وتَركتُ مدحي للوَصيّ تعمُّداً

وتَركتُ مدحي للوَصيّ تعمُّداً

إذ كانَ نوراً مستطيلاً شامِلا

إذ كانَ نوراً مستطيلاً شامِلا

And I deliberately left off my praise of the designated successor,

I left off praising the guardian deliberately

I have purposely abandoned my praise of the Successor,

for he was a far-reaching, all-encompassing light.

When he was encompassing light, rectangular

For he is a towering light, vast and all-embracing.

وإذا استقَلَّ الشيءُ قام بذاتهِ

وإذا استقَلَّ الشيءُ قام بذاتهِ

وكذا ضياءُ الشمسِ يذهبُ باطِلا

وكذا ضياءُ الشمسِ يذهبُ باطِلا

And when a thing is self-sufficient, it stands on its own.

And if a thing stands alone, it stands by itself

When a thing is complete in itself, it stands by its own essence,

And likewise, the sun's radiance goes to waste.

Just as the sun's light goes, nullifying the void

Just as the sun's radiance renders all description vain.