يا نائِبَ اللَهِ في الأَر

ضِ وَالخَليفَةَ عَنهُ

O God's deputy on earth, His caliph

We seek from him sustenance and aid

فَنَحنُ نَلتَمِسُ الرِز

قَ وَالمَعونَةَ مِنهُ

God has granted you bounty

And mercy from Himself

اللَهُ آتاكَ فَضلاً

وَرَحمَةً مِن لَدُنهُ

How can poetry encapsulate

The essence of your attributes?

فَكَيفَ يُدرَكُ بِالشِع

رِ مِن صِفاتِكَ كُنهُ

Look after those looked after by time

And help them

فَراعِ مَن راعَهُ الآ

نَ صَرفُ دَهرٍ وَاَعِنهُ

The nights have worn away at him

Yet his resolve did not fail him

أَخنَت عَلَيهِ اللَيالي

وَعَزمُهُ لَم يَخُنهُ

He has lived in wealth, his days

So do not impoverish him

قَد عاشَ في ثَروَةٍ دَه

رَهُ فَلا تُحوِجَنهُ

And conceal his shame from the

Indignity of asking and protect him

وَاِستُر مُحَيّاهُ عَن بَذ

لَةِ السُؤالِ وَصُنهُ