يا مَنْ لَهُ في الْمَعَالِي أَرْفَعُ السَّنَدِ

يا مَنْ لَهُ في الْمَعَالِي أَرْفَعُ السَّنَدِ

ومَنْ غَدا باتِّفاقٍ بَيْضَةَ البَلَدِ

ومَنْ غَدا باتِّفاقٍ بَيْضَةَ البَلَدِ

O you whose standing among lofty honors is the highest,

O you who has the highest support in high places,

And you who have become, by common consent, the foremost man of the land,

And who became by chance the egg of the country,

ومَنْ إذَا عَنَّ خَطْبٌ أَو دَجَتْ عضلٌ

ومَنْ إذَا عَنَّ خَطْبٌ أَو دَجَتْ عضلٌ

أَزالَها غَيْرَ طَيّاشٍ ولا أَقِدِ

أَزالَها غَيْرَ طَيّاشٍ ولا أَقِدِ

And you who, when a calamity arises or knotty troubles darken,

And who, when a discourse is flawed or a knot is tangled,

Remove them, neither reckless nor quick-tempered;

Removes it without frivolity or aggression,

ومَنْ هُوَ الفَارِسُ السَّبّاقُ إنْ عَصَفَتْ

ومَنْ هُوَ الفَارِسُ السَّبّاقُ إنْ عَصَفَتْ

للمُشْكِلاتِ رِياحُ الْمَيْدِ والأَيَدِ

للمُشْكِلاتِ رِياحُ الْمَيْدِ والأَيَدِ

And you who are the foremost horseman, when there rage

And who is the outstanding horseman if the winds

Against difficulties the winds of turbulence and might;

Of perplexities, deceit and hostility storm,

وحافِظٌ لِعُلُومِ الآلِ عَنْ كَمَلٍ

وحافِظٌ لِعُلُومِ الآلِ عَنْ كَمَلٍ

وَخافِضٌ لابْتِداعٍ مِنْ ذَوي اللَّدَدِ

وَخافِضٌ لابْتِداعٍ مِنْ ذَوي اللَّدَدِ

And a guardian of the Household’s learning, received from accomplished scholars,

And who preserves the sciences of the Prophet’s family immaculately,

And a suppressor of innovations from the obstinately contentious;

And who suppresses any heretical innovation,

وقامِعٌ رُوسَ أَرْبابِ الضَّلالِ إِذا

وقامِعٌ رُوسَ أَرْبابِ الضَّلالِ إِذا

ما خَالَفُوا مَنْهَجَ التَّسْدِيدِ والرَّشَدِ

ما خَالَفُوا مَنْهَجَ التَّسْدِيدِ والرَّشَدِ

And a crusher of the heads of error’s masters whenever

And who crushes the heads of the misguided if they

They depart from the path of sound judgment and right guidance:

Deviate from the path of righteousness and guidance,

نِظامُكَ الدُّرُّ يا بْنَ الأكْرَمِينَ أَتَى

نِظامُكَ الدُّرُّ يا بْنَ الأكْرَمِينَ أَتَى

أَهْداهُ خَيْرُ أَبٍ بَرٍّ إِلَى وَلَدٍ

أَهْداهُ خَيْرُ أَبٍ بَرٍّ إِلَى وَلَدٍ

Your pearl-strung verse, O son of the noblest, has arrived;

Your system, O son of the two most honorable ones, has come;

The best of loving fathers gave it as a gift to a son.

The best of noble fathers gifted it to his son,

لا زِلْتَ تَفْرِي أَدِيمَ الجَهْلِ مِنْ نَفَرٍ

لا زِلْتَ تَفْرِي أَدِيمَ الجَهْلِ مِنْ نَفَرٍ

لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الفَرْقَ بَيْنَ النَّقْدِ والنَّقَدِ

لَمْ يَعْرِفُوا الفَرْقَ بَيْنَ النَّقْدِ والنَّقَدِ

May you never cease to rend the hide of ignorance from a band of men

You keep tearing the endless ignorance of the ignorant

Who do not know the difference between coinage and short-legged sheep.

Who can’t tell the difference between criticism and vitriol,

لَوْلاكَ صَارَ القَضَا في العَصْرِ مَلْعَبَةً

لَوْلاكَ صَارَ القَضَا في العَصْرِ مَلْعَبَةً

سياسَةً باسْمِ شَرْعِ الوَاحِدِ الأَحَدِ

سياسَةً باسْمِ شَرْعِ الوَاحِدِ الأَحَدِ

Without you, the judiciary in this age would have become a plaything—

Were it not for you, justice in this age would become

Politics in the name of the law of the One, the Only One.

Politics in the name of the One God,

فاللهُ يُبْقِيكَ تُحْيي مِنْ مَراسِمِهِ

فاللهُ يُبْقِيكَ تُحْيي مِنْ مَراسِمِهِ

مَعاهِداً وتَحُوطُ الدّينَ مِنْ أَوَدِ

مَعاهِداً وتَحُوطُ الدّينَ مِنْ أَوَدِ

So may God preserve you as you revive, among its traces,

So may God keep you alive to revive its ethics,

Familiar landmarks, and guard the faith against crookedness.

And guard religion from ruination.