حَازَ الْفَخَارَ التَّلِيدِي

مِنْ طَارِفٍ وَتَلِيدِ

The worthy one attained the esteemed relics

He has attained enduring glory,

From precious and venerated lands

from both the newly acquired and the ancient.

أَبُو الْمَحَاسِنِ أَحْسِنْ

فَمَا حَوَى مِنْ فَرِيدِ

Oh most virtuous one do good

Abu al-Mahasin has truly excelled

So what he contains is unmatched

in the unparalleled virtues he has gathered.

مَنْ لَيْسَ يُحْصِي ثَنَاءً

عَلَيْهِ شِعْرُ لَبِيدِ

He whose praise cannot be quantified

He is one whose praises cannot be enumerated,

Not even by the poetry of Labid

not even by the poetry of Labid.

مَنْ زَارَ مِنْهُ هُمَاماً

آوَى لِرُكْنٍ شَدِيدِ

Whoever visited him in yearning

Whoever visits such a valiant hero

Found shelter in his formidable pillar

takes refuge in a mighty pillar,

وَنَالَ مَا يَرْتَجِيهِ

مِنْ رَبِّ عَرْشٍ مَجِيدِ

And attained what he aspires

and attains all that he hopes for

From the Lord of the Majestic Throne

from the Lord of the Glorious Throne.

لاَ غَرْوَ إِنَّا قَطَعْنَا

إِلَيْهِ شُمَّخَ بِيدِ

Without doubt we tread the path

It is no wonder that we have crossed

To him barefoot in humility

towering, desolate deserts to reach him,

تَسْتَوْكِفُ الْفَضْلَ فَضْ

لَ اللهِ الْمُغْنِي الْحَمِيدِ

You suffice seeking virtue for

seeking the outpouring of grace, the grace

God is the Enricher, the Praiseworthy

of God, the Enricher, the Praiseworthy.

فَالْبَحْرَ زُرْنَا وَلَكِنْ

بَحْرَ النَّوَالِ الْمُرِيدِ

So we visited the sea but

For it is the sea we have visited, but

The sea of the devout aspirant

a sea of willing, sought-after bounty.

وَالْغَيْثُ فَهُمْ بِفَضْلٍ

مَا بَعْدَهُ مِنْ مَزِيدِ

And the rain so they are in bounty

And the abundant rain—so aspire to a grace

Beyond that is no increase

beyond which there is no further increase.