يا إماماً في الدِّين والمذْهب الح

يا إماماً في الدِّين والمذْهب الح

قّ على علمك الأَنام عيالُ

قّ على علمك الأَنام عيالُ

O imam of the true religion and school—

O imam in religion and the true creed,

O Imam in religion and creed, true

all humankind depends upon your knowledge.

All humankind depends upon your knowledge.

To your knowledge people are dependents

رضي الله عنك أوْضَحتَ للنا

رضي الله عنك أوْضَحتَ للنا

س منار الهُدى فبادَ الضلال

س منار الهُدى فبادَ الضلال

May God be pleased with you: you made clear to the people

May God be pleased with you; you revealed to the people

May God be pleased with you, you clarified

the beacon of guidance, and error vanished.

The beacon of guidance, and error perished.

To people the minaret of guidance so misguidance vanished

قد ملأت الدُّنيا بعلمك حتَّى

قد ملأت الدُّنيا بعلمك حتَّى

نلت بالعلم غايةً لا تنال

نلت بالعلم غايةً لا تنال

You have filled the world with your knowledge, until

You filled the world with your knowledge, until

You have filled the world with your knowledge until

through knowledge you attained a height none can attain.

Through knowledge you attained a goal beyond reach.

You reached through knowledge an unreachable extremity

كلَّما قالت الأَئمَّة قولاً

كلَّما قالت الأَئمَّة قولاً

فإلى ما تقول أنتَ المآل

فإلى ما تقول أنتَ المآل

Whenever the imams pronounce an opinion,

Whenever the imams make a pronouncement,

Whenever the Imams say anything

the final recourse is what you say.

What you yourself say is the final recourse.

To what you say is the destination

إنَّما أنتَ قدوة الكلّ بالكلِّ

إنَّما أنتَ قدوة الكلّ بالكلِّ

وعنك التفضيل والإِجمال

وعنك التفضيل والإِجمال

You alone are everyone’s exemplar in every respect;

You alone are a model for all in every respect,

You are truly the role model for all

from you come preeminence and comprehensive summation.

And from you come preference and summation.

About you is preference and summation

رحمةُ الله لم تزل تتوالى

رحمةُ الله لم تزل تتوالى

ما توالى الغدوُّ ولآصال

ما توالى الغدوُّ ولآصال

May God’s mercy continue to descend

God's mercy has never ceased to come in succession,

God’s mercy continues to follow

as long as mornings and evenings follow one another.

As long as mornings and evenings follow one another.

As the forenoon and the evening perpetuate

شمِلَتْ حضرةً مقدَّسةً فيك

شمِلَتْ حضرةً مقدَّسةً فيك

وقبراً عليك منك جلال

وقبراً عليك منك جلال

It has embraced a sacred presence embodied in you,

It has embraced a sanctuary made sacred by your presence,

A sacred presence embodied in you

and a grave enclosing you, made majestic by you.

And a tomb over you, with majesty drawn from you.

And a grave above you of your grandeur

فبأبوابها تناخُ المطايا

فبأبوابها تناخُ المطايا

وبأفنانها تُحَطُّ الرِّحال

وبأفنانها تُحَطُّ الرِّحال

At its gates the mounts are made to kneel,

So at its gates the riding camels are made to kneel,

At its doors the riding beasts kneel

and beneath its boughs the travelers’ loads are set down.

And by its boughs the saddles are set down.

And at its burials the loads are unloaded

فاز من زارها ومن حلَّ فيها

فاز من زارها ومن حلَّ فيها

وعليه الخضوع والإِذلال

وعليه الخضوع والإِذلال

Triumphant is whoever visits it and whoever dwells there,

Those who visit it and those who stay within it have triumphed,

He who visited it has succeeded, and stayed in it

bearing due submission and self-abasement.

Bearing humility and self-abasement.

Humbled and submitting

يا مفيضاً من روحه نفحات

يا مفيضاً من روحه نفحات

منك يستوهب الكمال كمال

منك يستوهب الكمال كمال

O you who pours forth breaths from his spirit—

O you who pour forth fragrant breaths from your spirit,

O you who emits from his soul scents

Kamal implores you to grant him perfection.

