بايَعَ هارونُ إِمامُ الهُدى

لِذي الحِجى وَالخُلُقِ الفاضِلِ

Harun pledged allegiance to the leader of guidance

Harun, the Imam of Guidance, pledged allegiance

To the one of proof and virtuous character

To the possessor of wisdom and noble character,

المُخلِفُ المُتلِفِ أَموالَهُ

وَالضامِنِ الأَثقالِ لِلحامِلِ

The one who brings together his wealth

The one who restores what is given and exhausts his wealth,

And guarantees the burdens of the burdened

Who bears the heavy loads for the burdened,

وَالعالَمِ الناقِدِ في عِلمِهِ

وَالحاكِمِ الفاضِلِ وَالعادِلِ

The scholar of refined knowledge

The learned scholar, discerning in his knowledge,

The just and equitable ruler

The virtuous ruler and the just,

وَالراتِقِ الفاتِقِ حِلفَ الهُدى

وَالقائِلِ الصادِقِ وَالفاعِلِ

The pure and pious adherent to the path of guidance

The binder and the loosener, the ally of guidance,

The truthful speaker and doer

The truthful speaker and the man of action,

لِخَيرِ عَبّاسٍ إِذا حُصِّلوا

وَالمُفضِلِ المَجدِيِّ عَلى العائِلِ

For the best of Abbas when they are brought together

To the best of the Abbasids when they are reckoned,

And the one who prefers excellence to his family

The gracious benefactor to the destitute,

أَبِرِّهُم بِراً وَأَولاهُمُ

بِالعُرفِ عِندَ الحَدَثِ النازِلِ

Be most dutiful to them and give them

The most dutiful of them in piety, and the foremost

Precedence in customary law when misfortune occurs

In beneficence when calamity descends,

لِمُشبِهِ المَنصورِ في مُلكِهِ

إِذا تَدَجَّت ظُلمَةُ الباطِلِ

To the one resembling Mansur in his kingdom

To the likeness of Al-Mansur in his dominion

When the darkness of falsehood becomes dense

When the darkness of falsehood grows pitch black,

فَتَمَّ بِالمَأمونِ نورُ الهُدى

وَاِنكَشَفَ الجَهلُ عَنِ الجاهِلِ

So the light of guidance was completed with al-Ma'mun

Thus the light of guidance was completed through Al-Ma'mun,

And ignorance was uncovered from the ignorant

And ignorance was dispelled from the ignorant.