رتبُ العزِّ وَالتُقى

بِكَ عزَّت تَحقّقا

With you, honor is achieved in truth

O you star that rose radiant from the sky of virtue

أَيُّها الكَوكَب الَّذي

مِن سَما الفَضل أَشرَقا

Your good fortune's light appeared

Erasing the darkness of misery

وَبَدا نور سَعدهِ

ناسِخاً ظُلمة الشقا

You took the rank of sublimity

Certified from the One above

وَالَّذي رتبة العُلى

أَخذت عَنهُ مَوثِقا

To others it has become

Too lofty, impossible to climb

وَعَلى غَيرِهِ غَدَت

صَعبة لَيسَ تُرتَقى

O you, branch of the date palm

Bearing ripe honor

يا لَهُ غُصن دَوحَة

مُثمر العزّ مورِقا

Your roots have thrived

And you encompass perfect virtue

قَد زَكا أَصل فرعه

وَحَوى الفَضل مُطلَقا

An honor no one could attain

Except he who was pious

شَرَف لَم يَفُز بِهِ

قَطُّ إِلّا مَن اِتّقى

How could it not be so, for you are eternal

As long as you live successfully

كَيفَ لا وَهوَ خالد

دامَ يَحيا مُوَفَّقا

That we may see your garden of virtue

Bursting with fragrant blossoms

لِنَرى رَوض فَضلِهِ

يانِعَ الزَهر مونِقا

O son of one whose fame

Perfumed the universe

يا اِبن من طيب ذِكره

عطّر الكَون معبقا

All who have ascended

Belong to your door

وَالَّذي يَنتَمي إِلى

بابِهِ كُلّ مَن رَقى

Gather knowledge, do not say

Its scope has scattered

اِجمَع العلم لا تَقُل

شَمله قَد تَفَرَّقا

Seek the sea that you may behold

Its pearls, the best place to meet

وَاِلتقِ البحر كي تَرى

درّه خَير مُلتَقى

Give freely, do not be

Afraid of its diminishment

وَاِبذل الفَضل لا تَكُن

مِن تَلاشيهِ مُشفِقا

All things decrease the more

You spend them

كُلّ شَيءٍ يَقلّ ما

دُمتَ إِيّاه مُنفِقا

And the wealth of knowledge increases

The more one expends it

وَأَخو العلم عِلمه

زادَ ما مِنهُ أَنفَقا

For in the rank you have sought

From me lies perfect beauty

فَاِهن بِالرُتبة الَّتي

مِنكَ قَد رامَت اللقا

A rank adorned with perfection

And grace

رُتبة زانَها الكَما

ل جَمالاً وَرَونَقا

Remain with honor, do not cease

For you is honor and eternity

وَاِبقَ بِالعزّ لا بَرح

تَ لَكَ العزّ وَالبقا

Good fortune has become your ally

And ease, your companion

وَغَدا السَعد ساعِداً

لَك وَالرفق مرفقا

Since the clouds of good tidings rained

When you were generous

ما اِستهلّت سَحائب ال

بشر إِذ جادَ مغدقا

And the doves of ardency cooed

With joyous congratulations

وَحمام الحِمى شَدا

بِالتَهاني مشوّقا

Or the blossoms of gardens appeared

Bursting with fragrant flowers

أَو بَدا الزَهر مِن حدا

ئقِهِ الزُهر محدقا

Or knowledge exclaimed

When you prevailed and climbed high

أَو شَدا العلم قائِلاً

بِكَ إِذ عَزَّ وَاِرتَقى

O virtuous one, record my rank

Of honor and piety

يا أولي الفَضل أَرّخوا

رُتبتي العزّ وَالتُقى