أَبلِغ أَبا الفَضلِ تُبلِغ خَيرَ أَصحابِه

أَبلِغ أَبا الفَضلِ تُبلِغ خَيرَ أَصحابِه

في فَضلِ أَخلاقِهِ المُثلى وَآدابِه

في فَضلِ أَخلاقِهِ المُثلى وَآدابِه

Carry word to Abu al-Fadl, and you will address the finest of his peers,

Convey to Abu Al-Fadl, you convey the best of his companions

In the excellence of his exemplary character and manners.

In his supreme morals and manners

الحَمدُ وَالمَجدُ يَحتَلّانِ قُبَّتَهُ

الحَمدُ وَالمَجدُ يَحتَلّانِ قُبَّتَهُ

وَالرُغبُ وَالرُهبُ مَوجودانِ في بابِه

وَالرُغبُ وَالرُهبُ مَوجودانِ في بابِه

Praise and glory dwell beneath his dome,

Praise and glory crown his dome

And hope and fear are both found at his door.

And desire and awe are present at his door

لَن يَعلَقَ الدينَ وَالدُنيا بِحَقِّهِما

لَن يَعلَقَ الدينَ وَالدُنيا بِحَقِّهِما

إِلّا المُعَلِّقُ كَفَّيهِ بِأَسبابِه

إِلّا المُعَلِّقُ كَفَّيهِ بِأَسبابِه

None shall lay hold of faith and worldly life as is their due,

He will not attach religion and worldly life to their rights

Except one who fastens both his hands to his ropes.

Except the one who attaches his palms to their causes

تَفديكَ أَنفُسُنا اللاتي نَضَنُّ بِها

تَفديكَ أَنفُسُنا اللاتي نَضَنُّ بِها

مِن مُؤلِماتِ الَّذي تَشكو وَأَوصابِه

مِن مُؤلِماتِ الَّذي تَشكو وَأَوصابِه

May our lives, which we guard so jealously, ransom you

Our souls that we live by ransom you

From the pains of what you suffer and its ailments.

From the pains which you complain and its wounds

لَستَ العَليلَ الَّذي عُدناهُ تَكرُمَةً

لَستَ العَليلَ الَّذي عُدناهُ تَكرُمَةً

بَلِ العَليلُ الَّذي أَصبَحتَ تُكنى بِه

بَلِ العَليلُ الَّذي أَصبَحتَ تُكنى بِه

You are not the ailing one we visited out of respect;

You are not the sick one whom we visited out of generosity

Rather, the ailing one is that which now gives you your honorific.

But the sick one whom you have come to be called