الحمد للَه قد عمت مبرته

الحمد للَه قد عمت مبرته

وبددت عزمات الجور قدرته

وبددت عزمات الجور قدرته

Praise be to God; His bounty has spread everywhere.

Praise be to Allah, His mercy has spread

And His power has scattered tyranny's resolves.

And the tyrants' power has vanished

وجمل الدين والدنيا بمقتدرٍ

وجمل الدين والدنيا بمقتدرٍ

تكلفت بدوام العدل همته

تكلفت بدوام العدل همته

And He adorned religion and the world with a mighty man,

He has improved religion and life through an Able One

whose resolve undertook to make justice endure.

Who has devoted himself to establishing justice

برٌّ عفيفٌ حليمٌ قادرٌ سطعت

برٌّ عفيفٌ حليمٌ قادرٌ سطعت

في الكون مثل سطوع الشمس حكمته

في الكون مثل سطوع الشمس حكمته

Righteous, chaste, forbearing, powerful—there shone

A virtuous, chaste, forbearing, capable one, whose wisdom

throughout creation, like the sun's radiance, his wisdom.

Shone throughout the universe like the sun's rays

حي اللثام تقٍ يهواه كل نقٍ

حي اللثام تقٍ يهواه كل نقٍ

يشناه كل شقٍّ داجت سريرته

يشناه كل شقٍّ داجت سريرته

Modest of countenance, devout, loved by every pure soul;

The shameful cover was lifted by a pure one who loves him

every wretch whose inner nature has darkened hates him.

And every crooked one who hates him was bent

جاء الشآم وكان الغيث يهجرها

جاء الشآم وكان الغيث يهجرها

ففاض حتى غدت كالبحر ديمته

ففاض حتى غدت كالبحر ديمته

He came to al-Sham while the rain was forsaking it,

He came to Syria when it was deprived of rain

then it overflowed until his steady rain became like the sea.

So it overflowed until it became like the sea in its abundance

أبان فاجرها واختار خيرها

أبان فاجرها واختار خيرها

لا زال ناصرها فالعدل شيمته

لا زال ناصرها فالعدل شيمته

He separated out its wicked and chose its best.

He singled out its transgressors and chose its best

May he remain its defender, for justice is his nature.

He still supports it, for justice is his trait

يا خير من زهت الدنيا بطلعته

يا خير من زهت الدنيا بطلعته

وخير من مدحت بالفضل سيرته

وخير من مدحت بالفضل سيرته

O best of those at whose appearance the world grew resplendent,

O the best one whose appearance beautified the world

and best of those whose conduct was praised for virtue,

And the best one whose merits made his conduct praised

ما أصلح اللَه في الدنيا لنا عملاً

ما أصلح اللَه في الدنيا لنا عملاً

إلا وعاملك المرهوب علته

إلا وعاملك المرهوب علته

no undertaking has God set right for us in this world

Every good deed done in the world by us

without your awe-inspiring official being its cause.

Is through your awe-inspiring agent taking charge of it

فاسلم وسدوابق وارق الفضل منتسبٌ

فاسلم وسدوابق وارق الفضل منتسبٌ

إليك يا من لأهل البيت نسبته

إليك يا من لأهل البيت نسبته

So be safe, rule, endure, and rise—virtue is linked

So submit, excel, and rise above in merit, you who trace

to you, O you whose lineage is traced to Ahl al-Bayt.

Your lineage to him, O member of the Prophet's family

لم ندر لما دخلت الشام منشرحاً

لم ندر لما دخلت الشام منشرحاً

ونور وجهك فوق الشمس ندوته

ونور وجهك فوق الشمس ندوته

We could not tell, when you entered al-Sham glad at heart,

We did not know, when you entered Syria delighted,

and the light of your face held its assembly above the sun,

Whether your radiant face outshone the sun in its rising

أأشرقت في الدجى شمت مؤرخةٌ

أأشرقت في الدجى شمت مؤرخةٌ

أم أشرق الملك لما جاء مدحته

أم أشرق الملك لما جاء مدحته

whether a [sun?] had risen in the darkness, recording the date,

Or did a historian's sun rise recording your praise

or the realm had shone when its Midhat arrived.

Or did the kingdom shine when you came, lauded