أَسفر بِنورك لا تَشفق عَلى المُقلِ

فَأَنتَ في الكَونِ طراً بَهجَة الملَلِ

Shine your light, do not spare the afflicted

For you are in the universe a cure for melancholy

أَنتَ الهمام الَّذي أَحيى الأَنامَ بِما

أَبانَهُ مِن رُموزِ العلمِ وَالعَمَلِ

You are the resolute one who revived people with what

You clarified of the symbols of knowledge and deed

قَرَّت بِفَضلِكَ أَقطار البِلاد فَما

في ذاكَ بَينَ عِباد اللَهِ مِن جَدَلأِ

The corners of countries became peaceful thanks to you, so

Among the servants of God there is no dispute

حَتّى غَدَوتَ بِأُفقِ المَجدِ بَدرَ هُدىً

بِلا نَظير عَلَيهِ أَشرَفَ الحُلَلِ

Until you became in the horizon of glory a guiding moon

Without peer, most honorable garments upon it

فَكَم اِبنتَ إِمام المُلكِ مِن هِمَمٍ

عَلياء مثلَكَ قَد جلت عَن المثلِ

How many resolves did you build, imam of the kingdom,

Lofty like you, far above the example

وَكَم دَفَعتَ خَطوباً كُنتَ تَصدمها

بالحلم وَالعَقل لا بِالبيض وَالأَسَلِ

And how many tribulations did you deflect that you confronted

With wisdom and rationale, not with force and weapons

وَكَم مَنَحتَ وَكَم أَبدَيتَ مِن مِنَنٍ

وَكَم نَجَحتَ وَكَم أَصلَحتَ مِن خَلَلِ

And how much did you give and how many favors did you bestow

And how much did you accomplish and how many flaws did you fix

أَشغَلتَ ذاتَكَ بِالدُنيا فَحَقَّ لَها

أَن تَستميلَكَ في مَلهىً عَن الشُغلِ

You busied yourself with the world, so it is right for it

To entice you in play away from worries

مِن العَدالَةِ أَن تُعطي لِنَفسِكَ ما

أَعطَيتُهُ مِن رَفاهِ الحالِ لِلمَلَلِ

It is just to give yourself what you gave of prosperity

To the commoner from ease of living

لَكَ العُلى وَالمَدى وَالكَون أَجمَعَهُ

وَالعَصرُ فَاِستَقبَل الدُنيا عَلى مَهَلِ

For you are the most high, the furthest extent, and the whole universe

And the age, so face the world at your leisure

وَإِذكُر عُبيدَك وَأَشملهُ بِعاطِفَةٍ

إِن التفاتكَ لا يُبقي عَلى وَجَلِ

And remember your servants, and encompass them with feeling

For your consideration leaves no disquietude

أَلَستَ أَنتَ فُؤاد الكَونِ أَوحَدَهُ

مُحيي القُلوب مُزيل الداء وَالعِلَلِ

Are you not the heart of the universe, singular

Reviver of hearts, healer of illness and afflictions

لِلّهِ دَرُّكَ في العَلياءِمِن رَجُلٍ

عالي العَزيمَة لا يَلوي عَلى رجلِ

For God's sake you are among the lofty ones an unwavering

Highly determined man, who does not waver or stumble

يَراعك الشارِدُ النَهلان نَنظرُهُ

سَهماً مِن الحَقِّ في كَفٍّ مِن الأَمَلِ

The wanderer glance at you

As an arrow of truth in a palm tree of hope

يَقولُ لِلسَيفِ إِن جاراهُ عَن حَسَدٍ

أَقصر عَناكَ فَلَيسَ الجَدُ كَالهَزَلِ

He says to the sword if his comrade envies him

Fall short of us, for seriousness is not jest

وَفي يَمينكَ سَيفٌ ذو الفَقارِ لَهُ

جِدٌّ وَأَنتَ إِمامٌ لِلكِرامِ عَلى

And in your right hand is the blade of the trenchant, for it

Earnestness, and you are an imam to the generous

إِذا تَجَرَد لا يَبقى عَلى بَطَلٍ

كَأَنَّ في صَفحتيهِ مكمن الأَجَلِ

When it is unsheathed no hero remains

As if in its blade is the harbor of death

لَكَ اِبتِسامٌ بِهِ تَشفي الجِراحُ وَمَن

بِهاهُ راحَ صَباحُ الكَون في خَجَلِ

You have a smile by which wounds are healed, and by it

The dawn of the universe was delighted and bashful

وَرقةٌ قُلتُ روح الراح عُنصرَها

أَضحى بِها الخَلقُ مِثلَ الشارِبِ الثَمِلِ

And a gentle hand, I said the spirit of comfort was its element

By which people became like the complacent drinker

لَكَ الثَنا إِن أَهل الأَرض قَد نَشَرَت

أَعلام مَدحِكَ فَوقَ السَهل وَالجَبَلِ

Yours is the praise, the people of earth unfurled

The flags of your glory over plain and mountain

وَأَنمل المَجد في العَلياءِ قَد رَسَمَت

بِنورِها إِسمَكَ مَحفوظاً إِلى الأَزَلِ

And the fingers of glory drew in the eminent

With its light your name preserved forever