1. أشرقت منك في الوجود ذكاء

    فجلا حالك الظلام الضياء

    From you, Dhukāʾ, the sun, shone throughout existence;

    And light dispelled the pitch-black darkness.

  2. درة عن سنائها قد تشظى

    صدف الفيض فاستضاء السناء

    A pearl whose radiance has shattered

    The shell of overflowing bounty, so splendor itself was illumined.

  3. يا إماماً سما مقاما علياً

    قصرت دون شأوه الجوزاء

    O Imam, who rose to a lofty station,

    Al-Jawzāʾ fell short of his reach.

  4. هل نجوم السماء إلا صفات

    لك زينت بزهرهن السماء

    Are heaven’s stars anything but attributes

    Of yours, with whose blossoms heaven was adorned?

  5. لك ذات قد أبدع الله فيها

    صنعه وهو صانع ما يشاء

    Yours is an essence in which God has perfected

    His handiwork—and He is the maker of whatever He wills.

  6. عبقت من أريجها نفحات

    فاستطابت بنشرها الأرجاء

    Fragrant wafts rose from its perfume,

    And all quarters grew sweet with its spreading scent.

  7. نفد اللفظ وانتهى كل معنى

    ومعانيك ما لهن انتهاء

    Words ran out, and every meaning reached its end;

    Yet your meanings have no end.

  8. أنت أسنى علا وأسمى محلا

    أن يداني صفاتك الإطراء

    You are too radiant in glory and too lofty in station

    For lavish praise to come near your attributes.

  9. نزلت بالثناء آيات وحي

    صادع في علاك منه الثناء

    Verses of revelation descended with praise;

    Its praise openly proclaims your eminence.

  10. أنت في نعته إمام مبين

    أحصيت في بيانه الأشياء

    You are, in its description, a manifest Imam;

    All things are enumerated in its exposition.

  11. ملأ الله صدرك الرحب علماً

    ضاق عن بعض ما حواه الفضاء

    God filled your spacious breast with knowledge;

    Space was too narrow for even part of what your breast held.

  12. دل مكنونه على الغيب حتى

    كشف الستر دونه والغطاء

    Its hidden knowledge pointed to the unseen, until

    The veil and covering before it were lifted.

  13. من هداه السبيل كان ولياً

    لك يا من ولاؤه الاهتداء

    Whoever the path guided became a loyal follower

    Of yours, O you, allegiance to whom is right guidance.

  14. لا يجوز الصراط إلا محب

    منك يعطى الجواز وهو الولاء

    No one crosses the Ṣirāṭ except a lover;

    From you he is given the pass—and that pass is allegiance.