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بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ عَلَامَةْ خَاتَمُ الرُّسْلِ الكِرَامِ

Bayna Katifayhi Alamat Khatamu ar-Rusli al-Kiram

بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ عَلَامَهْخَاتَمُ الرُّسْلِ الكِرَامْ

Bayna katifayhi ʿalāmah, Khātamu ar-rusli al-kirām

Between his shoulders is a mark, the seal of the noble messengers.

أَشْرَقَ البَدْرُ عَلَيْنَاوَاخْتَفَى بَدْرُ التَّمَامْ

Ashraqa al-badru ʿalaynā, Wakhtafā badru at-tamām

The full moon has risen over us, and the full moon of the sky has hidden.

مِثْلَ حُسْنِكْ مَا رَأَيْنَافِي العِرَاقَيْنِ وَالشَّامْ

Mithla ḥusnik mā raʾaynā, Fī al-ʿirāqayni wa-ash-shām

We have never seen beauty like yours in the two Iraqs or in Syria.

يَا حَبِيبِي يَا مُحَمَّدْيَا عَرُوسَ الخَافِقَيْنِ

Yā ḥabībī yā muḥammad, Yā ʿarūsa al-khāfiqayni

O my beloved, O Muhammad, O bridegroom of East and West,

يَا مُؤَيَّدْ يَا مُمَجَّدْيَا إِمَامَ القِبْلَتَيْنِ

Yā muʾayyad yā mumajjad, Yā imāma al-qiblatayni

O you supported, O you glorified, O imam of the two qiblas,

مَنْ رَأَى وَجْهَكَ يَسْعَدْيَا كَرِيمَ الوَالِدَيْنِ

Man raʾā wajhaka yasʿad, Yā karīma al-wālidayni

Whoever sees your face is happy, O you of noble parents.

حَوْضُكَ الصَّافِي المُبَرَّدْوِرْدُنَا يَوْمَ الزِّحَامْ

Ḥawḍuka aṣ-ṣāfī al-mubarrad, Wirdunā yawma az-ziḥām

Your pure, cool Basin is our watering place on the Day of the Throng.

رَبِّي فَاجْعَلْ مُجْتَمَعْنَاغَايَتُهْ حُسْنُ الخِتَامْ

Rabbī fajʿal mujtamaʿnā, Ghāyatuh ḥusnu al-khitām

My Lord, make our gathering's end a good seal,

وَأَعْطِنَا مَا قَدْ سَأَلْنَامِنْ عَطَايَاكَ الجِسَامْ

Waʾaʿṭinā mā qad saʾalnā, Min ʿaṭāyāka al-jisām

And give us what we have asked of Your mighty gifts,

وَأَكْرِمِ الأَرْوَاحَ مِنَّابِلِقَا خَيْرِ الأَنَامْ

Waʾakrimi al-ʾarwāḥa minnā, Biliqā khayri al-ʾanām

And honour our spirits with meeting the best of mankind,

وَأَبْلِغِ المُخْتَارَ عَنَّامِنْ صَلَاةٍ وَسَلَامْ

Waʾablighi al-mukhtāra ʿannā, Min ṣalātin wasalām

And convey to the Chosen One from us blessings and peace.

The poet is not named in the source. Arabic text from Qasida Collection (qasidacollection.com), used with permission.

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