هَلّا سَأَلتَ وَأَنتَ خَيرُ خَليفَةٍ

عَن حَورِ غايَتِنا وَبُعدِ مَدانا

Why not ask, O best successor,

About the heavenly maidens and the extent of our longing,

أَهلُ النُبُوَّةِ وَالخِلافَةِ وَالتُقى

اللَهُ أَكرَمَنا بِهِ وَحَبانا

The people of prophethood, caliphate and piety,

God has honored us with them and granted us favor,

حَوضُ النَبِيِّ وَحَوضُنا مِن زَمزَمٍ

ظَمِئَ اِمرُؤٌ لَم يَروِهِ حَوضانا

The Prophet's pond and our pond from Zamzam,

A thirsty man who has not seen our two ponds,

عَلِمَت قُرَيشٌ أَنَّنا أَعيانُهُم

مَن قامَ يَمدَحُ قَومَهُ اِستَثنانا

Quraysh knew that we are their prominent ones,

Who stands praising his people while excluding us,

وَلَنا أَسامٍ ما تَليقُ بِغَيرِنا

وَمَشاهِدٌ تَهتَلُّ حينَ تَرانا

And we have names that befit none but us,

And shrines that exult when they see us,

وَيَسودُ سَيِّدُنا بِغَيرِ تَكَلُّفٍ

هَوناً وَيُدرِكُ تَبلُهُ مَولانا

And our master acts with ease, not pretension,

Gently reaching the heights, our guardian.