ما والدي إلا الذي يحكم

وليس أمي غير من تعلم

My father is none but He who rules

And my mother is none but She who teaches

أصدقها الأسماء من جوده

وهو الصداق الشهر المعلم

Her names are the most truthful in generosity

And He is the most generous, famous, learned

كوّننا من نفس أنزه

بجودِه رحماننا الأكرم

He created us from the purest soul

With His generosity, our most merciful Cherisher

فمن هنا كان لنا حكمة

بالصورة المثلى التي تعلم

Thus we gained wisdom

In the ideal form that He taught

جاد بها جوداً على كوننا

الهنا المفضل المنعمُ

He generously granted us existence

Our God, the Preferrer, the Benefactor

صيره خاتم أرساله

حمداً على الخير لمن يفهم

Make His messenger the seal of His messengers

Praise be to the Doer of Good, for those who understand

ولم يكن في الصبر تحميده

متقيداً باسمٍ لمن يعلم

And praising Him was not restricted

To a name, for the Knower

تأسيا بالوالد المرتضى

فهو الذي ناداك يا مسلم

Yearning for the chosen father

For he is the one who called you, O Muslim

لو أنه ناداك يا مجرم

ما كنتَ من خذلانه تعصم

If he had called you O sinner

You would not have been saved from his abandonment

به وقاك الشرّ فاشكر له

فالشمسُ والأزمم والأنجم

With him, He protected you from evil, so thank Him

For the sun, stars and constellations

فشكره عند إله السما

شكر به ظهر العدى يقصم

Thanking Him, before the God of the heavens

Is thanking Him, with which hostility is broken

لأنه عرَّفها قدرها

إذ جابها عابدها المحرم

For He made them know their value

When their worshipper, the forbidden, argued with them

إن عرى غير الهدى تُفصم

وعروة الإسلام لا تفصم

If he strips anything other than guidance, it is severed

And the handhold of Islam cannot be severed

لأنها مذ كوَّنت عروى

وغيرها يجمع إذ ينظم

For since it was made a handhold

And other than it He collects when He composes

فتقبل التليل من ذاتها

رداً إلى الأصل ولو يحكم

So accept the night from His essence

Returning to the origin, even if He rules

يعرف قدر النور ذو فطنة

إذا أتاه ليله المظلم

One of intelligence recognizes the value of light

When its dark night comes to him