1. لله والدةُ المليك وما بَنَتْ

    من جامعٍ رَحبِ الفناء مُنَمْنَمِ

    God be praised for the king's mother and what she built:

    a finely adorned congregational mosque with a spacious courtyard.

  2. للراكعين الساجدين لقد زها

    سمة التقى للناظر المتوسّم

    For those who bow and prostrate, it has indeed shone,

    a sign of piety to the discerning beholder.

  3. ترجو من الله الكريم مثوبةً

    أجْرُ المثيب على الجميل المنعم

    She hopes for a reward from God the Generous—

    the Beneficent Rewarder's recompense for a good deed.

  4. إذ غَيَّرَتْه وقدَّرَتْه بحكمةٍ

    وكذا يراد من البناء المحكم

    For she altered it and planned it with wisdom,

    and this is what is desired of a soundly built structure.

  5. أخَذَتْ بتوسعةٍ له وأعانها

    نظرُ الرَّديف وخدمة المستخدم

    She undertook its expansion, and she was aided by

    the deputy's oversight and the attendant's service.

  6. فيه الإمام أبو حنيفة من له

    زهر المناقب مثل زهر الأنجم

    Within it is the Imam Abu Hanifa, whose

    blossoms of virtue are like the blossoms of the stars.

  7. أخَذَتْ علومَ أصولها وفروعها

    عنه الأئمةُ في الزمان الأقدام

    The sciences—their principles and their branches—were learned

    from him by the imams in the earliest age.

  8. قد عمَّرتْهُ وشيَّدتْهُ وجَدَّدتْ

    تاريخَ مسجدِ للإمامِ الأعظم

    She has indeed restored it, built it up, and renewed

    the history of the mosque of the Greatest Imam.