جلاكَ الكَمال لَنا فَرقَدا

يُنيرُ العُيون وَيَجلو الصَدا

Your perfection has shone for us, so we rested

It illuminates the eyes and clears the echo

فَفي أُفقِ فكرِكَ نور الذَكا

تَلمَع مِن تَحت صُبح الهُدى

In the horizon of your thought is the light of intelligence

That gleams from under the dawn of guidance

دَعاكَ الفَخار لِميدانِهِ

فَجئتَ كَريماً تَجيب النَدا

Excellence called you to its arena

So you came generously responding to the call

تَبين الرَشاد وَتَصفي الوِداد

وَتَشفي الفُؤاد وَتَشقي العِدا

You show the right path and purify affection

And heal the heart and split apart enmity

أيا نَخلَةً في رِياضِ البَها

يُكلِلُها اللُطف لَيسَ النَدا

O palm tree in the gardens of glory

Crowned with kindness, not boastfulness

فَدَيتكُ أَنتَ خَليل الخَليل

وَربُّ الجَميل وَنَبع النَدى

I sacrifice myself for you, friend of the friend (Abraham)

And Lord of Beauty and source of dew

صَفا في الوِداد وَدِادٌ وَفا

قَديم العُهود طَويل المَدى

Loyal in affection and loving in friendship

Longstanding in covenant, endless in duration

رَأَتكَ المَعارف كَنزاً لَها

فَأمَّتكَ تَشكُر تِلكَ اليَدا

Knowledge saw you as a treasure for it

So the nation thanked that hand

وَقَد هِمتَ بالشعر بَينَ المَلا

بِوَصفِكَ إِذ أَنشَدا

And you were inspired by poetry amid the summit

In describing you as I recited