِن فَرَحٍ بِكَ الإيوانُ

The fires were extinguished due to the excellence of your birth,

And the palace split open with joy because of you.

وَتَزَلزَلَ النادي وَأَوجَسَ خيفَةً

مِن هَولِ رُؤياهُ أَنو شِروانُ

The club trembled and feared terribly,

From the awfulness of his vision that Anu Shiroan.

فَتَأَوَّلَ الرُؤيا سَطيحُ وَبَشَّرَت

بِظُهورِكَ الرُهبانُ وَالكُهّانُ

So Satahih interpreted the vision and the monks gave good tidings

Of your appearance, and so did the fortune-tellers.

وَعَلَيكَ إِرمِيّا وَشَعيا أَثنَيا

وَهُما وَحِزقيلٌ لِفَضلِكَ دانوا

Jeremiah and Zechariah praised you,

As did Ezekiel, for they were humbled by your excellence.

بِفَضائِلٍ شَهِدَت بِهِنَّ السُحبُ وَالت

تَوراةُ وَالإِنجيلُ وَالفُرقانُ

With virtues that the clouds and the

Torah, the Gospel, and the Qur’an testified to.

فَوُضِعتَ لِلَّهِ المُهَيمِنِ ساجِداً

وَاِستَبشَرَت بِظُهورِكَ الأَكوانُ

You were placed prostrating to God the Guardian,

And the universes rejoiced at your appearance.

مُتَكَمِّلاً لَم تَنقَطِع لَكَ سُرَّةٌ

شَرَفاً وَلَم يُطلَق عَلَيكَ خِتانُ

Perfect, with no shortage of honor for you

in nobility, and circumcision was not imposed upon you.

فَرَأَت قُصورَ الشامِ آمِنَةٌ وَقَد

وَضَعَتكَ لا تَخفى لَها أَركانُ

So the palaces of Syria felt safe and they

placed you, with no hiding place for its pillars.

وَأَتَت حَليمَةُ وَهيَ تَنظُرُ في اِبنِها

سِرّاً تَحارُ لِوَصفِهِ الأَذهانُ

And Halimah came looking at her son

Perplexed, trying to describe him, though minds cannot.

وَغَدا اِبنُ ذي يَزَنٍ بِبَعثِكَ مُؤمِناً

سِرّاً لِيَشهَدَ جَدَّكَ الدِيّانُ

And the son of Di Yazan believed in your mission,

Secretly, so that your grandfather the Judge would witness.

شَرَحَ الإِلَهُ الصَدرَ مِنكَ لِأَربَعٍ

فَرَأى المَلائِكَ حَولَكَ الإِخوانُ

God opened your chest to four,

So they saw the angels surrounding you as brethren.

وَحُبِيتَ في خَمسٍ بِظِلِّ غَمامَةٍ

لَكَ في الهَواجِرِ جِرمُها صيوانُ

And you were loved within five with the shade of a cloud

Sheltering you in al-Hajar, its wall of adobe.

وَمَرَرتَ في سَبعٍ بِدَيرٍ فَاِنحَنى

مِنهُ الجِدارُ وَأَسلَمَ المِطرانُ

And you passed within seven by a monastery, so

its wall leaned down and its bishop surrendered.

وَكَذاكَ في خَمسٍ وَعِشرينَ اِنثَنى

نَسطورُ مِنكَ وَقَلبُهُ مَلآنُ

And so within twenty-five Nestorius crouched

from you, his heart filled.

حَتّى كَمَلتَ الأَربَعينَ وَأَشرَقَت

شَمسُ النُبوَّةِ وَاِنجَلى التَبيانُ

Until you completed forty and the sun of

prophethood dawned and elucidation became clear.

فَرَمَت رُجومُ النَيِّراتِ رَجيمَها

وَتَساقَطَت مِن خَوفِكَ الأَوثانُ

So the statues of al-Nayyirah cast their probes,

and the idols tumbled down in fear of you.

وَالأَرضُ فاحَت بِالسَلامِ عَلَيكَ وَال

أَشجارُ وَالأَحجارُ وَالكُثبانُ

And the earth smelled of peace be upon you, and the

trees and rocks and dunes.

وَأَتَت مَفاتيحُ الكُنوزِ بِأَسرِها

فَنَهاكَ عَنها الزَهدُ وَالعِرفانُ

And the keys of treasures came entirely,

but asceticism and knowledge prevented you from them.

وَنَظَرتَ خَلفَكَ كَالإِمامِ بِخاتَمٍ

أَضحى لَديهِ الشَكُّ وَهوَ عِيانُ

And you looked behind you like an imam with a seal,

though for him doubt would be clear and manifest.

