في جنانِ الخُلْدِ نَلقى ~ أجمَلَ الأكوانِ خَلقا

In the everlasting gardens we shall meet - The best of all creation

أحمدًا بحرَ العطايا ~ خَيرَنا فِعلًا ونُطقا

Ahmad, he who is greatly generous – the best of us in actions and sayings

يومَ نَسمو للجنانِ ~ نلتقي الحورَ الحِسانِ

The day we ascend to Paradise – we shall meet the wives [of Paradise]

إنْ يَشَأْ ربّ الزّمانِ ~ في نعيمِ اللهِ نبقى

If the Lord of time wills – In the enjoyments, we shall remain

يَهنَأُ الصّبُ المعنّى ~ دونَ ما أعياهُ ضَيْقا

The aching heart shall rest therein – Without any crippling hardships

نقتني فيها قصورا ~ يبعثُ اللهُ السّرورا

In it, we shall have palaces – Allaah will grant [us] joy

إنْ نَرُمْ فيها طيورا ~ نَجنِ بعدَ الشّيِّ ذَوقا

Should we desire in it: birds – we shall be granted, after they have been prepared to be eaten

سَيلُ أنهارٍ يطيبُ ~ مَنْ لهُ منها نصيبُ

The flowing of rivers causes pleasure – to the one who has been given a share

عَسَلٌ، ماءٌ حليبُ ~ أنهرٌ منها سنُسقى

Honey, water and milk – rivers from which we drink

حُسنُها فاقَ الخيالَ ~ فاقَ دُنيانا جمالا

Its beauty has exceeded our imaginations – It is beyond the beauty of this world

نحوَ ذاكَ الحُسنِ مالَ ~ قلبُ صبٍّ ذابَ عِشقا

Towards that beauty has longed – the heart of a lover who has greatly admired it

سُرُرٌ للجَوْبِ فيها ~ نالَها من يَبتغيها

In it, there are beds; upon which one travels – He who desires them shall obtain them

إنْ يَرُمْ ذا يَعتليها ~ مَنْ لِلُقيا الأهلِ رقَّ

Should one desire, one can mount them – If his heart desires to meet his kin

يا إلٰهَ الكَونِ هَبْ لي ~ مقعداً فيها، وأهلي

O Lord of the universe grant me – a place of residence in it, as well as my family [members]

فاستَجِبْ ربّي لسؤلي ~ بأحنّ الخلقِ رِفقا

And accept my supplication – by the [rank] of the most merciful of all the creation