سرّح سوادك والطروس سماء

سرّح سوادك والطروس سماء

ما للسماك لدى العروس علاء

ما للسماك لدى العروس علاء

Let your ink roam; the pages are a sky.

Release your ink, for the parchments are a sky,

Al-Simāk has no eminence beside the bride.

Where the star Al-Simak holds no height beside the Bride.

حمدا لملهم أوحد العلماء

حمدا لملهم أوحد العلماء

محمود علوما ما لها إحصاء

محمود علوما ما لها إحصاء

Praise to the One who inspired the foremost of scholars,

Praise be to the Inspirer of the unique scholar,

Mahmūd, with branches of learning beyond reckoning.

Mahmoud, possessed of sciences beyond all counting.

هو أعلم العلماء واحد عصره

هو أعلم العلماء واحد عصره

هو طود سرّ هدى له إهداء

هو طود سرّ هدى له إهداء

He is the most learned of scholars, peerless in his age.

He is the most learned of scholars, the singular one of his age,

He is a mountain of mystery; guidance is a gift to him.

He is a towering mountain of the secret of guidance, dedicated to him.

وهو الإمام وأهل كل محامد

وهو الإمام وأهل كل محامد

ما دعد ما علوى وما أسماء

ما دعد ما علوى وما أسماء

And he is the imam, worthy of every praise.

He is the Imam and the master of every praiseworthy virtue—

What is Daʿd? What is ʿAlwā? And what is Asmāʾ?

What are Da'd, 'Alwa, or Asma compared to him?

أهدى الورى السحر الحلال وكم له

أهدى الورى السحر الحلال وكم له

همم لها دوما على وولاء

همم لها دوما على وولاء

He gave humankind lawful magic; and how many are his

He gifted mankind lawful magic, and how many

aspirations, ever possessing loftiness and devotion!

High ambitions he possesses, of eternal elevation and loyalty.

اللّه أولى آل طه سؤدداً

اللّه أولى آل طه سؤدداً

ومحامدا لعلومها إملاء

ومحامدا لعلومها إملاء

God bestowed nobility upon the family of Ṭā Hā,

God has bestowed upon the family of Taha sovereignty,

and virtues, with its learning set forth by dictation.

And laudable qualities that dictate their vast knowledge.

واللّه ودّهم وأعطاهم حمى

واللّه ودّهم وأعطاهم حمى

سرّا علاه للسماك سماء

سرّا علاه للسماك سماء

And God loved them and gave them a sanctuary,

God loved them and granted them a sanctuary,

a mystery whose loftiness is a sky for al-Simāk.

A secret whose loftiness is a sky above Al-Simak.

للّه ما أحلى وأملح موردا

للّه ما أحلى وأملح موردا

أهداه وهو إلى الهموم دواء

أهداه وهو إلى الهموم دواء

God be praised—how sweet and charming a wellspring

By God, how sweet and pleasant is the spring

he bestowed, and it is a remedy for sorrows.

That he gifted, for it is a cure for all sorrows.