يا أيها الحَبْرُ الإما

يا أيها الحَبْرُ الإما

مُ ومن له قدْرٌ جليلُ

مُ ومن له قدْرٌ جليلُ

O learned ima—

O you, the learned scholar, the imam,

—m, possessor of illustrious rank;

and you whose rank is exalted;

يا من يرى بذلَ الكثي

يا من يرى بذلَ الكثي

رِ كأنّه النَزْرُ القليلُ

رِ كأنّه النَزْرُ القليلُ

O you who see abundant giv—

O you who regard giving much

—ing as though it were a paltry little thing;

as though it were a paltry trifle;

يا من له الفِعْلُ الجمي

يا من له الفِعْلُ الجمي

لُ ومن له الوجهُ الجميلُ

لُ ومن له الوجهُ الجميلُ

O you whose conduct is beau—

O you whose conduct is beautiful,

—tiful, whose countenance too is beautiful;

and you whose face is beautiful;

لستُ العليلَ وإنما ال

لستُ العليلَ وإنما ال

علياءُ والمجدُ العليلُ

علياءُ والمجدُ العليلُ

It is not I who am ailing; rather, loft—

I am not the ailing one; rather, it is

—iness and glory are the ailing ones.

eminence and glory that are ailing.