1. قَد نِلتِ يا خَيرَ المَدارس

    شَرَفاً حَماه السَعدُ حارِس

    You have indeed attained, O finest of schools,

    an honor that good fortune guards as sentinel.

  2. وَأَضاءَ في أَرجاكَ نورٌ

    مِن سَناه الكَون قابِس

    And in your precincts a light has shone,

    from whose radiance the universe draws light.

  3. بِمُدرِّسٍ أَحيا بِمق

    دَمِهِ مَعالِمَكِ الدَوارِس

    Through a teacher who, by his coming, revived

    your long-effaced landmarks—

  4. بِمُحَمَّدٍ شَمسِ العُلو

    مِ وَبَدرِها الزاكي المَغارِس

    through Muhammad, sun of the sciences

    and their full moon, pure of root;

  5. سَبّاقُ غاياتِ العُلا

    حَلّالُ مُشكِلَةِ الهَواجِس

    first to reach the heights of eminence,

    solver of thought's perplexities;

  6. مِن دَوحَةٍ سَعدِيَّةٍ

    طُوبى لَها فرعٌ مُجانِس

    from a Saʿdi tree,

    of which Ṭūbā is a kindred branch.

  7. دَرسَ العُلومَ مُعقِّباً

    فيها عَلى السَلَف الأَحامِس

    He studied the sciences, commenting critically

    on their intrepid masters of old.

  8. فَلَكَم عَلى السَعدَينِ أَو

    رَدَ مِن مَباحِثِهِ النَفائِس

    For how often, against the two Saʿds, he brought forth

    the precious gems of his investigations,

  9. وَعَلى الشَريفِ مِنَ المآ

    خِذِ مِثل أَبكارِ العَرائِس

    and against al-Sharif, objections

    like virgin brides.

  10. فَبِمثلِها وَبِمثلِهِ

    شرَفُ المَحافِل وَالمَجالِس

    For through its like, and through his like,

    gatherings and assemblies gain their honor.

  11. مَولى أَقَرّ بِفَضلِهِ

    كُلٌّ فَما في القَومِ نابِس

    A master whose excellence is acknowledged

    by all; none among the people voices dissent.

  12. وَبِهِ لِأَسما خانَ فَخ

    رٌ في المُدرِّسِ وَالمَدارِس

    And through him, Asma Khan takes pride

    in the teacher and the schools.

  13. فَالمَولَوِيَّةُ خِلعَةٌ

    وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَسنى المَلابِس

    For the rank of mawlā is a robe of honor,

    and on him it is among the most splendid garments.

  14. لَمّا أَفادَ مُقَرِّراً

    عِلمَ الشَرائِعِ وَالنَوامِس

    When, expounding, he imparted

    knowledge of sacred laws and ordinances,

  15. وَأَفادَ فيها مِن عُلو

    مِ الدينِ ما قَد كانَ دارِس

    and there imparted, of the sciences

    of religion, what had fallen into neglect,

  16. قُلتُ اِزدَهي بَقُدومه

    فَوَحَقِّ مَن أَحيا الرَوامِس

    I said: "Exult in his arrival!"

    For, by Him who brought the buried dead to life,

  17. هَذا الَّذي تاريخُهُ

    مَلَأَ بِهِ شَرَف المَدارِس

    this is he whose chronogram reads:

    "Through him the schools brimmed with honor."