لَما هتفتَ بِشكرِ مَولانا الَّذي

لَما هتفتَ بِشكرِ مَولانا الَّذي

جَعَلَ المَعالي لِلكِرام مَراتِبا

جَعَلَ المَعالي لِلكِرام مَراتِبا

When you raised your voice in thanks to our master, who

When you proclaimed your thanks to our lord, who

made lofty honors into ranks for the noble,

Made lofty honors into ranks for the noble,

تَعلو لِصنفٍ أَرخوهُ أَولٍ

تَعلو لِصنفٍ أَرخوهُ أَولٍ

بِالرُتبة الأُولى أَجابَكَ صائِبا

بِالرُتبة الأُولى أَجابَكَ صائِبا

you rise to a class; they dated it: “Foremost

Rising to the first class—record its date—

in the first rank”—and it answered you truly.

He answered you fittingly with the first rank.