وَغَدَت لَكَ الأَرضُ البَسيطَةُ مَسجِداً

فَالكُلُّ مِنها لِلصَلاةِ مَكانُ

And the vast earth became for you a mosque,

so everywhere was a place for prayer.

وَنُصِرتَ بِالرُعبِ الشَديدِ عَلى العِدى

وَلَكَ المَلائِكُ في الوَغى أَعوانُ

And you were helped with mighty terror against the enemies,

and the angels were your supporters in battle.

وَسَعى إِلَيكَ فتى سَلامَ مُسَلِّماً

طَوعاً وَجاءَ مُسَلِّماً سَلمانُ

And a youth came hastily making peace,

willingly, and Salman came making peace.

وَغَدَت تُكَلِّمُكَ الأَباعِرُ وَالظِبا

وَالضَبُّ وَالثُعبانُ وَالسِرحانُ

And the wild cows and gazelles spoke to you,

as did the wolves, snakes, and sirahans.

وَالجِزعُ حَنَّ إِلى عُلاكَ مُسَلِّماً

وَبِبَطنِ كَفِّكَ سَبَّحَ الصُوّانُ

And the terrified camel stooped to your height in submission,

and your palm glorified the fish.

وَهَوى إِلَيكَ العِذقُ ثُمَّ رَدَدتَهُ

في نَخلَةٍ تُزهى بِهِ وَتُزانُ

And the date stalk fell, but you returned it

to a palm tree adorned and balanced by it.

وَالدَوحَتانِ وَقَد دَعَوتَ فَأَقبَلا

حَتّى تَلاقَت مِنهُما الأَغصانُ

And the two forests, when you called they came

until their branches met.

وَشَكا إِلَيكَ الجَيشُ مِن ظَمَإٍ بِهِ

فَتَفَجَّرَت بِالماءِ مِنكَ بَنانُ

And the army complained to you of thirst that afflicted them,

so springs of water burst forth from you.

وَرَدَدتَ عَينَ قَتادَةٍ مِن بَعدِ ما

ذَهَبَت فَلَم يَنظُر بِها إِنسانُ

And you returned the eye of Qatadah after it had gone,

so no man saw with it again.

وَحَكى ذِراعُ الشاةِ مُودَعَ سُمَّهُ

حَتّى كَأَنَّ العُضوَ مِنهُ لِسانُ

And the foreleg of the sheep related the effects of its poison

until it was as if the limb had a tongue.

وَعَرَجتَ في ظَهرِ البُراقِ مُجاوِزَ ال

سَبعِ الطِباقِ كَما يَشا الرَحمانُ

And you ascended on the night journey, going beyond

the seven heavens, however the Merciful wills.

وَالبَدرُ شُقَّ وَأَشرَقَت شَمسُ الضُحى

بَعدَ الغُروبِ وَما بِها نُقصانُ

And the full moon split, and the sun of daybreak shone

after sunset, with no deficiency.

وَفَضيلَةٌ شَهِدَ الأَنامُ بِحَقِّها

لا يَستَطيعُ جُحودَها إِنسانُ

And there is a virtue that people testified to its truth,

no human can deny it.

في الأَرضِ ظِلَّ اللَهِ كُنتَ وَلَم يَلُح

في الشَمسِ ظِلُّكَ إِن حَواكَ مَكانُ

You were God’s shadow on earth, and no

shadow fell on you if a place shaded you.

نُسِخَت بِمَظهَرِكَ المَظاهِرُ بَعدَ ما

نُسِخَت بِمِلَّةِ دينِكَ الأَديانُ

With your appearance, appearances were abrogated after

religions were abrogated by your religious law.

وَعَلى نُبُوَّتِكَ المُعَظَّمِ قَدرُها

قامَ الدَليلُ وَأُوضِحَ البُرهانُ

And evidence was established for your revered prophethood,

and proof was made clear.

وَبِكَ اِستَغاثَ الأَنبِياءُ جَميعُهُم

عِندَ الشَدائِدِ رَبَّهُم لِيُعانوا

And through you all the prophets sought help

from their Lord during adversities, to be helped.

أَخَذَ الإِلَهُ لَكَ العُهودَ عَلَيهِمُ

مِن قَبلِ ما سَمَحَت بِكَ الأَزمانُ

God took from them the covenants for you

before times allowed you.

وَبِكَ اِستَغاثَ اللَهَ آدَمُ عِندَما

نُسِبَ الخِلافُ إِلَيهِ وَالعِصيانُ

And through you Adam sought God’s help when

disagreement and disobedience were attributed to him.

