هنيئاً هنيئاً إمامَ الهُدَى

وغَوْث الوجودِ وغيث النّدَى

Congratulations, congratulations to the Imam of guidance

And succor of existence and rain of dew

وبُشْرَى بوافدةٍ قد أتَتْ

لها شرَفٌ حازَ أقصَى المَدَى

And good tidings of one who has come

With glorious nobility reaching the furthest extent

على إثْر مَن جَدّ في سَيْرِهِ

وحادِي المَنايا بِهِ قدْ حَدا

After one who strove in his path

And the fates contended with him

ولو كان يُفْدَى لكانَتْ لهُ

نُفوسُ البَرايا جميعاً فِدا

And if he could be ransomed, then

The souls of the innocent would all have been ransom for him

لقد طَلعَتْ هذه عنْدَما

رأتْ سَيْفَهُ في الثّرَى أُغْمِدا

This one emerged when

She saw his sword lying sheathed in the ground

وكان سَحاباً إذا يُرْتَجَى

وكان شِهاباً بهِ يُهْتَدَى

He was a cloud when hoped for

And was a meteor by which one is guided

فإنْ غابَ بَدْرُ الدّجَى مشْرقاً

فشمْسُ الضُحى نُورُها قد بَدا

So if the full moon of nightfall vanished radiantly

Then the sun of morning, its light has appeared

أنارَتْ ومنْ شأنِها أنّها

متى طلَعَتْ لمْ تَدعْ فرْقَدا

It illuminated and it is of its nature that

Whenever it rose, no gloom was left

فأيْمِنْ وأسْعِدْ بها طَلْعَةً

وأعْظِمْ وأكْرِمْ بهِ مَوْلِدا

So derive good fortune through it and bless

Its rising and aggrandize and honor his birth

ويا ناصِراً جاءَ يَطْوي الفَلا

يُجدُّ السُّرى طالباً للجَدا

And O helper the folds have come desiring strife

Seeking the support of the helper

بمثْوَى إمامِ الهُدَى يوسُفٍ

أنِخْ رَكْبَكَ المُتْهمَ المُنْجِدا

Incline your respects to the abode of the Imam of guidance, Yusuf

Unfurl your banner, protector of the helpless

ويمِّمْ على ظَمإٍ بابَهُ

تَجِدْ عندهُ الظِّلَّ والمَوْرِدا

And direct toward him the thirsty

You will find in his shade and springs

فما ذَلَّ مَنْ بعُلاهُ اعْتَلى

ولا ضَلَّ منْ بهُداهُ اهْتدَى

None who attained his loftiness slipped

And none who was guided through his guidance went astray

أما ناصِرُ الدّينَ مَنْ لمْ يزَلْ

يُنيلُ النّدى ويُجيبُ النِّدا

As for the helper of religion, he who never ceased

To bring dew and answer calls for help

أما ناصرُ الدّين منْ كَفُّهُ

حَياةُ العُفاةِ وحَتْفُ العِدَى

As for the helper of religion, whose palm

Is life for the meek and death for the aggressive

من القومِ قامُوا بنَصْرِ الرسولِ

قِياماً ولِيَّ العِدَى أقْعَدَا

Some people rose to help the Messenger

Helper of the oppressed, he made them sit

فكمْ وافدٍ إذْ أتى حيَّهُم

على المُعْتَدينَ بهِمْ أُيِّدا

So how often when a loyal one came to give them life

Supporting them against the transgressors

ويوسُفُ منْ بعدِهمْ قد أتَى

فَجادَ وعَهْدَهُمُ جَدّدا

And Yusuf after them came

So he was generous and renewed their covenant

فكمْ خَلَلٍ سَدَّهُ في الثُّغورِ

وسهْمٍ لحرْبِ العِدَى سَدّدا

So how many breaches he sealed in the borders

And arrows for the war against the enemy he made ready

وكمْ منْ حِمىً قد حَماهُ وكمْ

جِهادٍ به نفْسَهُ أجْهَدا

And how much sanctuary he protected and how much

Struggle by which he exhausted himself

وكمْ من بِناءٍ بتَشْييدِه

أبانَ مَعالِمَ دينِ الهُدَى

And how much construction by its building

He demonstrated the features of the religion of guidance

وأنت الذي تُرْتَجى مُنْعِماً

يُجيزُ إذا ما الزّمانُ اعتَدَى

And you are the one hoped for bestowing bounty

Whenever the times overstep

فما ذلّلَ الدّهْرُ إلاّ أعزَّ

ولا ضلّلَ الغَيُّ إلا هَدَى

So neither has fortune humbled except to honor

Nor has misguidance led astray except to guide

سيُعْطي وليُّ العِدَى راغِماً

زماماً لما شِئتَ أو مِقْوَدا

The patron of the oppressed will grant you leading

Reins for whatever you desire led

متَى قصدَتهُ الجيادُ التي

تُضمّرها نالتِ المَقْصَدا

Whenever the steeds harbored against him approach him

They obtain what they seek

إذا ما أغارَت على خيْفِه

أغارَ بها الخَوْفُ أو أنْجَدا

If they raid against his opponents

Fear raids with them or supports

بذِكرِكَ تعْنُو وجوهٌ غدَتْ

إلى ربّها رُكّعاً سُجَّدا

By your mention faces bow

Prostrating to their Lord

بحُبّكَ دانت قلوبُ الوَرى

فها هِيَ جمْعٌ حَوَتْ مُفْرَدا

Through love of you the hearts of mankind

Have bowed, behold a gathering has confined uniqueness

ومدْحُكَ هامَتْ بتَرْدادِه

فكلُّ لِسانٍ به قدْ شَدا

And your praise wandered repeating

So every tongue has chanted it

فهُنّئْتَها كيفَ تبْغي العُلَى

صنائِعَ أرْغَمَتِ الحُسَّدا

You are congratulated however you seek highness

Deeds have subdued the envious

ولازِلتَ تُحْيي رُسومَ النّدَى

كما شِئتَهُ ووُقِيتَ الرّدَى

And you continue to revive the marks of benevolence

As you have willed and protected against corruption

تُشيّدُ لي معْلَماً للقَبولِ

فيغْدو لِساني بهِ مُنْشِدا

You build me a monument to acceptance

So my tongue recites it

سواكَ على الدّهْرِ إذْ جارَ لمْ

نَجِدهُ مُعيناً ولا مُنجِدا

Other than you, when fate was unkind

We do not find a helper or supporter

لئن مَطَلَتْ بكَ أيّامُهُ

فقَد أنجَزَتْ منكَ لي المَوْعِدا

If your days have been slow with me

Then you have fulfilled for me the promise

ودُمْتَ تُجيبُ نِداءَ العُفاةِ

بما تَرتجي من جَزيلِ النّدَى

And you continue answering the call of the meek

With what you hope of abundant benevolence