يا بَها دُرٍّ سُدتَ إِذ كُنتَ مَولىً

يا بَها دُرٍّ سُدتَ إِذ كُنتَ مَولىً

لإِمامٍ أَضاءَ للدينِ بَدرا

لإِمامٍ أَضاءَ للدينِ بَدرا

O splendor of a pearl, you rose supreme when you became my lord;

O Bahadur, you rose to eminence when you were a protégé

for my imam you shone—a full moon illuminating the Faith.

of an imam who shone for the faith as a full moon.

لا أُهنِّيكَ بِالمَلابسِ فَاعلَم

لا أُهنِّيكَ بِالمَلابسِ فَاعلَم

بَل أُهَنّي بِكَ المَلابسَ تَترى

بَل أُهَنّي بِكَ المَلابسَ تَترى

I do not congratulate you on the robes—know this:

I do not congratulate you on the garments—know this;

rather, I congratulate the robes on having you, one after another.

rather, I congratulate the garments on you, one after another.

إِن تَكُن خِلعَةً تَزينُ فَهَذِي

إِن تَكُن خِلعَةً تَزينُ فَهَذِي

زِنتَها وَاكتَسَت بَهاءً وَدُرّا

زِنتَها وَاكتَسَت بَهاءً وَدُرّا

If any robe of honor can adorn its wearer, then this is the one—

If a robe of honor adorns its wearer, then this one—

yet you adorned it, and it arrayed itself in splendor and pearls.

you have adorned it, and it has clothed itself in splendor and pearls.

إِنَّ قاضي القُضاةِ مَن يَصطَفيهِ

إِنَّ قاضي القُضاةِ مَن يَصطَفيهِ

نالَ عِندَ المُلوكِ جاها وَقَدرا

نالَ عِندَ المُلوكِ جاها وَقَدرا

Indeed, whoever the Chief Judge favors

Indeed, whoever the chief judge selects

wins prestige and rank in the eyes of kings.

has gained prestige and esteem among kings.