وَبِكَ اِلتَجا نوحٌ وَقَد ماجَت بِهِ

دُسرُ السَفينَةِ إِذ طَغى الطوفانُ

And through you Noah implored when the

hardships of the ship overwhelmed him during the flood.

وَبِكَ اِغتَدى أَيّوبُ يَسأَلُ رَبَّهُ

كَشفَ البَلاءِ فَزالَتِ الأَحزانُ

And through you Job beseeched his Lord

to relieve the affliction, so sorrows ceased.

وَبِكَ الخَليلُ دَعا الإِلَهَ فَلَم يَخَف

نَمرودَ إِذ شُبَّت لَهُ النيرانُ

And through you the Friend invoked God and did not

fear Nimrod when the fires were stoked for him.

وَبِكَ اِغتَدى في السِجنِ يوسُفُ سائِلاً

رَبَّ العِبادِ وَقَلبُهُ حَيرانُ

And through you Joseph beseeched the Lord of servants while imprisoned,

his heart confused.

وَبِكَ الكَليمُ غَداةَ خاطَبَ رَبَّهُ

سَأَلَ القَبولَ فَعَمَّهُ الإِحسانُ

And through you the Speaker spoke to his Lord requesting

acceptance, so he was enveloped in kindness.

وَبِكَ المَسيحُ دَعا فَأَحيا رَبُّهُ

مَيتاً وَقَد بَلِيَت بِهِ الأَكفانُ

And through you Jesus called, so his Lord revived

a corpse, though it was shrouded.

وَبِكَ اِستَبانَ الحَقُّ بَعدَ خَفائِهِ

حَتّى أَطاعَكَ إِنسُها وَالجانُ

And through you the truth became clear after its concealment

until jinn and humans obeyed you.

وَلَوَ اَنَّني وَفَّيتُ وَصفَكَ حَقَّهُ

فَنِيَ الكَلامُ وَضاقَتِ الأَوزانُ

And if I fulfilled describing you fully,

speech would run out and meters would be too narrow.

فَعَلَيكَ مِن رَبِّ السَلامِ سَلامُهُ

وَالفَضلُ وَالبَرَكاتُ وَالرُضوانُ

Upon you is the greeting of peace from the Lord of the worlds,

and grace, blessings, and approval.

وَعَلى صِراطِ الحَقِّ آلُكَ كُلَّما

هَبَّ النَسيمُ وَمالَتِ الأَغصانُ

And upon the path of truth, your progeny, whenever

the breeze blows and branches sway.

وَعلى اِبنُ عَمِّكَ وارِثِ العِلمِ الَّذي

ذَلَّت لِسَطوَةِ بَأسِهِ الشُجعانُ

And upon the son of your uncle, the inheritor of knowledge, before whom

the mighty cower due to his might.

وَأَخيكَ في يَومِ الغَديرِ وَقَد بَدا

نورُ الهُدى وَتَآخَتِ الأَقرانُ

And your brother on the day of Ghadir, when the

light of guidance and brotherhood of peers appeared.

وَعَلى صَحابِتَكَ الَّذينَ تَتَبَّعوا

طُرُقَ الهُدى فَهَداهُمُ الرَحمانُ

And upon your companions who followed

the paths of guidance, so the Merciful guided them.

وَشَرَوا بِسَعيِهِمُ الجِنانَ وَقَد دَرَوا

أَنَّ النُفوسَ لِبَيعِها أَثمانُ

And they gained the gardens through their efforts, and they knew

that souls have prices that can be sold.

يا خاتَمَ الرُسلِ الكِرامِ وَفاتِحَ ال

نِعمِ الجِسامِ وَمَن لَهُ الإِحسانُ

O seal of the generous messengers, opener of the

great blessings, the one who has favor.

أَشكو إِلَيكَ ذُنوبَ نَفسٍ هَفوُها

طَبعٌ عَليهِ رُكَّبَ الإِنسانُ

I complain to you of the sins of a soul that

was created with a nature that the human was imposed upon.

فَاِشفَع لِعَبدٍ شَأنَهُ عِصيانُهُ

إِنَّ العَبيدَ يَشينُها العِصيانُ

So intercede for a servant whose matter is his disobedience,

though disobedience is despicable for servants.

فَلَكَ الشَفاعَةُ في مُحِبّيكُم إِذا

نُصِبَ الصِراطُ وَعُلِّقَ الميزانُ

For you is intercession among those who love you when

the path is set up and the scale is hung.

فَلَقَد تَعَرَّضَ لِلإِجازَةِ طامِعاً

في أَن يَكونَ جَزاءَهُ الغُفرانُ

He came seeking permission hopefully

that his reward would be forgiveness.