بقيتَ أبا الفضل الذي شاهِدٌ لهُ

بقيتَ أبا الفضل الذي شاهِدٌ لهُ

بفضْلٍ وإِفْضالٍ فَقيرٌ وعالِمُ

بفضْلٍ وإِفْضالٍ فَقيرٌ وعالِمُ

May you live on, Abu al-Fadl, whose witnesses

You remain Abu Al-Fadl, who is witnessed for

To excellence and beneficence are the poor and the learned.

With virtue and generosity, poor yet learned

ففتْواك عند المُشكلاتِ صَوارمٌ

ففتْواك عند المُشكلاتِ صَوارمٌ

وجدْواك عند المُجْدباتِ غَمائِمُ

وجدْواك عند المُجْدباتِ غَمائِمُ

For your rulings in difficult matters are keen-edged swords,

Your fatwas in difficulties are sharp swords

And your bounty in times of drought is rain clouds.

They found you in droughts to be rain clouds

وأنت بهاءُ الدين من غير مِرْيَةٍ

وأنت بهاءُ الدين من غير مِرْيَةٍ

له منكَ رُكْنٌ راسِخٌ ودَعائمُ

له منكَ رُكْنٌ راسِخٌ ودَعائمُ

And you are Baha al-Din—the splendor of the faith—beyond all doubt;

You are the splendor of religion, without doubt

In you it has a steadfast pillar and supports.

Pillars for it fixed and firm you amount

لمالِكَ بالكسْب الحميد وبالنَّدى

لمالِكَ بالكسْب الحميد وبالنَّدى

مَدى الدَّهْرِ والأيَّامِ بانٍ وهادم

مَدى الدَّهْرِ والأيَّامِ بانٍ وهادم

Of your wealth, through honorable earning and generosity,

For possessions with fair earnings and dew

You are, throughout time and days, both builder and destroyer.

Over days and time, erect and efface

وأنت لراجي خيرك الدهرَ رازِقٌ

وأنت لراجي خيرك الدهرَ رازِقٌ

وللاَّثم الَّلاحي على الجودِ حارِم

وللاَّثم الَّلاحي على الجودِ حارِم

And you are forever a provider to whoever hopes for your bounty,

You're for those hoping your goodness, providing

And withhold from the sinner who reproaches generosity.

And for seekers of generosity, preventing

وللنَّصْر يُبديه مضاؤك مُظْهرٌ

وللنَّصْر يُبديه مضاؤك مُظْهرٌ

وللجود يُخْفيه حَياؤكَ كاتِمُ

وللجود يُخْفيه حَياؤكَ كاتِمُ

And you display the victory your resolve reveals,

For victory, your light's glow is displaying

And conceal the generosity your modesty hides.

For generosity, your shyness, concealing

فهُنيت بالشَّهر الحرام وهُنِّيَتْ

فهُنيت بالشَّهر الحرام وهُنِّيَتْ

ببيضِ أياديكَ العُلى والمَكارِمُ

ببيضِ أياديكَ العُلى والمَكارِمُ

So may you be congratulated on the sacred month, and may

So it gladdened with the holy month, made delighted

Glory and noble virtues be congratulated on the favors of your white hands.

By your lofty white hands and all graces recited