Qasida Salaam

سَلَامٌ عَلَى قَبْرٍ يُزَارُ مِنَ الْبُعْدِ
سَلَامٌ عَلَى الرَّوْضَةُ وَفِيهَا مُحَمَّدٍ
سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَنْ زَارَ فِي اللَّيْلِ رَبَّهُ
فَبَلَّغَهُ الْمَرْغُوبَ فِي كُلِّ مَقْصَدٍ
سَلَامٌ عَلَى مَنْ قَالَ لِلضَّبِّ مَنْ أَنَا
فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ أَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ
سَلَامٌ عَلَى الْمَدْفُونِ فِي أَرْضِ طَيْبَةَ
وَمَنْ خَصَّهُ الرَّحْمٰنُ بِالْفَضْلِ وَالْمَجْدِ
نَبِيٌّ حَبَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالْحُسْنِ وَالْبَهَا
فَطُوبَى لِعَبْدِ زَارَ قَبْرَ مُحَمَّدٍ
أَيَا رَاكِبًا نَحْوَ الْمَدِينَةِ قَاصِدًا
فَبَلِّغْ سَلَامِي لِلْحَبِيبِ مُحَمَّدٍ
فِي رَوْضَتِهِ الْحُسْنَى مُنَايَ وَبُغْيَتِي
وَفِيهَا شِفَا قَلْبِي وَرُوحِي وَرَاحَتِي
فَإِنْ بَعُدَتْ عَنِّي وَعَزَّ مَزَارُهَا
فَتِمْثَالُهَا لَدَيَّ أَحْسَنُ صُورَةٍ
أُنَزِّهُ طَرْفَ الْعَيْنِ فِي حُسْنِ رَوْضِهَا
فَيَسْلُو بِهَا لُبِي وَسِرِّي وَمُهْجَتِي
فَهَا أَنَا يَا قُطْبَ الْعَوَالِمِ كُلِّهَا
أُقَبِّلُهَا شَوْقًا لِإِشْفَاءِ عِلَّتِي
وَصَلِّ عَلَى قُطْبِ الْوُجُودِ مُحَمَّدٍ
صَلَاةً بِهَا تَمْحُو عَنَّا كُلَّ زَلَّةٍ
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ
لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللهُ

Salāmun ‘alā qabrin yuzāru mina l-bu‘di
Salāmun ‘alā r-Rawḍatu wa fīhā Muḥammadin
Salāmun ‘alā man zāra fī l-layli Rabbahu
Fa-ballaghahu l-marghūba fī kulli maqṣadin
Salāmun ‘alā man qāla li-ḍ-ḍabbi man anā
Fa-qāla Rasūlu Llāhi anta Muḥammadun
Salāmun ‘ala l-madfūni fī arḍi Ṭaybah
Wa man khaṣṣahu r-Raḥmānu bi-l-faḍli wa-l-majdi
Nabiyyun habāhu Llāhu bi-l-ḥusni wa-l-bahā
Fa-ṭūbā li-‘abdin zāra qabra Muḥammadin
Ayā rākiban naḥwa l-Madīnati qāṣidan
Fa-balligh salāmī li-l-ḥabībi Muḥammadin
Fī Rawḍatihi l-ḥusnā munāya wa bughyatī
Wa fīhā shifā’u qalbī wa rūḥī wa rāḥatī
Fa-in ba‘udat ‘annī wa ‘azza mazāruhā
Fa-timthāluhā ladayya aḥsanu ṣūratin
Unazzihu ṭarfa l-‘ayni fī ḥusni rawḍihā
Fa-yaslū bihā lubbī wa sirrī wa muhjatī
Fa-hā anā yā Quṭba l-‘Awālimi kullihā
Uqabbiluhā shawqan li-ishfā’i ‘illatī
Wa ṣalli ‘alā Quṭbi l-wujūdi Muḥammadin
Ṣalātan bihā tamḥū ‘annā kulla zallatin
Lā ilāha illa Llāh Lā ilāha illa Llāh
Lā ilāha illa Llāh Muḥammadun Rasūlu Llāh

Peace and greetings to a grave that is visited from afar.
Peace be upon the Garden wherein lies Muhammad.
Peace upon him who in the night visited his Lord,
Who granted him attainment of his desire in all he aspired to.
Peace be upon him who asked a lizard, "Who am I?'
And it replied, "The Emissary of Allah. You are Muhammad."
Peace upon the one buried in the land of Tayba (Madina).
And whom the All-Merciful singled out for pre-eminence and glory.
A Prophet whom Allah granted beauty and splendour.
Blessed, then, is any servant [of Allah] who visits the grave of Muhammad.
O you who are riding straight ahead towards Madina,
Convey my greetings to the Beloved Muhammad.
Within his most lovely Garden is my sole desire and goal,
Therein lies the remedy for my heart and soul, and therein my comfort.
For although it is far from me and difficult to visit,
The picture of it in my mind's eye is the loveliest of forms.
I cleanse my eyesight by picturing the beauty of its gardens,
So that my mind, being and inmost soul find solace.
So here I am, O Axis of the entire Universe!
I place my lips on it in yearning, to have my ailment healed.
Send prayers upon the Centre of all creation, Muhammad,
Prayers through which all our shortcomings are effaced.
There is no god but Allah. There is no god but Allah.
There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the Emissary of Allah.