ليهن بدر الحسن في حلة

ليهن بدر الحسن في حلة

تعذيب قلبي وهو في حل

تعذيب قلبي وهو في حل

May beauty's full moon, in a robe, delight

The full moon of beauty appeared in splendor

In tormenting my heart—he is free of blame.

Tormenting my heart while it was in dissolution

وَليهنَ سمعي عند حلو اسمه

وَليهنَ سمعي عند حلو اسمه

ما كرر العذّال من عذلي

ما كرر العذّال من عذلي

And may my hearing, at his sweet name, delight

And to it my hearing when the sweet name was repeated

In the reproaches the censurers repeat against me.

What the tormentor repeated of my torment

وليهن شهر الصوم أتقى الورَى

وليهن شهر الصوم أتقى الورَى

وليبق ما شاء بلا مثل

وليبق ما شاء بلا مثل

And may the fasting month rejoice in the most pious of humankind;

And to it the month of fasting, the most pious of people

And may he remain, as long as he wishes, without equal.

And let it remain whatever it wants without equal

إمام أعلام الهدى والندى

إمام أعلام الهدى والندى

قاضي قضاة الفضل والفصل

قاضي قضاة الفضل والفصل

Leader of the luminaries of guidance and generosity,

The imam of the guider of guidance and brilliance

Chief judge of excellence and decisive judgment.

The judge of the judges of merit and judgment

أقسم في الأنفال من برّه

أقسم في الأنفال من برّه

وكثرة الطلاب كالنمل

وكثرة الطلاب كالنمل

I swear by the bounties of his goodness,

I swear in Surah Al-Anfal from his righteousness

And by the throng of seekers, like ants,

And the abundance of students like ants

في العلم والنسبة ما مثله

في العلم والنسبة ما مثله

في ردّه الفرع إلى الأصل

في ردّه الفرع إلى الأصل

That in learning and lineage, none is his equal

In knowledge and attribution none can equal him

In tracing the branch back to the root.

In referring the branch back to the origin