1. مِن ثَنايا العذراءِ لاح بريق

    فجَرى مِن دموعِ عيني عقيقُ

    From the virgin’s front teeth a gleam shone,

    Then carnelian flowed from the tears of my eye.

  2. حبّذا حبّذا معاهدُ سلعٍ

    وَربوعٌ فيها الحبيبُ الحقيقُ

    How lovely, how lovely are the haunts of Salʿ,

    And the abodes where the true beloved dwells:

  3. أَحمدٌ حامدٌ محمّدٌ المح

    مودُ خير الورى النبيّ الصدوقُ

    Ahmad, Hamid, Muhammad, the Praised One,

    The best of creation, the truthful Prophet.

  4. سادَ كلَّ الوَرى بكلّ كمالٍ

    خيرُ حرٍّ للَّه عبدٌ رقيقُ

    He surpassed all creation in every perfection,

    The best of free men, a servant in bondage to God.

  5. ليسَ للَّه عزّ جلّ تعالى

    غيرهُ للأنامِ طرّاً طريقُ

    To God—mighty, majestic, exalted—there is no

    Path for all creation except through him.

  6. لَم يوفَّق موفّقٌ قطّ إلّا

    جاءَه مِن طريقه التوفيقُ

    No one has ever been granted success unless

    Success came to him through his path.

  7. فَعَليه لربّه وحدَه الحق

    قُ وكلٌّ له عليهم حقوقُ

    Thus his duty is to his Lord alone,

    And he has rights over them all.

  8. خُلقَ العالمونَ مِن نوره فه

    وَ ببرِّ الأبناء منهم خليقُ

    All beings were created from his light, so he

    Is worthy of filial devotion from them.

  9. والدُ الكلّ في الحقيقة لكن

    بعضُ أبنائهِ لديهم عقوقُ

    He is the father of all in truth, yet

    Some of his children show filial disobedience.

  10. خَلَق اللَّه خلقه ففريقٌ

    لِجنانٍ وللسعيرِ فريقُ

    God created His creatures: one group

    For gardens of Paradise, and one for the blazing Fire.