1. أَلقَت إِلَيكَ مَقادَها الأَيّامُ

    وَأَمَدَّكَ الإِجلالُ وَالإِعظامُ

    The days have cast their reins to you,

    and reverence and veneration have lent you strength.

  2. وَمَشى إِلَيكَ الدَهرُ مِشيَةَ خاضِعٍ

    وَقَضى بِما تَختارُهُ العَلّامُ

    And Time has walked to you with a submissive gait,

    and the All-Knowing has decreed what you choose.

  3. وَبَقيتَ ما بَقِيَ الزَمانُ مُخَلَّداً

    في حَيثُ تَقعُدُ وَالأَنامُ قِيامُ

    May you remain immortal as long as time endures,

    where you sit while all mankind stands.

  4. وَحباكَ رَبُّكَ بِالكرامَةِ وَالرِضا

    وَالبِرِّ ما نَسَخَ الضِياءَ ظَلامُ

    May your Lord bestow on you honor and approval,

    and goodness, as long as darkness effaces light.

  5. فَلأَنتَ حينَ تُعَدُّ عَينُ زَمانِنا

    وَبِصِدقِ قَولي يَشهَدُ الإِسلامُ

    For you, when reckoned, are the very eye of our age,

    and Islam bears witness to the truth of my words.

  6. بِكَ يا مُحِبَّ الدِّينِ طالَت فَاِعتَلَت

    شَرَفاً عَلى الخَطِّيَّةِ الأَقلامُ

    Through you, O Muhibb al-Din, there have grown tall and risen

    in honor above the spears of al-Khatt—the pens.

  7. أَحيَيتَ بِشراً وَالجُنَيدَ وَعامِراً

    زُهداً وَكُلٌّ إِذ يُعَدُّ إِمامُ

    You have revived Bishr, al-Junayd, and Amir

    in asceticism; each is reckoned an imam.

  8. وأَقَمتَ لِلقُرَشِيِّ في آرائِهِ

    حُجَجاً يُقَصِّرُ دُونَها النُظّامُ

    And in support of al-Qurashi's views you have established

    proofs that al-Nazzam cannot match.

  9. لَو رادَكَ الثَورِيُّ أَعلَنَ قائِلاً

    أَنتَ الغَمامُ وَمَن سَواكَ جَهامُ

    Were al-Thawri to seek you out, he would proclaim:

    You are the raincloud; all others are rainless clouds.

  10. لِلّهِ دَرُّكَ أَيُّ مَوضِحِ مُشكِلٍ

    أَضحى وَمِن شُبَهٍ عَلَيهِ خِتامُ

    God bless you—how you clarify a problem

    that has come to bear a seal of doubts!

  11. حَسَنُ الإِنابَةِ مُخلِصٌ أَعمالَهُ

    لِلّهِ لا يَسري إِلَيهِ أَثامُ

    Beautiful in repentance, he dedicates his deeds sincerely

    to God; no sin creeps toward him.

  12. إِن يَجحَدِ العُظماءُ فَضلَكَ فيهِمُ

    فَبَنُوا السَبيلِ تُقِرُّ وَالأَيتامُ

    If the great deny the favor you have shown them,

    then wayfarers and orphans acknowledge it.

  13. لَكَ حينَ يَعتَكِرُ الظَلامُ صَنائِعٌ

    تَغشى الأَرامِلَ وَالعُيونُ نِيامُ

    Yours, when darkness thickens, are acts of kindness

    that visit widows while all eyes sleep.

  14. قَسَماً لَوَ اِنّكَ في الغِنى في بَسطَةٍ

    لَم يَدرِ أَهلُ الفَضلِ ما الإِعدامُ

    I swear, were you amply endowed with wealth,

    people of merit would not know what destitution is.

  15. لِلّهِ مِن خَفَقانِ قَلبي كُلَّما

    قَعَدُوا لِتَجهيزِ الحُمولِ وَقامُوا

    O God, how my heart throbs whenever

    they sit and rise to prepare the laden camels!

  16. فَليَفرَحِ البَيتُ العَتيقُ وَزَمزَمٌ

    بِقُدُومِهِ وَالحِلُّ وَالإِحرامُ

    So let the Ancient House rejoice, and Zamzam,

    at his arrival, and those outside and within consecration.

  17. يا وَحشَتا وَالعِيسُ لَم يُرفَع لَها

    رَحلٌ وَلا نُشِرَت لَها أَعلامُ

    Ah, my desolation! Yet no one has lifted onto the pale camels

    a saddle, nor have banners been unfurled for them.

  18. لا كانَ هَذا السَيرُ آخِرَ عَهدِنا

    فَهِيَ اللَيالي رِحلَةٌ وَمَقامُ

    May this departure not be the last we see of one another,

    for the nights are journeying and abiding.

  19. وَكَلاكَ رَبُّكَ حَيثُ كُنتَ وَلا عَدا

    أَرضاً تَحُلُّ بِها حَياً وَرِهامُ

    May your Lord guard you wherever you are, and may none bypass

    the land where you dwell—neither life-giving rain nor gentle showers.

  20. وَرَعاكَ مَن لَو كُنتَ راعِيَ خَلقِهِ

    لَم يُرعَ إِلّا لِلحَنيفِ ذِمامُ

    And may He watch over you—were you shepherd of His creation,

    no pledge of protection would be honored save the true believer's.

  21. أَنعِم عَلَينا بِالدُعاءِ إِذا اِلتَقى

    بِحُجُونِ مَكَّةَ مَشرِقٌ وَشآمُ

    Favor us with your prayers when there meet

    at Mecca's Hajun an easterner and a Syrian.

  22. وَعَلَيكَ مِنّا ما حَييتَ وَما بَدَت

    شَمسُ النَهارِ تَحِيَّةٌ وَسَلامُ

    And upon you from us, as long as you live and as long as there appears

    the sun of day, be greetings and peace.