لا زال في عفو وعافية

تمض الليالي وهي لا تمضي

May he ever remain in pardon and well-being;

let the nights pass, while it never passes away.

وسعادة تبدو دلائلها

منه على الإبرام والنقض

And in happiness whose signs shine forth

from him, in binding and unbinding;

ومكانة طرف الحسود لها

وبنانه في الغض والعضّ

and in a station before which the envious man's gaze

is lowered, and his fingertips are bitten.

هذا مكان القول ذو سعة

فضل التقى وطهارة العرض

Here is a spacious field for speech:

the excellence of piety and the purity of honor.

تأوي المعارف من نداه إلى

بعد المدى في الطول والعرض

Through his bounty, learning finds refuge in

far-reaching expanses, in length and breadth.

شابت خلائقه على ضمأٍ

صرف الحجا بالسؤدد المحض

His traits, thirsting, have blended

pure reason with unalloyed nobility.

فالله يمتع أمليه به

ويصون رونق علمه الغض

So may God let those who hope in him enjoy his presence,

and preserve the fresh radiance of his learning.

فبقاؤه وبقاء مشبهه

زمن لأهل الأرض والأرض

For his survival, and the survival of his like,

are an age for earth's people and earth itself.

نظر نواظره مسهدة

لنواظر ملئت من الغمض

His sleepless eyes keep watch

for eyes filled with slumber.

أخللت بالكلّ الحقيق له

وأتيت من علياه بالبعض

I have fallen short of all that is rightly due to him,

and offered only a portion of his loftiness.

وأرى النوافل لا تصحّ إذا

ذهب الفساد بصحة الفرض

And I deem voluntary devotions invalid if

corruption destroys the validity of the obligatory rite.

ومقام سيدنا ومسندنا

أبهى حلى لكنه يغضي

And the station of our master and mainstay

is most splendidly adorned, yet he is forbearing.

فبقيت والأعداء ساهمة

جذلان في دعة وفي خفض

So may you live on, while your enemies are grim-faced,

joyful in ease and in comfort,

ما أنَّتِ السُّحبُ الثقال وقد

أخذت عروق البرق في النبض

as long as heavy clouds groan, while

the veins of lightning begin to pulse.