وَرِثتَ ما نِلتَ مِن فَضلٍ أَباً فَأبا

وَرِثتَ ما نِلتَ مِن فَضلٍ أَباً فَأبا

وَرامَ غَيرُكَ أَن يَسمو لَهُ فَأبى

وَرامَ غَيرُكَ أَن يَسمو لَهُ فَأبى

You inherited the distinction you attained, father after father.

You inherited what you attained in merit, father after father

And another sought to rise to it, but it refused him.

And others aspired that glory be theirs, but it refused

أَلَستَ شِبلَ الأُلىَ سادوا وَكانَ بِهِم

أَلَستَ شِبلَ الأُلىَ سادوا وَكانَ بِهِم

جيدُ العُلى يَلبَسُ الياقوتَ وَالذهَبا

جيدُ العُلى يَلبَسُ الياقوتَ وَالذهَبا

Are you not the lion cub of those who held sway, through whom

Are you not the cub of the sublime ones who ruled and with them

the neck of glory wore rubies and gold?

Was the glorious elite who wore ruby and gold

هلالهم أَنتَ فاِعجَل كَي تُرى قَمَراً

هلالهم أَنتَ فاِعجَل كَي تُرى قَمَراً

تَغشى بِطَلعَتِكَ الكُتّابَ وَالأُدَباء

تَغشى بِطَلعَتِكَ الكُتّابَ وَالأُدَباء

You are their crescent; hasten, then, to be seen as a full moon,

You are their crescent so hurry that you be seen a moon

gracing the writers and men of letters with your presence.

Covering with your rising the writers and the literati

لا زِلتَ تَسلُكُ سُبلَ المُهتَدينَ كَما

لا زِلتَ تَسلُكُ سُبلَ المُهتَدينَ كَما

تَرجو لِتَبلُغَ مِن مَلِكِ العُلى الأَرَبا

تَرجو لِتَبلُغَ مِن مَلِكِ العُلى الأَرَبا

May you ever tread the paths of the rightly guided, as

You still tread the paths of the rightly-guided as you hope

you hope, to attain your desire from the king of glory.

To attain from the King of the Most High the loftiest goals