From you Kamal asks for perfection as a gift.

From you perfection seeks perfection

سار بالشَّوق قاصداً من فروقٍ

سار بالشَّوق قاصداً من فروقٍ

وإليك المسير والانتقال

وإليك المسير والانتقال

Longing bore him onward, setting out from Furūq,

He traveled with longing, setting his course from Faruq,

Traveling with yearning, heading from distances

and toward you lay his journey and passage:

And toward you are his journey and his passage.

To you is the journey and transportation

زورة تمحق الذنوب وفيها

زورة تمحق الذنوب وفيها

للمنيبين منحة ونوال

للمنيبين منحة ونوال

a visit that effaces sins, wherein lies

A visit that effaces sins, and in it

A flower that obliterates sins, and in it

a gift and bounty for those who turn to God.

The repentant find a gift and bounty.

For the penitents a grant and bestowal

عن خلوصٍ وعن ثبات اعتقاد

عن خلوصٍ وعن ثبات اعتقاد

أوقَفَتْه ببابك الآمال

أوقَفَتْه ببابك الآمال

With sincere and steadfast conviction,

Out of sincerity and steadfast conviction,

For sincerity and steadfast belief

his hopes brought him to your door.

His hopes have brought him to stand at your gate.

Hopes paused at your door

ودعاه إليك وهو بعيد

ودعاه إليك وهو بعيد

سفر عن بلاده وارتحال

سفر عن بلاده وارتحال

Though he was far away, he was summoned to you by

And though far away, he was called to you

And called him to you though far

a journey from his homeland and a setting out.

By a journey and departure from his homeland.

Traveling from his country and moving

لم تعقْه فدافد وحزون

لم تعقْه فدافد وحزون

وقفار مهولة وجبال

وقفار مهولة وجبال

Neither vast deserts nor rugged tracts hindered him,

Neither barren expanses nor rugged ground hindered him,

The deserted and frightful wastelands

nor terrifying wastes and mountains.

Nor terrifying wastes nor mountains.

And mountains did not discourage him

فطوى في مسيرة الأرض طيًّا

فطوى في مسيرة الأرض طيًّا

حين وافى وما اعتراه ملال

حين وافى وما اعتراه ملال

He folded up the distance of the earth as though folding it

So he folded up the earth as he journeyed;

He covered earthly distances until

when he arrived, and no weariness befell him.

When he arrived, no weariness had overtaken him.

He arrived not touched by fatigue

إنْ يصادفْ منك القبول فقد

إنْ يصادفْ منك القبول فقد

فازَ وثَمَّ الإِسعاد والإِقبال

فازَ وثَمَّ الإِسعاد والإِقبال

If he should meet with acceptance from you, then he has

If he finds acceptance from you, then indeed

If he attains acceptance from you he

triumphed; there lie felicity and favor.

He has triumphed; there lie happiness and favor.

Has succeeded, and happiness and prosperity occurred

لم يَخِبْ لآملٌ بما يرتجيه

لم يَخِبْ لآملٌ بما يرتجيه

وله فيك عِزَّةٌ واتّصال

وله فيك عِزَّةٌ واتّصال

No hopeful supplicant has failed to obtain what he hopes for,

No hopeful seeker has been disappointed in what he hopes for,

No hopeful is disappointed by what he aspires

and through you he has honor and a bond.

And in you he finds honor and connection.

For him in you is honor and connection

أنت قطب في عالم العلم منه

أنت قطب في عالم العلم منه

تستمدّ الأَقطاب والأَبدال

تستمدّ الأَقطاب والأَبدال

You are the Pole in the realm of knowledge; from you

You are a pole in the realm of knowledge, from whom

You are the axis in the world of knowledge from it

the spiritual poles and the abdāl draw their strength.

The poles and the Abdal draw their strength.

Poles and substitutes draw

بك في العالمين يرحمنا اللَّ

بك في العالمين يرحمنا اللَّ

هُ وعنَّا تخفّف الأَثقال

هُ وعنَّا تخفّف الأَثقال

Through you God has mercy upon us in the worlds,

Through you, God shows us mercy in the worlds,

Through you God has mercy on us

and our burdens are lightened.

And our burdens are lightened.

And relieves our burdens