1. لِأَبي عَلِيٍّ مُرتَقىً

    في ذُروَةِ العَلياءِ شاهِق

    Abu Ali has an elevated station,

    towering at the summit of glory,

  2. وَمَواهِبٌ كَالغَيثِ يُت

    بِع سابِقاً مِنها بِلاحِق

    and gifts like rain—he follows

    an earlier gift with a later one.

  3. وَبِوَجهِهِ بِشرٌ مَخا

    ئِلُهُ لِشائِمِهِ صَوادِق

    And on his face is gladness whose signs

    prove true to one who watches for them.

  4. قَسَماً بِمُزجي السُحبِ تَح

    دوها الرَواعِدُ وَالبَوارِق

    I swear by Him who drives the clouds,

    urged onward by thunder and lightning,

  5. وَمُسَيِّرِ الشُهبِ الثَوا

    قِبِ في المَغارِبِ وَالمَشارِق

    and who guides the piercing meteors

    through the wests and the easts;

  6. وَبِساطِحِ الأَرضِ المِها

    دِ وَرافِعِ السَبعِ الطَرائِق

    and by Him who spreads the earth as a resting bed,

    and raises the seven heavenly paths;

  7. وَبِسَيفِهِ المَسلولِ صِن

    وِ نَبِيَّهِ خَيرِ الخَلائِق

    and by His unsheathed sword, the brother

    of His Prophet, the best of creatures,

  8. أَلمُغمِدِ البيضَ الصَوارِ

    مَ في الجَماجِمِ وَالمَفارِق

    who sheathes the gleaming, keen-edged swords

    in skulls and the crowns of heads;

  9. مَن قالَ لِلدُنيا اِذهَبي

    عَنّي إِلَيكِ فَأَنتِ طالِق

    who said to the world, 'Go

    away from me! Be off—you are divorced!'—

  10. بِوَلائِهِ يَتَمَيَّزُ ال

    بَرُّ التَقِيُّ مِنَ المُنافِق

    by allegiance to him is distinguished the

    righteous, God-fearing man from the hypocrite,

  11. وَبِحُبِّهِ تُستَدفَعُ ال

    نِقَمُ النَوازِلُ وَالبَوارِق

    and through love of him are warded off the

    calamities that descend, and the lightning bolts—

  12. إِنَّ المُوَفَّقَ إِن عَرَت

    كَ خَصاصَةٌ خِلٌّ مُوافِق

    that al-Muwaffaq, if poverty befalls

    you, is indeed a congenial friend:

  13. صافي نِجارِ العودِ عَذ

    بُ المُجتَنا حُلوُ الخَلائِق

    of pure stock is his wood; sweet

    is the fruit he yields, and sweet his character;

  14. رَحبُ القِرى وَالباعِ لا

    تَدعوهُ إِلّا في المَضائِق

    ample are his hospitality and reach; never

    do you call on him except in dire straits.

  15. كَذَبَت مَوَدّاتُ الرِجالِ

    وَلي صَديقٌ مِنهُ صادِق

    The affections of men have proved false,

    but in him I have a true friend.

  16. أَنا في مُهِمِّ مَآرِبي

    وَمَطالِبي بِنَداهُ واثِق

    I, in my pressing needs

    and pursuits, have confidence in his bounty.

  17. وَلِسانُ شُكري بِالثَنا

    ءِ عَلَيهِ عُمرَ الدَهرِ ناطِق

    And the tongue of my gratitude, in praise

    of him, speaks for all time.

  18. فَاِمدُد لَنا في عُمرِهِ

    وَاِعمُر بِهِ يارَبِّ باسِق

    So prolong his life for us,

    and through him, O Lord, keep Basiq flourishing,

  19. وَاِجعَلهُ في حِصنٍ حَصي

    نٍ آمِناً مِن كُلِّ طارِق

    and place him within a well-fortified stronghold,

    safe from every calamity that comes by night,

  20. ما اِستَلَّ في الظَلماءِ مِن

    غِمدِ الغَمامَةِ سَيفُ بارِق

    as long as, in the darkness, there is drawn from

    the cloud's scabbard a sword of lightning.