إِدْرِيسُ نَجْلُ سَمِيِّهِ

إِدْرِيسُ نَجْلُ سَمِيِّهِ

جِيدُ الْعُلاَ بِحُلِيِّهِ

جِيدُ الْعُلاَ بِحُلِيِّهِ

Idris, son of his namesake,

Idris, son of the eminent Sami

Idris, the son of his namesake,

is the neck of eminence, adorned with his jewels.

Excellent in knowledge and adorned

The neck of eminence is adorned with his jewels.

أَبُوهُ خِيرَةُ كَامِلٍ

أَبُوهُ خِيرَةُ كَامِلٍ

سِرِّ الْمُثَنَّى وَلِيِّهِ

سِرِّ الْمُثَنَّى وَلِيِّهِ

His father is Kamil's choicest offspring,

His father, the perfect Khayra

His father is the chosen son of Al-Kamil,

the essence of al-Muthanna, his intimate,

Secret of the Lord of the Two Lights

The secret of Al-Muthanna, his holy forebear,

صِفْوَةِ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّنَا

صِفْوَةِ سِبْطِ نَبِيِّنَا

الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّهِ

الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّهِ

the choicest offspring of our Prophet's grandson,

Chosen from the clan of our Prophet

The purest essence of our Prophet's grandson,

al-Hasan, son of his Ali.

Al-Hasan, son of Ali

Al-Hasan, the son of his Ali.

مِنْ كُلِّ فَخْرٍ لِفَاخِرٍ

مِنْ كُلِّ فَخْرٍ لِفَاخِرٍ

كَقَطْرَةٍ مِنْ رَكِيِّهِ

كَقَطْرَةٍ مِنْ رَكِيِّهِ

Every glory a boaster may claim

Of all pride for the proud

Any boaster's pride, compared to his,

is like a drop from his well.

Like a drop from his flowing stream

Is but a drop from his well.

وَاللَّهُ أَسْمَاهُ سَيِّداً

وَاللَّهُ أَسْمَاهُ سَيِّداً

عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ

عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّهِ

And God named him a master

And God named him Master

And Allah named him a master

on the tongue of His Prophet,

Through the tongue of His Prophet

Upon the tongue of His Prophet,

مُحَمَّدٍ نُخْبَةِ الْوَرَى

مُحَمَّدٍ نُخْبَةِ الْوَرَى

سِرِّ الإِلَهِ نَجِيِّهِ

سِرِّ الإِلَهِ نَجِيِّهِ

Muhammad, the choicest of humankind,

Muhammad, essence of creation

Muhammad, the elite of all creation,

God's secret, His confidant.

Secret of the God, His savior

The secret of God, His intimate confidant.

صَلَّى الإِلَهُ عَلَيْهِ مَا

صَلَّى الإِلَهُ عَلَيْهِ مَا

حَنَّ الْغَرِيبُ لِحَيِّهِ

حَنَّ الْغَرِيبُ لِحَيِّهِ

May God bless him as long as

May God bless him whenever

May God's blessings be upon him as long as

the exile yearns for his tribe,

A stranger yearned for his tribe

A stranger yearns for his home,

وَآلِهِ وَصِحَابِهِ

وَآلِهِ وَصِحَابِهِ

وَمَنْ تَزَيَّ بِزَيِّهِ

وَمَنْ تَزَيَّ بِزَيِّهِ

and his family and his companions,

And his family and companions

And upon his family and companions,

and whoever has donned his garb.

And those adorned by his adornment

And whoever adorns themselves with his ways.

وَمَنْ وَمَنْكَعَلِيِّهِ

وَمَنْ وَمَنْكَعَلِيِّهِ

فِي نَشْرِ فَضْلٍ وَطَيِّهِ

فِي نَشْرِ فَضْلٍ وَطَيِّهِ

And who—and who is like his Ali

And those who aided Ali

And who, indeed, is like his Ali,

in unfolding virtue and folding it away,

In spreading his excellence and bounty

In unfolding virtue and enfolding it?

وَكَالتِي نَجَبَتْ بِهِ

وَكَالتِي نَجَبَتْ بِهِ

وَبِالْحُسَيْنِ أُخَيِّهِ

وَبِالْحُسَيْنِ أُخَيِّهِ

and like her who nobly bore him

And her who gave birth to him

And who is like the one who nobly bore him,

and al-Husayn, his dear little brother—

And Al-Husayn, his brother

And bore Al-Husayn, his dear brother?

غَيْثَيْنِ لَيْثَيْنِ فِي الْوَغَى

غَيْثَيْنِ لَيْثَيْنِ فِي الْوَغَى

وَالْجُودِ سُدَّيْ أَتِيِّهِ

وَالْجُودِ سُدَّيْ أَتِيِّهِ

two life-giving rains, two lions in battle

Two lions in battle and war

Two abundant rains, two lions in the fray,

and generosity, two dams of its torrent;

Two oceans of knowledge and wisdom

And in generosity, the two mainstays of its torrent.

بَدْرَيْنِ بَحْرَيْنِ فِي الْعُلاَ

بَدْرَيْنِ بَحْرَيْنِ فِي الْعُلاَ

وَالْعِلْمِ عَيْنَيْ سَنِيِّهِ

وَالْعِلْمِ عَيْنَيْ سَنِيِّهِ

two full moons, two seas in eminence

Excellent is praising them

Two full moons, two oceans in eminence,

and knowledge, two eyes of its splendor?

Beyond excelling in narration

And in knowledge, the two springs of its brilliance.

حُسْنُ الْقَرِيضِ بِمَدْحِهِمْ

حُسْنُ الْقَرِيضِ بِمَدْحِهِمْ

أَضْعَافُ حُسْنِ رَوِيِّهِ

أَضْعَافُ حُسْنِ رَوِيِّهِ

The beauty of verse in their praise

It clothes the soul in joy

The beauty of poetry when praising them

is many times the beauty of its rhyme.

Like a garden at dawn's watering

Is manifold times the beauty of its rhyme.

يُكْسَى لِذَلِكَ بَهْجَةً

يُكْسَى لِذَلِكَ بَهْجَةً

كَالرَّوْضِ غُدْوَةَ رَيِّهِ

كَالرَّوْضِ غُدْوَةَ رَيِّهِ

For that, it is clothed in splendor,

For through this, it is clothed in splendor,

like a meadow on the morning of its watering.

Like a garden on the morning of its watering.