شَرَّفْتَ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ فِي غَمْرَهْ

شَرَّفْتَ مَنْ أَصْبَحَ فِي غَمْرَهْ

بِزَوْرَةٍ لَمْ تُبْقِ مِنْ غَمْرَهْ

بِزَوْرَةٍ لَمْ تُبْقِ مِنْ غَمْرَهْ

You honored one who found himself in distress,

You have honored one who was immersed

You brought honor to one who awoke in overwhelming distress,

with a visit that left no distress behind.

In darkness with a visit that left no trace of his darkness

With a visit that spared not a trace of affliction.

قَدْ زَارَهَا إِذْ زُرْتَهَا خُفْيَةً

قَدْ زَارَهَا إِذْ زُرْتَهَا خُفْيَةً

بَدْرُ الْمَعَالِي مُشْرِقُ الْغُرَّهْ

بَدْرُ الْمَعَالِي مُشْرِقُ الْغُرَّهْ

When you visited it in secret, it was indeed visited

The full moon of sublime qualities, the shining sun, visited him secretly

It was visited, when you visited it in secret,

by the full moon of noble virtues, radiant of brow.

O Abu Al-Abbas, O you through whom

By the full moon of eminence, radiant of countenance.

أَيَا أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ يَا مَنْ بِهِ

أَيَا أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ يَا مَنْ بِهِ

أَمْسَى غَرِيبُ الْعِلْمِ ذَا أُسْرَهْ

أَمْسَى غَرِيبُ الْعِلْمِ ذَا أُسْرَهْ

O Abu al-Abbas, O you through whom

The outcast knowledge seeker gains family

O Abu al-Abbas, O you through whom

learning’s stranger came to have a family,

May the Merciful spare you what you dislike

The isolated seeker of knowledge found his kindred.

جَنَّبَكَ الرَّحْمَانُ مَا تَكْرَهْ

جَنَّبَكَ الرَّحْمَانُ مَا تَكْرَهْ

يَا مُطِيعَ التَّحْقِيقِ يَا بَدْرَهْ

يَا مُطِيعَ التَّحْقِيقِ يَا بَدْرَهْ

may the All-Merciful spare you what you detest,

O obedient to the truth, O full moon

May the Merciful spare you from all that you abhor,

O you who heed rigorous inquiry, O its full moon!

O devoted servant of realization, O its full moon.