ألم يرعِ الإسلام موتُ نصيره

ألم يرعِ الإسلام موتُ نصيره

بلى حقَّ أن يرتاعَ من مات ناصِرُه

بلى حقَّ أن يرتاعَ من مات ناصِرُه

Did the death of its champion not alarm Islam?

Has Islam not mourned the death of its supporter?

Indeed—it is fitting that one whose champion has died should tremble.

Yes, it is right that it is terrified of the death of its helper

سيُسليك عما فات دولةُ مُفضِلٍ

سيُسليك عما فات دولةُ مُفضِلٍ

أوائلُه محمودةٌ وأواخرُه

أوائلُه محمودةٌ وأواخرُه

A generous benefactor’s reign will console you for what is lost,

The prosperous days of Mu'athil will console you

whose beginnings and endings are praiseworthy.

For what is past, its beginnings were praiseworthy and its ends

ثنى اللَه عطفيه وألفَ شخصه

ثنى اللَه عطفيه وألفَ شخصه

على البر مذ شدَّت عليه مآزره

على البر مذ شدَّت عليه مآزره

God inclined his sides and fashioned his person

God folded his arms around him and united his person

toward goodness, ever since his waistcloths were tied about him.

To righteousness since his helpers girded him

يصبُّ ببذلِ المال حتى كأنما

يصبُّ ببذلِ المال حتى كأنما

يرى بذله للمالِ نهباً يُبادِرُه

يرى بذله للمالِ نهباً يُبادِرُه

He is so enamored of giving wealth that it is as though

He pours out wealth as if he sees

he sees his giving of wealth as plunder he hastens to claim.

Giving away wealth as plunder to be seized eagerly

وما قدم الرحمن إلا مقدماً

وما قدم الرحمن إلا مقدماً

موارِدُه محمودةٌ ومصادِرُه

موارِدُه محمودةٌ ومصادِرُه

And the All-Merciful has advanced none but a leader

Whatever the Merciful brings is only brought forward

whose arrivals and departures are praiseworthy.

Its influx is praiseworthy and its outflow