لو انَّ الشافعيَّ رآك نادى

لو انَّ الشافعيَّ رآك نادى

نصرتَ طريقتي ونشرْتَ علمي

نصرتَ طريقتي ونشرْتَ علمي

If al-Shāfiʿī saw you, he would call out:

If Al-Shafi'i saw you, he would call out,

“You championed my way and spread my knowledge.

You upheld my doctrine and spread my knowledge,

نهضتَ بحجةِ الإملاءِ عني

نهضتَ بحجةِ الإملاءِ عني

فداكَ أبي كما أحييت أمي

فداكَ أبي كما أحييت أمي

You upheld the proof of dictation on my behalf.

You rose with the proof of imamate on my behalf,

May my father be your ransom, as you revived my mother.”

May my father be sacrificed for you, as you gave life to my mother