1. قَدْ آنَ أَنْ يُنْجَزَ الْوَعْدُ الذِي وَعَدَا

    مَنْ لاَ نَرى حَازَ ما قدْ حازَهُ أَحَدَا

    The time has come to fulfill the promise made

    By one whose attainments we see no one has matched,

  2. وَمَنْ حَوى العلمَ والْمَجْدَ الصُّراحَ مَعاً

    وَمَنْ رَوى عَنْ أَبيهِ البِرَّ وَالرَّشَدَا

    And who has gathered learning and pure glory together,

    And who has transmitted from his father righteousness and right guidance:

  3. سَمِيُّ خَيْرِ الوَرى مُفْتِي الْجَزَائِرِ مَنْ

    مِنْ بَحْرِهِ اغْتَرَفَتْ أَحْبَارُهَا مَدَدَا

    Namesake of the best of mankind, mufti of Algiers, the one

    From whose ocean its scholars have drawn strength.

  4. مَوْلايَ أَسْرَفْتَ فِي إِنْظَارِ مُنْتَظِرٍ

    إِجَازَةً وَهْيَ أَسْنَى ما به اعْتَضَدَا

    My lord, you have made one wait far too long for

    A scholarly authorization, his most splendid source of strength.

  5. لاَ تُمْطِلَنْهُ فَفِي مَطْلِ الْغَنِيِّ أَتْتْ

    آثَارُ صِدْقٍ بِأَنَّ الظُّلْمَ فيهِ بَدَا

    Do not put him off: concerning a rich man's delay there have come

    Authentic reports declaring that injustice is manifest in it.

  6. وَأَنْتَ أَعْلمُ أَهْلِ العصْرِ قاطِبَةُ

    بِهَا وَمَنْ لَمْ يَقُلْ هذَا فَقَدْ جَحَدَا

    And you, of all the people of this age, are most knowledgeable

    About them; and whoever does not say so has denied the truth.

  7. أَجِزْ وَأَنْجِزْ فَلاَ عُرِّيتَ منْ شَرَفٍ

    إِجَازَةً لَمْ تُغَادِرْ لَكُمْ سَنَدَا

    Grant authorization and fulfill your promise—may you never be stripped of honor—

    An authorization omitting none of your chains of transmission.

  8. إِذَا ظَفِرْتُ بِهَا أُنْشِدُ مِنْ طَرَبٍ

    بُشْرَى فَقَدْ أَنْجَزَ الإِقْبالُ مَا وَعَدَا

    When I obtain it, I shall recite in delight:

    Glad tidings! Good fortune has fulfilled what it promised.

  9. يَا أَيُّهَا الْبَحْرُ إِلاَّ أَنَّ لُجَّتَهُ

    تَرْمِي الْفَوَائِدَ وَالأَحْكامَ لاَ الزَّبَدَا

    O ocean—save that its depths

    Cast forth useful teachings and rulings, not foam.

  10. أَبْقَاكَ رَبِّي ذَا حَالٍ يَغَصُّ بِهَا

    مَنْ رَاحَ يُضْمِرُ بَغْضاً لَكُمْ وَغَدَا

    May my Lord preserve you in a state that chokes

    Whoever harbors hatred toward you, evening and morning.

  11. وَلاَ يَزَالُ سَلاَمٌ كَالْعَبِيرِ شَذاً

    يَأْتِيكَ مَا هَاجَ طَيْراً شَجْوُهُ فَشَدَا

    And may greetings, fragrant as perfume, never cease

    To reach you, so long as a bird's sorrow stirs it to song.