زاحِم بِمَنكِبكَ الثّريّا واِجهَدِ

وَاِركُض بِرِجلِكَ في سماءِ الفَرقَدِ

Crowd with your shoulder the Pleiades and strive,

And run with your foot in the heaven of Alfarqad,

وَطِئِ السّماكَ فَقَد وَصَلت إِلى العُلى

وَظَفِرتَ مِنها بِالمُنى وَالمَقصَدِ

Step on the fish, for you have reached the highest,

And attained from it the purpose and goal.

وَاِشدُ ابنَ فَتحِ اللَّهِ في رَوضِ البَها

شَدوَ البَلابِلِ بِالمقيمِ المُقعِدِ

Urge the son of Fathallah in the garden of splendor,

The singing of songbirds with the resident and the settler,

وَاِجرُرْ ذُيولَ التّيهِ يَرقُصُ كمُّهُ

وَاِلبَسْ إِذَن حُللَ المَكارِمِ وَاِرشدِ

Drag the tails of delusion, dance its heap,

And so wear the garments of glory and be guided.

تُوِّجتَ بِالمجدِ المُؤثَّلِ في الوَرى

وَكُسيتَ بِالشَّرفِ العَزيزِ المفرَدِ

You were crowned with studded glory in the world,

And clothed with precious, singular honor.

وَاِزدانَ جيدُكَ غِبَّ أَصبحَ عاطلاً

في كلِّ عقدٍ بِالمَعالِ مُنضَّدِ

The side of your neck adorned itself while the knot

In every necklace with jewels became knotted.

مِن كلِّ ما الدّرُّ اليتيمُ جُمانُهُ

يَسْبي العقولَ وَسِلكُه مِن عَسجَدِ

Of everything the orphaned pearl its beauty

Captivates minds and its path is of 'asajad.

ذاكَ المُرادُ وَإِنّه لَإِجازَةٌ

غَرّاءُ تَحوي مُسنداً عَن مُسنَدِ

That is the intended, and it is authorization

Elated, containing supported from supporter.

مِثلُ السّماءِ تَزيَّنت بِكَواكِبٍ

مِن كلِّ نَجمٍ فيهِ مِثلي يَهتَدي

Like the sky adorned with stars,

Each star in it, the like of me is guided.

مِن كلِّ حَبرٍ في الأنامِ أَخي تُقىً

مِن كلِّ أَورعَ في الأَثامِ وَأَزهَدِ

Of every ink in the people, my brother pious,

Of every most devout in sins and ascetic.

مِن كلِّ برٍّ في البريَّةِ صالِحٍ

مِن كلِّ قُطبٍ في الخليقَةِ مرشِدِ

Of every good in the land righteous,

Of every pole in existence a guide.

مِن كلّ مُجتَهِدٍ إِمامٍ عارِفٍ

فيهِ الأَئِمّةُ وَالأَفاضِلُ تَقتَدي

Of every diligent imam, knower,

In him the imams and the virtuous are followed.

مِن كلِّ عَدلٍ ضابِطٍ ثِقةٍ أَخي

حِفظٍ وَثَبتٍ فَضلُهُ لَم يجحَدِ

Of every justice, disciplined, trusted, O my brother,

Memorization and steadfast, his superiority uncontested.

بُشرايَ فيها قَد حُبيتُ تَكرُّماً

مِن مُتقِنٍ فَردٍ إِمامٍ أَوحَدِ

Good tidings in which I was endowed generously

From accomplished singular imam unique.

مِن حافِظٍ فَذٍّ نَبيلٍ بارِعٍ

مِن حاذِقٍ توٍّ بَصيرٍ منقدِ

From a memorizing, eminent, noble skillful one,

From an expert, pure, insightful critic.

ثَبتٌ بُخاريُّ الزّمانِ بِعصرِهِ

جَمَعَ الصّحيحَ وَلَم يَكُن بِمقلِّدِ

Firm, Bukhari of the time in his era,

Who compiled the authentic and was not an imitator.

الشّافعيُّ وَمَن غَدا لي مالَكاً

مَنْ خِلتُهُ في ذا الزّمانِ كَأَحمَدِ

And Shafi`i and the one who became a leader for me, Malik,

Whose company in this time is as Ahmad.

