يا سيّد الساداتِ من هاشمٍ

وواحدَ الأشرافِ في نُبْلِهِ

O master of masters, from Hashim,

The sole noble among the nobles in his nobility,

وسابقُ الّلاحق من بعده

واللاَّحق السابق من قبله

The foremost of those to come after,

The coming after of those gone before,

أَنْتَ كهذا الظلّ في فضله

وجودُ هذا الغيث في نيله

You are like this shade in its excellence,

And the falling of this rain in its abundance,

أَنْتَ تقينا بأسَ ما نتّقي

وكلّ ما نخشاه من أجْلِهِ

You protect us from the evil we guard against,

And all we fear on his account,