ولمّا رأيت قصورَ العزِيز

ولمّا رأيت قصورَ العزِيز

وزِينتَهَا والمَحَلَّ السَّنِيّا

وزِينتَهَا والمَحَلَّ السَّنِيّا

And when I saw al-Aziz's palaces,

When I saw the mansions of the Mighty One,

And their adornment and the splendid abode—

Adorned and graced with silk brocade,

وقد نُضِّدَتْ بضُروبِ الحَرِيرِ

وقد نُضِّدَتْ بضُروبِ الحَرِيرِ

وقابَلَ منها البهيُّ البهيَّا

وقابَلَ منها البهيُّ البهيَّا

Already arrayed with various kinds of silk,

Vis-à-vis their splendor stood the radiant moon,

With one splendid part facing another—

Resplendent in its full luminescence.

حسِبتُ مقاصيرَه جَنّةً

حسِبتُ مقاصيرَه جَنّةً

وخِلتُ العزيز بِهِنّ الرّضِيَّا

وخِلتُ العزيز بِهِنّ الرّضِيَّا

I thought his private chambers a paradise,

I fancied these mansions a paradise,

And imagined al-Aziz within them, well-pleased:

And the Mighty One to be a agreeable host.

إمامٌ تكَفَّلَ نصرَ الهُدَى

إمامٌ تكَفَّلَ نصرَ الهُدَى

فأَرضَى الإلهَ وَسَرَّ النبِيّا

فأَرضَى الإلهَ وَسَرَّ النبِيّا

An imam who undertook to secure the triumph of right guidance,

A leader who champions the truth's victory,

And so pleased God and gladdened the Prophet.

Pleasing to God and gladdening the Prophet.