بايَعَ هارونُ إِمامُ الهُدى

بايَعَ هارونُ إِمامُ الهُدى

لِذي الحِجى وَالخُلُقِ الفاضِلِ

لِذي الحِجى وَالخُلُقِ الفاضِلِ

Harun, the imam of guidance, pledged allegiance

Harun pledged allegiance to the leader of guidance

Harun, the Imam of Guidance, pledged allegiance

to one possessed of reason and virtuous character,

To the one of proof and virtuous character

To the possessor of wisdom and noble character,

المُخلِفُ المُتلِفِ أَموالَهُ

المُخلِفُ المُتلِفِ أَموالَهُ

وَالضامِنِ الأَثقالِ لِلحامِلِ

وَالضامِنِ الأَثقالِ لِلحامِلِ

the replenisher, the lavish spender of his wealth,

The one who brings together his wealth

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

and who undertakes burdens for those who bear them,

And guarantees the burdens of the burdened

Who bears the heavy loads for the burdened,

وَالعالَمِ الناقِدِ في عِلمِهِ

وَالعالَمِ الناقِدِ في عِلمِهِ

وَالحاكِمِ الفاضِلِ وَالعادِلِ

وَالحاكِمِ الفاضِلِ وَالعادِلِ

and the scholar, discerning in his knowledge,

The scholar of refined knowledge

The learned scholar, discerning in his knowledge,

and the virtuous and just ruler,

The just and equitable ruler

The virtuous ruler and the just,

وَالراتِقِ الفاتِقِ حِلفَ الهُدى

وَالراتِقِ الفاتِقِ حِلفَ الهُدى

وَالقائِلِ الصادِقِ وَالفاعِلِ

وَالقائِلِ الصادِقِ وَالفاعِلِ

and who mends and rends, the ally of guidance,

The pure and pious adherent to the path of guidance

The binder and the loosener, the ally of guidance,

and the truthful speaker and doer;

The truthful speaker and doer

The truthful speaker and the man of action,

لِخَيرِ عَبّاسٍ إِذا حُصِّلوا

لِخَيرِ عَبّاسٍ إِذا حُصِّلوا

وَالمُفضِلِ المَجدِيِّ عَلى العائِلِ

وَالمُفضِلِ المَجدِيِّ عَلى العائِلِ

to the best of Abbas's descendants, when they are appraised,

For the best of Abbas when they are brought together

To the best of the Abbasids when they are reckoned,

and the benefactor who gives generously to the needy,

And the one who prefers excellence to his family

The gracious benefactor to the destitute,

أَبِرِّهُم بِراً وَأَولاهُمُ

أَبِرِّهُم بِراً وَأَولاهُمُ

بِالعُرفِ عِندَ الحَدَثِ النازِلِ

بِالعُرفِ عِندَ الحَدَثِ النازِلِ

the most benevolent of them in goodness, and the foremost of them

Be most dutiful to them and give them

The most dutiful of them in piety, and the foremost

in kindness when a calamity descends;

Precedence in customary law when misfortune occurs

In beneficence when calamity descends,

لِمُشبِهِ المَنصورِ في مُلكِهِ

لِمُشبِهِ المَنصورِ في مُلكِهِ

إِذا تَدَجَّت ظُلمَةُ الباطِلِ

إِذا تَدَجَّت ظُلمَةُ الباطِلِ

to one resembling al-Mansur in his rule,

To the one resembling Mansur in his kingdom

To the likeness of Al-Mansur in his dominion

when the darkness of falsehood grew thick.

When the darkness of falsehood becomes dense

When the darkness of falsehood grows pitch black,

فَتَمَّ بِالمَأمونِ نورُ الهُدى

فَتَمَّ بِالمَأمونِ نورُ الهُدى

وَاِنكَشَفَ الجَهلُ عَنِ الجاهِلِ

وَاِنكَشَفَ الجَهلُ عَنِ الجاهِلِ

Then, through al-Ma'mun, the light of guidance was made complete,

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 lifted from the ignorant.

And ignorance was uncovered from the ignorant

And ignorance was dispelled from the ignorant.