1. قُل لي مَتى العذراءُ تَرضى

    وَلبانةُ المُشتاقِ تُقضى

    Tell me, when will the maiden be pleased,

    and the yearning one's desire be fulfilled?

  2. وَمَتى أشاهدُ وجنَتي

    بِتُرابها للأرضِ أرضا

    And when shall I behold my two cheeks

    in her dust, as earth upon the ground,

  3. وَأزورُ ثمَّ محمّداً

    خير الوَرى كلّاً وبعضا

    and there visit Muhammad,

    the best of creation, collectively and singly,

  4. مَولى الخلائقِ نائبِ ال

    خلّاق إِبراماً ونقضا

    master of created beings, deputy of the

    Creator in ratifying and annulling?

  5. لَم يقضِ قطّ قضيّةً

    إلّا لَها الرحمنُ أمضى

    He never passed a judgment

    but the All-Merciful ratified it.

  6. جَعل الإلهُ من القدي

    مِ ولاءَه في الرسلِ فرضا

    God ordained, from ancient

    times, allegiance to him as a duty among the messengers.

  7. عمَّ البسيطةَ دينهُ

    وَسَرى بِها طولاً وعرضا

    His religion encompassed the earth

    and spread through its length and breadth.

  8. مَحَضَ النصيحةَ للورى

    إِذ جاءَهم بالحقّ مَحضا

    He gave sincere counsel to mankind

    when he came to them with unalloyed truth.

  9. وَشفَى منَ الضلّال وال

    جهّالِ أَمواتاً ومرضى

    And he healed, among the misguided and the

    ignorant, the dead and the sick.

  10. وَلَكم جفاهُ مع اِقتدا

    رِ البطشِ ذو جهلٍ فأغضى

    And how often he was treated harshly, despite his power

    to strike, by an ignorant man—yet he overlooked it.