أَعلَمتَني يا حَبرُ أنّك بادئٌ

أَعلَمتَني يا حَبرُ أنّك بادئٌ

في تُحفَةِ المِنهاجِ ذاتِ الشّهرةِ

في تُحفَةِ المِنهاجِ ذاتِ الشّهرةِ

You told me, O learned scholar, that you are beginning

You taught me, O ink, that you were the initiator

with the renowned Tuhfat al-Minhaj.

Of the renowned treatise

فَسَأَلتُ ربّي أَن تنالَ خِتامَها

فَسَأَلتُ ربّي أَن تنالَ خِتامَها

وَأَكونَ مِن حُضّارِها في الجملةِ

وَأَكونَ مِن حُضّارِها في الجملةِ

So I asked my Lord that you reach its conclusion,

So I asked my Lord that it reach its conclusion

and that I be counted among those attending it.

And that I be among its civilized people altogether

وَرَجَوت من ربّي لِقاءَك إِنّهُ

وَرَجَوت من ربّي لِقاءَك إِنّهُ

لا شيءَ عندي غيرَ قُربِكَ تُحفَتي

لا شيءَ عندي غيرَ قُربِكَ تُحفَتي

And I hoped my Lord would grant me a meeting with you, for indeed

And I hoped from my Lord to meet you, for

I have nothing but your nearness as my gift.

Nothing is dearer to me than your proximity, my gift