1. ضربت عليكَ لواءَها العلياءُ

    وتحيرت في وصفكَ الشعراءُ

    Lofty glory has raised her banner over you,

    And poets are bewildered in describing you.

  2. وقضى الذي أعطاكَ سداً مقبلاً

    ألا يُفارقبَ حاسديكَ شَقاءُ

    And He who granted you approaching good fortune decreed

    That misery should never leave those who envy you.

  3. ما شكَّ ذو النظرِ الصحيحِ ولا امترى

    أنَّ الورى أرضٌ وأنتَ سماءُ

    No one of sound judgment has doubted or wavered

    That humankind is earth and you are heaven.

  4. الأمرُ أمرُ اللَهِ ليسَ يَضُرّهُ

    ما حاولت من كيدِهِ الأعداءُ

    The cause is God's cause; it is not harmed

    By the plots the enemies have attempted against it.

  5. والحقُّ أبلجُ والمعانِدُ عينُهُ

    عمياءُ عَنهُ وأذنُهُ صَمَّاءُ

    And truth is radiant, while the obstinate one's eye

    Is blind to it, and his ear is deaf.

  6. لو كانت الجوزاءُ من أعدائِهِ

    لم تنجُ من غاراتِهِ الجوزاءُ

    Were al-Jawza among his enemies,

    Al-Jawza would not escape his raids.

  7. سائِل إذا رَكَدَ الدُّجا وتحيرت

    زُهرُ النجومِ ونامَتِ الرُّقَبَاءُ

    Ask, when darkness lies still and bewilderment overtakes

    The bright stars, and the watchers sleep.

  8. يُهدي ويهدي منعماً ومعَلِّما

    لا زالَ منهُ الهَديُ والإهداءُ

    He gives gifts and guides, bestowing favors and teaching.

    May guidance and gift-giving never cease to come from him.

  9. أوفَى بما تَرَك النَبيُّ مُحمَّدٌ

    والقائِمُ المَهديُّ والخُلَفاءُ

    He faithfully upheld the legacy left by the Prophet Muhammad

    And al-Qa'im al-Mahdi and the caliphs.

  10. وجلا الحقائق للورى

    الأمواتُ والأحياءُ

    And he made the truths clear to humankind,

    The dead and the living.

  11. أوليَّ عهدِ المؤمنينَ ومن بِهِ

    كَمُلَ السُرورُ وتمتِ النعماءُ

    O heir apparent of the believers, and you through whom

    Joy became complete and bounty was perfected,

  12. العبدُ أولى أن أهنيهِ بكُم

    فعليهِ منكُم بهجةٌ وبهاءُ

    The servant is the one I ought rather to congratulate on you,

    For from you he has joy and splendor.

  13. أنتم سنا الدنيا فلولا أنتمُ

    ما فارقت آفاقَهَا الظلماءُ

    You are the radiance of the world; were it not for you,

    Darkness would never have left its horizons.