شَهِدتُ وَقَد شاهَدتُ مَغنى جَمالِهِ

شَهِدتُ وَقَد شاهَدتُ مَغنى جَمالِهِ

مُحَيّاً يُباهي البَدرَ عِندَ كَمالِهِ

مُحَيّاً يُباهي البَدرَ عِندَ كَمالِهِ

I witnessed—having beheld the abode of his beauty—

I bear witness, for I have witnessed the splendor of his beauty,

a face that rivals the moon at its fullest,

Radiant, outshining the full moon at its peak.

وَعِلماً رسى كَالطودِ يُعزى لِمَنطِقٍ

وَعِلماً رسى كَالطودِ يُعزى لِمَنطِقٍ

يَفوقُ الزُلالَ العَذبَ عَذبُ زُلالِهِ

يَفوقُ الزُلالَ العَذبَ عَذبُ زُلالِهِ

and knowledge, firm as a mountain, linked to speech

And knowledge, like a towering mountain, attributed to eloquence

whose sweet, clear flow surpasses sweet, limpid water;

That surpasses the sweetest, most delicious streams.

وَفَضلاً مَوالي الرومِ عَمَّ نَوالُهُ

وَفَضلاً مَوالي الرومِ عَمَّ نَوالُهُ

وَبَيّنتي إِقرارهم بِنوالِهِ

وَبَيّنتي إِقرارهم بِنوالِهِ

and generosity: his bounty embraced the lords of Rum,

And superiority over the Romans is evident in his success,

and my proof is their acknowledgment of his bounty.

As their admission of his blessings attests.

سَما فيهمُ كَالبَدرِ لَيلَةَ تِمِّهِ

سَما فيهمُ كَالبَدرِ لَيلَةَ تِمِّهِ

جَمالاً يَردّ الطَرف نُور جَلالِهِ

جَمالاً يَردّ الطَرف نُور جَلالِهِ

He rose among them like the moon on its night of fullness,

Among them he is like the full moon on the night it is brightest,

in beauty; the light of his majesty turns the gaze back.

Beauty that turns eyes away, the light of his majesty blinding.

وَفاتَهُم عِلماً وَحِلماً وَسُؤدُداً

وَفاتَهُم عِلماً وَحِلماً وَسُؤدُداً

وَرَأَياً سَديداً في جَميع فِعالِهِ

وَرَأَياً سَديداً في جَميع فِعالِهِ

And he surpassed them in knowledge, forbearance, and eminence,

He surpassed them in knowledge, forbearance, and rectitude,

and in sound judgment in all his deeds.

And sound opinion in all his deeds.

فَيا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي جودُ كَفِّهِ

فَيا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي جودُ كَفِّهِ

يَفوقُ السَحابَ الجودَ وَقتَ اِنهِمالِهِ

يَفوقُ السَحابَ الجودَ وَقتَ اِنهِمالِهِ

So, O master, whose hand's generosity

O Master, your generosity exceeds the clouds'

surpasses the bountiful cloud as it pours down:

When they pour down, at the height of their outpouring.

بِبابكَ دَمعُ العَينِ أَصبَحَ سائِلاً

بِبابكَ دَمعُ العَينِ أَصبَحَ سائِلاً

نَداكَ فَلا تَنهَر بِردّ سُؤالِهِ

نَداكَ فَلا تَنهَر بِردّ سُؤالِهِ

at your door the eye's tears now flow, imploring

At your door, tears have become my petition,

your bounty; do not rebuff them by rejecting their plea.

Call unto you, so do not reject his request.

وَمُنَّ بِتَفسير الإِمامِ الَّذي رَقى

وَمُنَّ بِتَفسير الإِمامِ الَّذي رَقى

عَلى مِنبر التَحقيق عِندَ مَقالِهِ

عَلى مِنبر التَحقيق عِندَ مَقالِهِ

And grant me the commentary of the imam who ascended

And favor the interpretation of the Imam who ascended

the pulpit of rigorous inquiry when he spoke.

To the pulpit of verification in his sayings.

وَأَعني بِهِ شَيخَ الفَتاوى أَبو ال

وَأَعني بِهِ شَيخَ الفَتاوى أَبو ال

سعُود سَقاهُ اللَهُ مُرفِدَ آلِهِ

سعُود سَقاهُ اللَهُ مُرفِدَ آلِهِ

And I mean by him the master of fatwas, Abu al-

I mean the Shaykh of fatwas, Abu al-Su'ud -

Su'ud, his family's benefactor; may God give him drink

May God water him - aid his family.

وَأَسكَنَهُ الفِردَوسَ يُسقى رَحيقُها

وَأَسكَنَهُ الفِردَوسَ يُسقى رَحيقُها

خِتاماً بِخَتمِ الأَنبِياءِ وَآلِهِ

خِتاماً بِخَتمِ الأَنبِياءِ وَآلِهِ

and lodge him in Paradise, to be served its pure wine,

And lodge him in the Firdaws, to drink its wine

in closing, by the Seal of the Prophets and his family.

Concluded with the seal of the Prophets and his lineage.