لِيَعلمَ مَن تَأَمَّلَهُ بِأنَّا

عَبِيدُ أقَارِبِ الشَّيخِ الجَلَيلِ

So that he who contemplates it may know

That we are servants of the revered elder's kinsfolk

وأَعبُدُ مَن لَهُ سَبَبُ إِلَيهِ

ولَو عَبداً تَوَغَّلَ في الخَمُولِ

And I worship him who is connected to him

Even if he were a servant mired in idleness

فَهو الشَّيخُ أحمَدُ مَن تَحَلَّت

بِهِمَّتِهِ مَقَامَات الفُحُولِ

He is the sheikh Ahmad, who by his resolve

Attained the stations of great men

واخَضَلَت الشَّهادةُ بَعدَ يُبسٍ

وأُحيِىَ قَفوُ آثَارِ الرَّسُولِ

And testimony languished after barrenness

And the footsteps of the Messenger were revived

حَبَاهُ اللهُ أُمنيَةً وأولَى

لِمَن يَأوي إلَيهِ سُؤلِ

Allah granted him a wish and priority

For whoever comes to him seeking

وعَمَّرَهُ مُطَاعاً مُستَقِيماً

عَلَى غرَّاءَ وَاضِحةِ السَّبِيلِ

And gave him a long life, upright and obeyed

On a clear, glistening path

وبَارَكَ في بَنِيهِ وفي بَنِيهِم

أهِلِّةِ دَهرِنَا الغُرُرِ الحُجُولِ

And blessed his sons and his sons' sons

The cherished gallant lions of our time