السّيِّد المَهديّ قُطب زَمانِهِ

شَمس المَعارِفِ وَالعلومِ مُحمّدِ

The master, the Mahdi of the time, Muhammad,

The sun of sciences and knowledge, Muhammad.

مَنْ فيه أزهَرُهُ تبدّى مزهراً

متبسّماً طَلْقاً محيّاهُ النّدي

The one in whom its flowers bloomed, appearing

Smiling, gentle, his face shining with dew.

البحر في كلّ العلومِ ولا نَظي

رَ وكلُّ حَبْرٍ عِندَهُ كالمُبتَدي

The sea in all sciences, none is his peer,

And every ink compared to him is a beginner.

مَنْ يَدَّعي مَثلاً لَهُ يا وَيلَه

هَل كانَ غَيرَ مُكذَّبٍ وَمُفنَّدِ

Who claims the like of him - woe to him!

Was there other than disproved and refuted?

فَالشّمسُ فَردٌ في السّماءِ فَمثلُها

قَد جازَ لَكِن في الدُّنى لَم يُوجَدِ

So the sun is singular in the sky, the like of it

Is possible, but in the world was not found.

يا أَيُّها المَولَى الهُمامُ اللوذَعي

مَنْ كان في ذا العصر خيرَ مجدَّدِ

O you the aspirer, the resolute, the Luza'i,

Who in this era is best of the renewers!

طوَّقتَ جيدي مِنّةً أنعِمْ بها

تَربو وَتَعلو فَوقَ ما في مَقصِدي

You crowned my neck with a favor you blessed,

Lofty and high above what was my purpose.

آجزتَني بحرَ النّدى فيما حَوى

ثبتَ البَديرِيّ الإِمامِ المُفردِ

You endowed me with the sea of dew in what it contained,

Affirming the authority of the singular imam.

فَغَدوتُ مَعروفاً وكنتُ منكَّراً

وَلِيَ الأصابعُ قَد أَشارَت بِاليدِ

So I became well-known while I was unknown,

And for me the fingers have surely pointed with the hand.

يا حَبَّذا تِلكَ الإِجازةُ إِنّها

شَرَفُ المَجازِ في ذا الزَّمانِ وَفي غَدِ

O how excellent that authorization is! It

Is the nobility of authorization in this time and in tomorrow.

قَد أَلحَقَتني مِنّة في نِسبَةٍ

تَعلو عَلى الأَنسابِ مِثلَ الفَرقَدِ

It conferred upon me a favor in lineage

Lofty above lineages like Alfarqad.

تَسمو على نَسَبِ الأُبوّةِ في الوَرى

لَو كانَ خَيرَ مُؤثّلٍ وَمؤطّدِ

Exalted above the lineage of fatherhood in the world,

Even if it were the best adorned and affirmed.

بَدأت كَما خَتَمت أَخي بِمُحمَّدٍ

وَمُحمَّدٌ خَيرُ الأنامِ السيِّدِ

I began as I concluded, my brother, with Muhammad,

And Muhammad is the best of people, the master.

بَدَأت بِمَهديّ الزّمانِ محمَّدٍ

خَتَمت بِخَيرِ الأَنبياءِ مُحمَّدِ

I began with the Mahdi of the time, Muhammad,

I concluded with the best of prophets, Muhammad.

صَلّى عَليهِ وَسلَّم اللَّه الرّحي

مُ مَدى الزَّمانِ عَلى التّوالي السّرمَدِ

May Allah send prayers upon him

For the duration of time in continuous eternity,

وَالآل ثمّ التابعين وَصَحبِهِ

وَمِنِ اِقتَدى بِهمْ ومَنْ قَد يَقتَدي

And on his family, then his followers, and his companions,

And whoever follows them and whoever will follow.

ما لاحَ فَجرٌ أَو تَبدّى كَوكَبٌ

أَو ما اِنجلى جُنحُ الظَّلامِ الأَسودِ

For as long as dawn gleams or a planet appears,

Or the gloom of darkness disperses,

أَو ما اِبنُ فَتحِ اللَّهِ قيلَ لَهُ اِبتَدِر

زاحِمْ بِمَنكِبكَ الثريّا وَاِجهدِ

Or the son of Fathallah is told "vie

With your shoulder the Pleiades and strive!"