أسيَّدَنا الشريفَ عَلَوْتَ عن أنْ

تضاف إليك أوصافُ الجلالَهْ

O our master, O Sharif, you are too exalted for

the attributes of majesty to be ascribed to you.

لأنّك أوْحَدٌ والنّاسُ دونٌ

ومَن يسمو لمجدك أنْ ينالَه

For you are unequalled, while all people stand beneath;

who could aspire to your glory and ever attain it?

وفُتَّ وزدتَ فضلاً إنّ فضلاً

كفضلك لا تحيط به مقالَه

You have surpassed all and risen still higher in excellence—for an excellence

such as yours no utterance can encompass.

ولي أمَلٌ سأُدركه وشيكاً

بعون اللَّه فيك بلا محالَه

I have a hope that I shall soon attain,

with God’s help, through you, without fail.

وليس على مُوَالاتي مزيدٌ

لأنّي لم أرثْها عن كلالَه

My allegiance could admit no increase,

for I did not inherit it through collateral kin.