لِيَهنِ العُلى فَرعٌ غَدَوتَ لَهُ أَصلا

لِيَهنِ العُلى فَرعٌ غَدَوتَ لَهُ أَصلا

وَغَرسٌ نَمَتهُ تُربَةٌ تُنبِتُ الفَضلا

وَغَرسٌ نَمَتهُ تُربَةٌ تُنبِتُ الفَضلا

May glory rejoice in a branch whose root you have become,

Glad tidings for the Exalted House, a branch has grown

and a sapling nurtured by soil that brings forth excellence,

With roots nurtured in soil that yields excellence

وَنُعمى لِشَهرِ الصَومِ مُدَّ ظِلالَها

وَنُعمى لِشَهرِ الصَومِ مُدَّ ظِلالَها

سَيَشكُرُها مَن صامَ فيهِ وَمَن صَلّا

سَيَشكُرُها مَن صامَ فيهِ وَمَن صَلّا

and a blessing for the month of fasting—spread its shade—

Blessed is the month of fasting, extending its shade

those who fasted in it and those who prayed will give thanks for it;

The fasting will thank it, and those who prayed

وَيَومٌ بِهِ أَضحى المُهَيمِنُ شائِداً

وَيَومٌ بِهِ أَضحى المُهَيمِنُ شائِداً

لِدينِ الهُدى عِزّاً يَزيدُ العِدى ذُلّا

لِدينِ الهُدى عِزّاً يَزيدُ العِدى ذُلّا

and a day on which the All-Watching One raised

A day in which the Omnipotent became victorious

for the faith of guidance a might that deepens the enemies' abasement.

For the religion of guidance, increasing the humility of enemies

لَقَد راعَهُم لَيثُ الشَرى وَهوَ وَحدَهُ

لَقَد راعَهُم لَيثُ الشَرى وَهوَ وَحدَهُ

فَكَيفَ إِذا لاقَوهُ مُستَصحِباً شِبلا

فَكَيفَ إِذا لاقَوهُ مُستَصحِباً شِبلا

Indeed, the lion of al-Sharā terrified them all alone;

The lion of valor frightened them while alone

what then, when they meet him accompanied by a cub?

So how will it be when they meet him accompanied by cubs

لَعَمري لَقَد أَهدى البَشيرُ بِشارَةً

لَعَمري لَقَد أَهدى البَشيرُ بِشارَةً

تَرُدُّ عَلى الشيبِ الشَبابَ الَّذي وَلّا

تَرُدُّ عَلى الشيبِ الشَبابَ الَّذي وَلّا

By my life, the herald has indeed brought tidings

By my life, the Messenger brought good news

that restore to gray hair the youth that has departed,

That returns upon old age the youth that had passed

بِأَسعَدِ مَولودٍ أَتى فَتَضَمَّنَت

بِأَسعَدِ مَولودٍ أَتى فَتَضَمَّنَت

سَعادَتُهُ أَن تَطرُدَ الخَوفَ وَالمَحلا

سَعادَتُهُ أَن تَطرُدَ الخَوفَ وَالمَحلا

of the most fortunate newborn, whose arrival bears a promise:

With the happiest newborn who came to encompass

his good fortune will banish fear and drought.

His happiness being to banish fear and erase sorrow

سَيَفرَعُ مِن قَبلِ الفِطامِ مَحَلَّةً

سَيَفرَعُ مِن قَبلِ الفِطامِ مَحَلَّةً

يَرى زُحَلاً مِنها لِأَخمَصِهِ نَعلا

يَرى زُحَلاً مِنها لِأَخمَصِهِ نَعلا

Before weaning, he will ascend to a station

He will branch from before weaning a place

from which he sees Saturn as a sandal for his foot's arch.

Where one can see Saturn at the tip of his shoe

وَيَبلُغُ مِن قَبلِ البُلوغِ إِلى مَدىً

وَيَبلُغُ مِن قَبلِ البُلوغِ إِلى مَدىً

تَعَذَّرَ أَدناهُ عَلى غَيرِهِ كَهلا

تَعَذَّرَ أَدناهُ عَلى غَيرِهِ كَهلا

And before coming of age, he will reach a height

And reach before puberty an extent

whose lowest point has eluded others even in maturity.

Beyond which none other could attain, not even the aged

فَعِشتَ لَهُ حَتّى يُرى جَدَّ أُسرَةٍ

فَعِشتَ لَهُ حَتّى يُرى جَدَّ أُسرَةٍ

يَبيتونَ عَن جَدٍّ مِنَ المُشتَري أَعلا

يَبيتونَ عَن جَدٍّ مِنَ المُشتَري أَعلا

May you live for him until he is seen as the grandfather of a family

May you live for him until is seen the forefather of a family

whose good fortune lets them spend their nights higher than Jupiter.

Spending the night above any buyer in elevation

وَيُلفى لَهُ عَزمٌ كَعَزمِكَ وَالظُبى

وَيُلفى لَهُ عَزمٌ كَعَزمِكَ وَالظُبى

تَصِلُّ وَنارُ الحَربِ تُرهَبُ أَن تُصلا

تَصِلُّ وَنارُ الحَربِ تُرهَبُ أَن تُصلا

And may he be found with a resolve like yours when sword blades

And found for him is determination like yours and the gazelles'

clang, and men dread facing the fire of war.

