أغنى عيانُ معانيه النَّواظِرَ عن

أغنى عيانُ معانيه النَّواظِرَ عن

قولٍ يُلَفَّقُ فى قومٍ ويُؤتَفَكُ

قولٍ يُلَفَّقُ فى قومٍ ويُؤتَفَكُ

The sight of his virtues has spared beholders the need for

The radiance of his essence made eloquent

words cobbled together about people and fabricated.

Speech that patched people superfluous,

يا واحِدَ الدّهرِ لا ردٌّ علىَّ إذا

يا واحِدَ الدّهرِ لا ردٌّ علىَّ إذا

ما قلتُ ذلك فى قولى ولا دَرَكُ

ما قلتُ ذلك فى قولى ولا دَرَكُ

O peerless one of the age, I face no objection when

O eternal one, when I say this, none can refute,

I say this in my words, nor any reproach.

Neither my words nor their comprehension,

ما كان بعدَ أمير المؤمنين فتىً

ما كان بعدَ أمير المؤمنين فتىً

فيه الشجاعةُ إِلا أنت والنُّسُكُ

فيه الشجاعةُ إِلا أنت والنُّسُكُ

After the Commander of the Faithful, there has been no young man

After the Prince of Believers no young man

with courage and piety save you.

Had courage but you and devotion,

فالفِعلُ منه ومنك اليوم مَتَّفَقٌ

فالفِعلُ منه ومنك اليوم مَتَّفَقٌ

والنَّعتُ منه ومنك اليومَ مُشتَرَكُ

والنَّعتُ منه ومنك اليومَ مُشتَرَكُ

Thus his conduct and yours today are alike,

Your actions and his today concur,

and his epithet and yours today are one and the same.

And your attributes and his today overlap,

يُدعَى بصالحِ أهلِ الدّينِ كُلِّهِمُ

يُدعَى بصالحِ أهلِ الدّينِ كُلِّهِمُ

وأنت صالحُ مَن بالدين يَمتَسِكُ

وأنت صالحُ مَن بالدين يَمتَسِكُ

He is called the righteous one (Ṣāliḥ) of all the faithful,

You're called righteous by all religious people,

and you are the righteous one (Ṣāliḥ) of those who hold fast to faith.

And you're righteous to those who hold to religion,

لم ترضَ أسماءَ قومٍ أصبحوا رِمَماً

لم ترضَ أسماءَ قومٍ أصبحوا رِمَماً

كأنَّ ألقابَهم من بعدهم تُرُك

كأنَّ ألقابَهم من بعدهم تُرُك

You were not content with the names of men who had become decayed bones,

You were not pleased with people's names who became relics,

as though their titles were legacies left behind them.

As if their titles after them were abandoned.