أَسفر بِنورك لا تَشفق عَلى المُقلِ

أَسفر بِنورك لا تَشفق عَلى المُقلِ

فَأَنتَ في الكَونِ طراً بَهجَة الملَلِ

فَأَنتَ في الكَونِ طراً بَهجَة الملَلِ

Shine forth with your light; do not spare the eyes.

Shine your light, do not spare the afflicted

For throughout the universe you are the joy of the peoples.

For you are in the universe a cure for melancholy

أَنتَ الهمام الَّذي أَحيى الأَنامَ بِما

أَنتَ الهمام الَّذي أَحيى الأَنامَ بِما

أَبانَهُ مِن رُموزِ العلمِ وَالعَمَلِ

أَبانَهُ مِن رُموزِ العلمِ وَالعَمَلِ

You are the magnanimous hero who revived humanity through what

You are the resolute one who revived people with what

He revealed of the mysteries of knowledge and action.

You clarified of the symbols of knowledge and deed

قَرَّت بِفَضلِكَ أَقطار البِلاد فَما

قَرَّت بِفَضلِكَ أَقطار البِلاد فَما

في ذاكَ بَينَ عِباد اللَهِ مِن جَدَلأِ

في ذاكَ بَينَ عِباد اللَهِ مِن جَدَلأِ

Through your grace the lands rest secure, and there is

The corners of countries became peaceful thanks to you, so

No dispute about that among God's servants.

Among the servants of God there is no dispute

حَتّى غَدَوتَ بِأُفقِ المَجدِ بَدرَ هُدىً

حَتّى غَدَوتَ بِأُفقِ المَجدِ بَدرَ هُدىً

بِلا نَظير عَلَيهِ أَشرَفَ الحُلَلِ

بِلا نَظير عَلَيهِ أَشرَفَ الحُلَلِ

Until on glory's horizon you became a full moon of guidance,

Until you became in the horizon of glory a guiding moon

Without a peer, arrayed in the noblest robes.

Without peer, most honorable garments upon it

فَكَم اِبنتَ إِمام المُلكِ مِن هِمَمٍ

فَكَم اِبنتَ إِمام المُلكِ مِن هِمَمٍ

عَلياء مثلَكَ قَد جلت عَن المثلِ

عَلياء مثلَكَ قَد جلت عَن المثلِ

How many aspirations you revealed, O leader of the realm,

How many resolves did you build, imam of the kingdom,

Lofty like yourself, beyond all comparison.

Lofty like you, far above the example

وَكَم دَفَعتَ خَطوباً كُنتَ تَصدمها

وَكَم دَفَعتَ خَطوباً كُنتَ تَصدمها

بالحلم وَالعَقل لا بِالبيض وَالأَسَلِ

بالحلم وَالعَقل لا بِالبيض وَالأَسَلِ

And how many calamities you repelled, confronting them

And how many tribulations did you deflect that you confronted

With forbearance and reason, not with swords and spears.

With wisdom and rationale, not with force and weapons

وَكَم مَنَحتَ وَكَم أَبدَيتَ مِن مِنَنٍ

وَكَم مَنَحتَ وَكَم أَبدَيتَ مِن مِنَنٍ

وَكَم نَجَحتَ وَكَم أَصلَحتَ مِن خَلَلِ

وَكَم نَجَحتَ وَكَم أَصلَحتَ مِن خَلَلِ

And how much you bestowed, how many favors you displayed;

And how much did you give and how many favors did you bestow

And how often you succeeded, how many faults you repaired.

And how much did you accomplish and how many flaws did you fix

أَشغَلتَ ذاتَكَ بِالدُنيا فَحَقَّ لَها

أَشغَلتَ ذاتَكَ بِالدُنيا فَحَقَّ لَها

أَن تَستميلَكَ في مَلهىً عَن الشُغلِ

أَن تَستميلَكَ في مَلهىً عَن الشُغلِ

You busied yourself with the world, so it is entitled

You busied yourself with the world, so it is right for it

To draw you into diversion away from work.

To entice you in play away from worries

مِن العَدالَةِ أَن تُعطي لِنَفسِكَ ما

مِن العَدالَةِ أَن تُعطي لِنَفسِكَ ما

أَعطَيتُهُ مِن رَفاهِ الحالِ لِلمَلَلِ

أَعطَيتُهُ مِن رَفاهِ الحالِ لِلمَلَلِ

It is only just that you give yourself what

It is just to give yourself what you gave of prosperity

I have bestowed upon the peoples as ease of living.

To the commoner from ease of living

لَكَ العُلى وَالمَدى وَالكَون أَجمَعَهُ

لَكَ العُلى وَالمَدى وَالكَون أَجمَعَهُ

وَالعَصرُ فَاِستَقبَل الدُنيا عَلى مَهَلِ

وَالعَصرُ فَاِستَقبَل الدُنيا عَلى مَهَلِ

Yours are the heights, the expanse, and the universe entire,

For you are the most high, the furthest extent, and the whole universe

And the age; so greet the world without haste.

And the age, so face the world at your leisure

وَإِذكُر عُبيدَك وَأَشملهُ بِعاطِفَةٍ

وَإِذكُر عُبيدَك وَأَشملهُ بِعاطِفَةٍ

إِن التفاتكَ لا يُبقي عَلى وَجَلِ

إِن التفاتكَ لا يُبقي عَلى وَجَلِ

And remember your humble servant, and enfold him in affection,

And remember your servants, and encompass them with feeling

For your regard leaves no fear behind.

