دُمْ سَالِماً يَا صاحِبَ اليُوبيلِ
مُعَظَّماً فِي الْجِيلِ بَعْدَ الجِيلِ
Peace be upon you, O owner of this jubilee
Honored among generations, one after another
تَلْقَى بَنِيكَ حِقْبَةً فَحِقْبَةً
فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا المُلْتَقَى الجَلِيلِ
You find your children in era after era
In this great gathering
إِلَيْكَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَمِنْ أَبْنَائِهَا
تَهْنِئَةً تُهْدَى مَعِ التَّبْجِيلِ
From Egypt and her children
Congratulations are sent to you with veneration
يُهْدُونَهَا إِلى الإِمَامِ المُفْتَدَى
العَالِمِ العَلاَّمَةِ النَّبِيلِ
They send it to the exemplary Imam
The scholar, the virtuous noble one
وَقَدْ تَمَنَّوْا لَوْ دَنَوْا فظَفِروا
مِنْ يَدِهِ بِمَوْضِعِ التَّقْبِيلِ
They wish they were near to gain
A kiss from his hand
أَعْظِمْ بِهِ مِنْ سَيَّدٍ مُكَمَّلٍ
حِسّاً وَمَعْنّى أَلْطَفَ التَّكْمِيلِ
Exalt him, he who is perfect in reason and meaning
With the gentlest refinement
يُجِلُّهُ لِعِلْمِهِ أَهْلُ النُّهَى
وَلَيْسَ ذَاكَ الفَضْلُ بِالقَلِيلِ
The people of piety revere him for his knowledge
And that merit is no small thing
فِي صَدْرِهِ بَحْرُ فُنُونٍ كُلُّهَا
فَرَائِدٌ لِطَالِبِ التَّحْصِيلِ
In his heart is an ocean of all arts
A leading light for the seeker of knowledge
أَفْصَحُ مِنْ قُسٍ وَلَوْ قِيسَ بِهِ
لَمْ تَسْتَقِمْ طَرَائِقُ التَّمْثِيلِ
More eloquent than Qus, and were he compared
The methods of analogy would not hold
إِذَا عَلاَ المِنْبَرَ فِي مَوْعِظَةٍ
حَسِبْتَ قَوْلَهُ مِنَ التَّنْزِيلِ
When he takes the pulpit for a sermon
You'd think his words a revelation
فِي لَفْظِهِ الجَزْلِ وَفِي أُسْلُوبِهِ
بَلاَغَةٌ فَاقِدَةٌ المَثِيلِ
In his weighty diction and style
An unmatched eloquence
جَلِيَّةٌ جَدِيدَةُ الحُسْنِ أَبَتْ
وَضْعَ صَريحٍ مَوْضِعَ التَّأْوِيلِ
Clear and novel in its beauty, it refuses
To take the place of literal interpretation
مَا اعْتَلَّ رَأْيُهُ وَلَمْ يَلْجَأْ إِلْى
مَايحْدِثُ الشُّبْهَةَ مِنْ تَعْلِيلِ
Never distracted, his reason unfailing
Avoiding pretexts that cause doubt
يَسْتَقْبِلُ الأَمْرَ وَلَوْ جَاءَ بِمَا
لَمْ يُرْضِهِ مِنْ وَجْهِهِ الجَمِيلِ
He greets each matter though it come
In ways not pleasing to his beautiful face
فَلْيَصُنِ اللهُ لَنَا مُهْجَتَهُ
فِي نِعَمةٍ إِلى مَدى طَوِيلِ
May God protect his spirit
In bliss for long years
وَلْيُبْقِهِ لِلهائِمِينَ فِي دُجَى
هَذِي الحَيَاةِ هَادِيَ السبِيلِ
And sustain him in the gloom
Of this life, guide of the path
وَلْيُولِ فِي أَيَّامِهِ رَعِيَّةً
تُحِبُّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ الجَزِيلِ
And give him in his days a people
Who love him for his abundant grace
