للشرع سيف شديد الوقع بتار

فكم به مزّقت هام وأوتار

The law has a sword with a heavy blow

With it, it tore apart ambitions and dreams

للشّين في الرّسم أسنان محدّدة

كأنها في مجال القطع منشار

The letter Shin has jagged teeth in its script

As if it were a saw in the realm of cutting

فمن رأى الشرع بالتحقير كان له

في العيش ضيق وفى الأخرى له النار

So whoever belittled the law

Had a constricted life and hellfire afterwards

وإن علا فوق هام النجم مقعده

لا بد يوما به العلياء تنهار

And if the star rose above the ambitions

The most high will inevitably collapse it one day

فمبغضو الشرع في ضيق وفي ضعة

وإن هم بجناح المال قد طاروا

So the despisers of the law are in hardship and disgrace

Even if they flew with the wing of money

ومن تواضع للشرع الشريف سعت

له المعالى وزالت عنه أكدار

And whoever humbled themselves to the noble law

The high values were attained by them, and sorrows removed

وأقبلت نحوه الدنيا بزخرها

وفي النعيم لحور الخلد يختار

And the world came to them with all its abundance

And among the Hur al-Ayn of paradise, they can choose

لذاك أهل الهدى والفضل قد خدموا

شرع النبي وفي إعلائه ساروا

That is why the people of guidance and merit served

The law of the Prophet, and in raising it they walked

فالكل من محكم القرآن قد أخذوا

ومع حديث رسول الله قد داروا

All took from the decisive Quran

And with the hadith of the Messenger of God they revolved

هم الأئمة لا تخبو أشعتهم

لأنهم في سماء الفضل أقمار

They are the imams whose lights do not fade

For they are moons in the sky of merit

هم الهداة لمن حلوا ومن رحلوا

هم الملوك بهم يستأمن الجار

They are the guides for those who settle and those who travel

They are the kings, and through them the neighbor feels safe

ففى الحياة لهم فضل وتكرمة

وفي الممات لهم شأن وتذكار

In life they have preference and honor

And in death they have glory and commemoration

هذا ابن إدريس حبر العلم واسعه

الشافعي له في الشرع آثار

This is Ibn Idris, the vast ocean of knowledge

Al-Shafi'i, he has traces in the law

به الشريعة قد قامت دعائمها العل

يا وقام لها كالبيت أسوار

Through him the pillars of Sharia stood upright

And protections for it stood like a house's walls

وطالما جد في نشر العلوم ولم

يمنعه عن ذاك إعسار وإقتار

He often strived in spreading knowledge even when

Poverty and deprivation did not prevent him from that

حتى تجلى كنور الصبح مذهبه

وفيه للشرع أنوار وأسرار

Until his school of thought shone like the dawn

In it, there is light and secrets of the law

وكم تجافى تجنب عن مضاجعه

ولم تعقه عن التحصيل أسفار

And how often he avoided sleeping places

And journeys did not distract him from learning

وقام بالعلم والتعليم من صغر

فلم يكن شب إلا وهو مغوار

He stood with knowledge and teaching since childhood

And he was never a youth except a daring one

منه رأى مالك في العلم نابغة

فكان منه له بالفضل إقرار

From him, Malik saw brilliance in knowledge

So he acknowledged his merits

والصاحبان له بالفضل قد شهدا

وهم عدول وأحبار وأخيار

And the two companions bore witness to his merits

And they are just, pious, and good

بحر تلاطم بالأمواج ساحله

عذب فرات به للفضل تيّار

An ocean whose waves clash on its coast

A sweet Euphrates in it the streams of merit flow

سفينه العلم تجرى فوق لجّته

شراعها الشرع لا تلويه إعصار

The ship of knowledge sails on its turbulence

Its sail is the law, no storms can twist it

هذا الإمام به الأمثال قد ضربت

في الفضل حتى بها الركبان قد ساروا

With parables this Imam was described

So that travellers walked by them in merit

سمت مناقبه الجوزاء في شرف

وقد حوى بعضها كتب وأسفار

His virtues marked Ursa Major in nobility

And some books and pages contained part of it

فعن مكارمه حدث ولا حرج

فغيثه الجم بالإحسان مدرار

So talk without shyness about his morals

For his abundant rain of benevolence flows

جاه عريض وأمداد بساحته

لأنها لاغتنام العز مضمار

His scope is vast, and his court has support

For it is a race track to seize honor

فكم بكعبته طافت جهابذة

وكم أتاها من ألأقطار زوّار

So many prominent people circumambulated his Kaaba

And so many visitors came to it from all regions

مصرٌ به وبآل البيت قد شرفت

لأنهم سادة غر وأطهار

Egypt was ennobled by him and the Ahl al-Bayt

For they are the masters of the brave and the pure

لا ينزل الخائف العاني بساحتهم

إلا وفاز بما يرجو ويختار

No anxious weary person comes to their court

Unless they win what they hope for and choose

من بينهم ظهر الإسلام وانتشرت

في الكون منه وحق الحق أنوار

From among them, Islam emerged and spread

In the universe, its light and the right of truth shone

دانت ملوك الورى طوعا لعزتهم

لأنهم مركز والكل أقطار

The kings of the world willingly bowed to their might

For they are the center and all else are peripheries

يا قاضيَ الشرع قد عودتنا كرما

وهذه يدنا للفضل تمتار

O judge of the law, you have accustomed us to generosity

And here are our hands longing

فاملأ يدينا بما أوتيت من كرم

ففي يديك من الرحمن أسرار

So fill our hands with the generosity you were given

For in your hands are secrets from the Merciful

وأنت للكرم الفياض ذو مدد

ومنك للضيف إكرام وإكبار

You have abundant favors and support

And from you the guest gets honor and greatness

في كل عام لنا من بحر أنعمكم

فيض وفضل وهذا الجمع تذكار

Every year from your sea of favors we have

An abundance, merit, and this gathering is a commemoration

لله في فئة قاموا بخدمته

فهم شموش وهم للحفل أقمار

For God stood a group who served Him

They are candles and they are moons of the feast

يا رب بلغ جميع القوم طلبتهم

فأنت في الكل فعال ومختار

O Lord, fulfill for the whole group their needs

For You are in all things the Doer and the Chooser

وتب على جمعنا واغفر مزلّته

فأنت وحدك تواب وغفّار

And turn towards our gathering and forgive its lapse

For You alone are the Accepter of Repentance and the Forgiver