بُورِكَ فِي خَلْقِكَ المَلِيحِ

يَا أَشْبَهَ الخَلْقِ بِالمَسِيحِ

Blessings upon your graceful creation,

O most Christ-like in appearance,

وَفِي ذَكَاءٍ لَهُ شُعَاعٌ

يَبْدُو عَلى وَجَهِكَ الصَّبيحِ

With an intellect whose brilliance

Radiates across your radiant face.

وَفِي خِصَالٍ مُتَمَّماتٍ

بِالْخُلُقِ الطَّاهِرِ الصَّرِيحِ

With perfect, sincere traits,

And with modesty without pretense,

وَفِي تَناهٍ بِلاَ تَباهٍ

ذَوْداً عَنِ المَبْدَأِ الصَّحيحِ

Guarding the proper principle.

You act justly, but what justice

أَعَدْتَ قَسّاً وَأَيْنَ قَسٍّ

لَوْ عَادَ مِنْ نِدِّهِ الْفَصِيحِ

Could return from its eloquent opponent?

The attainments of an honorable soul

هطَلْ لِنَجِيبٍ إِدْرَاكُ شَأْوٍ

فِي شَوْطِ علْيَائكَ الْفَسِيحِ

Are boundless in your vast arena.

With delusions the deceived

بِوَهْمِهِ يَعْثُرُ المُجَلَي

إِنْ رَامَهُ عَثْرَةَ الطَّليحِ

Stumbles if he envies the sincere.

Your effective preaching brings healing

عِظَاتُكَ الْبَالِغَاتُ طِبٍّ

مِنَ التَّباريحِ وَالْجُرُوحِ

From wounds and lesions.

In it the body finds bodily cure,

فِيهِن لِلْجِسْمِ بُرْءُ جِسْمٍ

فِيهِنَّ لِلرُّوحِ بُرْءُ رُوحِ

In it the soul finds cure of spirit.

My master, this is true speech,

مَوْلاَيَ هَذَا مَقَالُ حَقٍّ

مَا فِيهِ شَيْءٌ مِنَ المَدِيحِ

Nothing of flattery within it.

O joy of a people you lead,

يَا سَعْدَ قَوْمٍ وَلِيتَ فِيهِمْ

وِلاَيَةَ المُصْلِحِ المُشِيحِ

With the guidance of the healing guide.

Twenty five years you stood among them

خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ قُمْتَ فِيهَا

بِأَمْرِهِمْ غَيْرَ مُسْتَرِيحِ

By their command, without rest.

Executing thought of fortitude and resolve,

نَفَّاذَ رَأيٍ شَدِيدَ عَزْمٍ

غَيْرَ عَتِيٍّ وَلاَ جَمُوحِ

Not complacent nor impetuous.

Yours is the everlasting house which you build

لَكَ الْبُيْتُ الدَّانِي وَتَبْنِي

لِلْبِرِّ مَرُْوعَةَ الصُّروحِ

As a fortress for righteousness.

If not for necessity, you would not wear

لَوْلاَ اضْطِرَارٌ قَضَى بِلُبْسِ الطِّ

رَازِ شُوهِدَتْ فِي المُسُوحِ

Cloaks that are seen in mosques.

You take the fair in what you seek

تَأْخُذُ أَخْذَ الجَمِيلِ فِيْما

تَبْغِي وَتَنْهَي عَنِ الْقَبِيحِ

And forbid the ugly.

You forgive the sinner in emulation

تَغْفِرُ لِلْخَاطِئ اقْتِدَاءً

بِرَبِّك الْغَافِرِ السَّميحِ

Of your Lord, the Pardoning, Forbearing.

You are not inclined to excuse

لَسْتَ لِعُذْرٍ عَنْ أَيِّ قَوْلٍ

أَوْ أَيِّ فِعْلٍ بِمُسْتَمِيحِ

Any word or deed shameful.

And advice, the more it is accepted,

وَالنُّصحُ مَا زَادَهُ قَبُولاً

كَالصِّدْقِ مِنْ جَانِبِ النَّصيحِ

Is as truth from a sincere advisor.

You never cease in occurrences

لاَ تَفْتَأُ الدَّهْرَ فِي حُلُولٍ

لِسَدِّ ثَغْرٍ أَوْ فِي نُزُوحِ

To mend a rift or stem unwanted change.

A heart aspiring to eternity

قَلْبٌ إِلى الْخَالِدَاتِ يَرْنُو

بِنَاظِرٍ طَاهِرٍ طَمُوحِ

With a pure, ambitious gaze,

Or a writing pen and a voice

أَوْ قَلَمٍ كَاتِبٍ وَصَوْتٍ

مُرَدِّدٍ مَا إِلَيْكَ أُوحِي

Repeating what is revealed to you.

We have not seen it deaf,

مَا إِنْ رَأَيْنَا لَهُ سَمِيعاً

وَجَفْنُهُ لَيْسَ بِالْقَرِيحِ

Nor are its eyelids impaired.

Wisest, most eloquent ink,

رَشِيدُ أَبْلِغ أَجَلَّ حَبْرٍ

تَهْنِئَةَ الوَامِقِ النَّصوحِ

Congratulations to the towering minaret.

And pray for its permanence until

وَادْعُ لَهُ بِالْبَقَاءِ حَتَّى

يُتِمَّ قُدْسِيَّة الْفُتُوحِ

The sacred conquests are completed.

Not many, if a pole lived so long,

غَيْرُ كَثِيرٍ لَوْ عَاشَ قُطْبٌ

لَهُ مَزَايِاهُ عُمْرَ نُوحِ

Would have virtues for lifetimes of Noah.

So which era and which land

فَأَيُّ عَصْرٍ وأَيُّ مِصْرٍ

بِمِثْلِهِ لَيْسَ بِالشَّحيحِ

Has his equal? None are stingy.