For your consideration leaves no disquietude

أَلَستَ أَنتَ فُؤاد الكَونِ أَوحَدَهُ

أَلَستَ أَنتَ فُؤاد الكَونِ أَوحَدَهُ

مُحيي القُلوب مُزيل الداء وَالعِلَلِ

مُحيي القُلوب مُزيل الداء وَالعِلَلِ

Are you not the heart of the universe, its peerless one,

Are you not the heart of the universe, singular

Reviver of hearts, remover of disease and ailments?

Reviver of hearts, healer of illness and afflictions

لِلّهِ دَرُّكَ في العَلياءِمِن رَجُلٍ

لِلّهِ دَرُّكَ في العَلياءِمِن رَجُلٍ

عالي العَزيمَة لا يَلوي عَلى رجلِ

عالي العَزيمَة لا يَلوي عَلى رجلِ

God bless you—what a man in the heights of glory,

For God's sake you are among the lofty ones an unwavering

Lofty in resolve, turning aside for no man.

Highly determined man, who does not waver or stumble

يَراعك الشارِدُ النَهلان نَنظرُهُ

يَراعك الشارِدُ النَهلان نَنظرُهُ

سَهماً مِن الحَقِّ في كَفٍّ مِن الأَمَلِ

سَهماً مِن الحَقِّ في كَفٍّ مِن الأَمَلِ

Your wandering, thirsty pen—we behold it

The wanderer glance at you

As an arrow of truth in a hand of hope.

As an arrow of truth in a palm tree of hope

يَقولُ لِلسَيفِ إِن جاراهُ عَن حَسَدٍ

يَقولُ لِلسَيفِ إِن جاراهُ عَن حَسَدٍ

أَقصر عَناكَ فَلَيسَ الجَدُ كَالهَزَلِ

أَقصر عَناكَ فَلَيسَ الجَدُ كَالهَزَلِ

It tells the sword, if it rivals it out of envy:

He says to the sword if his comrade envies him

"Cease your toil: earnestness is not like jest."

Fall short of us, for seriousness is not jest

وَفي يَمينكَ سَيفٌ ذو الفَقارِ لَهُ

وَفي يَمينكَ سَيفٌ ذو الفَقارِ لَهُ

جِدٌّ وَأَنتَ إِمامٌ لِلكِرامِ عَلى

جِدٌّ وَأَنتَ إِمامٌ لِلكِرامِ عَلى

And in your right hand is a sword, Dhu al-Fiqar, endowed with

And in your right hand is the blade of the trenchant, for it

Earnest purpose; and you are an imam over the noble.

Earnestness, and you are an imam to the generous

إِذا تَجَرَد لا يَبقى عَلى بَطَلٍ

إِذا تَجَرَد لا يَبقى عَلى بَطَلٍ

كَأَنَّ في صَفحتيهِ مكمن الأَجَلِ

كَأَنَّ في صَفحتيهِ مكمن الأَجَلِ

When unsheathed, it spares no champion,

When it is unsheathed no hero remains

As though death lurked in its two faces.

As if in its blade is the harbor of death

لَكَ اِبتِسامٌ بِهِ تَشفي الجِراحُ وَمَن

لَكَ اِبتِسامٌ بِهِ تَشفي الجِراحُ وَمَن

بِهاهُ راحَ صَباحُ الكَون في خَجَلِ

بِهاهُ راحَ صَباحُ الكَون في خَجَلِ

You have a smile that heals wounds, and before

You have a smile by which wounds are healed, and by it

Its splendor, the universe's dawn withdraws in shame.

The dawn of the universe was delighted and bashful

وَرقةٌ قُلتُ روح الراح عُنصرَها

وَرقةٌ قُلتُ روح الراح عُنصرَها

أَضحى بِها الخَلقُ مِثلَ الشارِبِ الثَمِلِ

أَضحى بِها الخَلقُ مِثلَ الشارِبِ الثَمِلِ

And a tenderness whose essence, I said, is the spirit of wine;

And a gentle hand, I said the spirit of comfort was its element

Through it, mankind has become like an intoxicated drinker.

By which people became like the complacent drinker

لَكَ الثَنا إِن أَهل الأَرض قَد نَشَرَت

لَكَ الثَنا إِن أَهل الأَرض قَد نَشَرَت

أَعلام مَدحِكَ فَوقَ السَهل وَالجَبَلِ

أَعلام مَدحِكَ فَوقَ السَهل وَالجَبَلِ

Praise is yours; the people of the earth have indeed unfurled

Yours is the praise, the people of earth unfurled

The banners of your praise over plain and mountain.

The flags of your glory over plain and mountain

وَأَنمل المَجد في العَلياءِ قَد رَسَمَت

وَأَنمل المَجد في العَلياءِ قَد رَسَمَت

بِنورِها إِسمَكَ مَحفوظاً إِلى الأَزَلِ

بِنورِها إِسمَكَ مَحفوظاً إِلى الأَزَلِ

And glory's fingertips in the heights have inscribed

And the fingers of glory drew in the eminent

With their light your name, preserved unto eternity.

With its light your name preserved forever