Praying while the fires of war are deterred from connection

فَهِمَّةُ مَسعودٍ كَهِمَّتِكَ الَّتي

فَهِمَّةُ مَسعودٍ كَهِمَّتِكَ الَّتي

بَنَت شَرَفاً يَبلى الزَمانُ وَما يَبلا

بَنَت شَرَفاً يَبلى الزَمانُ وَما يَبلا

For Masʿūd's ambition is like yours, which

So the resolve of Sa’d is like your resolve which

built a glory: time wears away, but it does not.

Built a nobility time decays but does not erase

فَذاكَ شِهابٌ مُصطَفى المُلكِ زَندُهُ

فَذاكَ شِهابٌ مُصطَفى المُلكِ زَندُهُ

وَبِالغُصنِ قِدماً يَعرِفُ الرائِدُ الحَملا

وَبِالغُصنِ قِدماً يَعرِفُ الرائِدُ الحَملا

For he is a flame whose firestick is Muṣṭafā al-Mulk;

That is the Chosen King’s shooting star, his weapon in hand

and a scout has long known the fruit by the branch.

So by the branch the guide knows the standard

بِعُدَّةِ مَولانا الإِمامِ وَسَيفِهِ

بِعُدَّةِ مَولانا الإِمامِ وَسَيفِهِ

جَلا اللَهُ مِن رَيبِ النَوائِبِ ما جَلّا

جَلا اللَهُ مِن رَيبِ النَوائِبِ ما جَلّا

Through our lord the Imam's mainstay and sword,

With the equipment of our Master and Imam and his sword

God dispelled whatever was grave among the perils of calamity,

God has protected from the evil of afflictions what He has protected

وَحَلَّ عُقوداً لَو تَيَمَّمَها الوَرى

وَحَلَّ عُقوداً لَو تَيَمَّمَها الوَرى

بِأَجمَعِهِم لَم يَستَطيعوا لَها حَلّا

بِأَجمَعِهِم لَم يَستَطيعوا لَها حَلّا

and untied knots that, had mankind attempted them,

And undid knots which if the world's whole

all together, they could not have undone.

Tried altogether they could not undo

فَكَم مَلِكٍ خَلّاهُ في الناسِ مُثلَةً

فَكَم مَلِكٍ خَلّاهُ في الناسِ مُثلَةً

وَلَولاهُ لَم تَذهَب طَريقَتُهُ المُثلا

وَلَولاهُ لَم تَذهَب طَريقَتُهُ المُثلا

How many a king he has left as a warning among men,

So how many a king has He left among the people as an example

and but for him, that king's finest course would not have come to an end.

And were it not for Him, his ways would not have been exemplary

أَصايِنَ وَجهي عَن مَعاشِرَ أَصبَحوا

أَصايِنَ وَجهي عَن مَعاشِرَ أَصبَحوا

لِصَدرِ العُلى غِلّاً وَفي نَحرِها غُلّا

لِصَدرِ العُلى غِلّاً وَفي نَحرِها غُلّا

O you who shield my face from people who have become

I turn my cheeks from those who have become

rancor in glory's breast and a shackle around its throat:

For the Exalted House thorns and in its throat stuck

رُوَيدَكَ كَم خَفَّفتَ عَنّي بِمِنَّةٍ

رُوَيدَكَ كَم خَفَّفتَ عَنّي بِمِنَّةٍ

فَحَمَّلتَني مِن شُكرِ آلائِها ثِقلا

فَحَمَّلتَني مِن شُكرِ آلائِها ثِقلا

Gently now! How often you have relieved me with a favor,

Steady yourself, how you have eased my burden with favor

only to burden me with the weight of gratitude for its blessings.

And loaded me with gratitude for its blessings heavily

وَمِن أَينَ يَعدو النُجحُ فيكَ وَسائِلي

وَمِن أَينَ يَعدو النُجحُ فيكَ وَسائِلي

وَما نَزَلَت إِلّا بِأَوفى الوَرى إِلّا

وَما نَزَلَت إِلّا بِأَوفى الوَرى إِلّا

And how could success elude my appeals to you,

And how can success run its course in you while my means are lacking

when they have alighted only with mankind's most faithful keeper of covenants?

It will not alight except with the most faithful of companions

فَلا زالَ عَنّي ظِلُّ مَجدِكَ إِنَّهُ

فَلا زالَ عَنّي ظِلُّ مَجدِكَ إِنَّهُ

عَتادٌ لِمَن أَكدى وَهادٍ لِمَن ضَلّا

عَتادٌ لِمَن أَكدى وَهادٍ لِمَن ضَلّا

So may the shade of your glory never leave me, for it is

So the shade of your glory remains over me

a resource for those whose efforts fail, and a guide for those who stray.

A habit for whoever plodded and a guide for whoever strayed

وَلا زِلتُ مَسموعَ التَهاني بِحَضرَةٍ

وَلا زِلتُ مَسموعَ التَهاني بِحَضرَةٍ

عَرائِسُ أَبكاري بِها أَبَداً تُجلى

عَرائِسُ أَبكاري بِها أَبَداً تُجلى

And may I ever be heard offering congratulations at a court

And I remain hearing congratulations in a presence

where the brides of my maiden verses are forever unveiled.

My chaste brides through it are eternally glorified