1. لِله إخوانٌ بقلبِي ذَهبُوا

    وأَنَا في البيضَاءِ ذو تَحَرُّقِ

    God bless the brethren who took my heart with them,

    While I, in al-Bayda, burn with longing.

  2. لَوِ استَطعتُ لَسَعيتُ إثرَهُم

    ولَو سَعيتُ إِثرَهم عن حَدَقِي

    Had I been able, I would have hastened after them,

    Even if I had to follow them upon my very eyeballs.

  3. قد يَمَّمُوا ذاك المقَام المُرتَجَى

    يَحدوهُمُ شَوقُ الفؤادِ الشَّيِّقِ

    They have made for that longed-for place,

    The yearning of the eager heart driving them onward.

  4. إذا القلوبُ في هوَاها افترَقَت

    ففِي هوَى ذاك المقامِ تَلتَقِي

    When hearts are divided in their loves,

    They unite in love for that place.

  5. لَبُّوا وطَافوا وسعَوا ووقَفُوا

    بعَرفَاتٍ ورَمَوا عَن حَنَقِ

    They answered the call, circumambulated, made the ritual walk, and stood

    At Arafat, and cast stones in anger.

  6. والان سائِرون من مِنىً إلى

    تَتمِيم ما مِن المَناسِك بَقِي

    And now they journey from Mina toward

    Completing what remains of the pilgrimage rites.

  7. فيذهبُون لِزيَارةِ الذِي

    لولاه هذِه الدُّنىَ لم تُخلَق

    Then they go to visit the one

    Without whom these worlds would not have been created:

  8. ألمُصطفَى الهادي الذي مِن نُورِه

    قد أشرَقت في الكَون شمسُ الأُفُقِ

    The Chosen One, the Guide, from whose light

    The horizon's sun has shone throughout the universe.

  9. صلَى عليه اللهُ ما تَضَوَّعَت

    تُربَتُه عن نشرِ طِيبٍ عَبِقِ

    May God bless him so long as fragrance wafts

    From his grave's earth, spreading a rich perfume.

  10. طوبَى لهم فازُوا بما رَجَوا وها

    نَحنُ هنا لَهُمُ في تَشوُّق

    Blessed are they! They won what they hoped for; and behold,

    Here we are, yearning for them.

  11. إذا بنَا هُناك هُم لم يلتَقُوا

    ففِي رحابِهم هُنا سنلتَقِي

    If they have not met us there,

    Then here, within their spacious courts, we shall meet.

  12. سَنلتقِي بِخيرِ خِلٍّ صادِقٍ

    شَهمٍ هُمامٍ المَعِيٍّ مُتَّقِ

    We shall meet the best of faithful friends,

    Noble, valiant, keen-witted, God-fearing,

  13. وطَلعةٍ وضَّاءةٍ تزدَادُ نو

    راً مِن ضِياءِ وَجهِه المُؤتَلِق

    And a radiant countenance that gains

    Light from the brilliance of his gleaming face.

  14. ذاك ابنُ رَحمُونٍ مُحَمدِ الرِضَى

    مَن حازَ في العَلياءِ قَصبَ السَّبَقِ

    That is Ibn Rahmun, Muhammad al-Rida,

    Who has won the reed of victory in the heights of glory.

  15. ذو هيبةٍ فإن تَبدَّى مُفرَدا

    كأنَّما أنتَ أَمامَ فَيلَق

    A man of awe-inspiring presence: if he appears alone,

    It is as though you stand before a legion.

  16. حامِي حِمَى الشَّريعة الغرَّاءِ لا

    يأخذُه في الحَقِّ لَومُ أَخرَق

    Guardian of the radiant Sharia's sanctuary, he is not

    Swayed from the truth by a fool's reproach.

  17. والأدبُ الغَضُّ إذا يمَّمتَه

    فكُن لأزهَارِه ذَا تَنَشُّق

    And as for fresh-blooming literature, when you seek it,

    Then breathe in the fragrance of its flowers.

  18. تخالُه في الجود قبلَ سُؤلِهِ

    بابَ سماءٍ سَحَّ في تَدفُّق

    In generosity, before you even ask him, you would think him

    A gate of heaven pouring forth in torrents.

  19. بليغُ شِعرٍ يزدَهِي بِمدحِه

    كالعِقد يزدَهِي بحُسن العُنُق

    Eloquent verse is adorned by praise of him,

    As a necklace is adorned by the beauty of the neck.