لَعَمرُكَ ما غابَ الأَمينُ مُحَمَّدٌ

لَعَمرُكَ ما غابَ الأَمينُ مُحَمَّدٌ

عَنِ الأَمرِ يَعنيهِ إِذا شَهِدَ الفَضلُ

عَنِ الأَمرِ يَعنيهِ إِذا شَهِدَ الفَضلُ

By your life, al-Amin Muhammad is not absent

By your life! The Trustworthy Muhammad was never absent

By your life, Al-Amin Muhammad is never absent

from the matter that concerns him when al-Fadl is present.

From any matter of importance that he witnessed excellence in.

From the matter that concerns him when Al-Fadl is present.

وَلَولا مَواريثُ الخِلافَةِ أَنَّها

وَلَولا مَواريثُ الخِلافَةِ أَنَّها

لَهُ دونَهُ ما كانَ بَينَهُما فَضلُ

لَهُ دونَهُ ما كانَ بَينَهُما فَضلُ

And were it not for the caliphate’s hereditary rights—that it

Had it not been for the inheritance of the Caliphate that it

And were it not for the inheritance of the Caliphate,

is his, not the other’s—there would be no distinction between them.

Was his more than any other's, there would have been no difference between them.

Which belongs to him alone, no distinction would divide them.

فَإِن تَكُنِ الأَجسامُ فيها تَبايَنَت

فَإِن تَكُنِ الأَجسامُ فيها تَبايَنَت

فَقَولُهُما قَولٌ وَفِعلُهُما فِعلُ

فَقَولُهُما قَولٌ وَفِعلُهُما فِعلُ

For even if their bodies are distinct,

Though their bodies differed, their words were one, and their deeds were one.

For though their bodies may stand apart and separate,

their speech is one, and their action is one.

I see excellence in worldly and religious matters combined in him,

Their speech is one speech, and their action one action.

أَرى الفَضلَ لِلدُنيا وَلِلدينِ جامِعاً

أَرى الفَضلَ لِلدُنيا وَلِلدينِ جامِعاً

كَما السَهمُ فيهِ الريشُ وَالفَوقُ وَالنَصلُ

كَما السَهمُ فيهِ الريشُ وَالفَوقُ وَالنَصلُ

I see al-Fadl uniting worldly life and religion,

As the arrow encompasses the feathers, the notch, and the arrowhead.

I see Al-Fadl uniting both the world and the faith,

just as an arrow has its feathers, nock, and arrowhead.

Just as the arrow joins the fletching, the notch, and the blade.