قَد نِلتِ يا خَيرَ المَدارس

قَد نِلتِ يا خَيرَ المَدارس

شَرَفاً حَماه السَعدُ حارِس

شَرَفاً حَماه السَعدُ حارِس

You, O finest of schools, have indeed attained

You have attained, O best of schools,

an honor guarded by felicity as its sentinel.

An honor guarded by good fortune, its keeper.

وَأَضاءَ في أَرجاكَ نورٌ

وَأَضاءَ في أَرجاكَ نورٌ

مِن سَناه الكَون قابِس

مِن سَناه الكَون قابِس

A light has shone throughout your precincts,

And a light has shone throughout your precincts,

from whose radiance the universe kindles its flame:

From whose radiance the universe draws light.

بِمُدرِّسٍ أَحيا بِمق

بِمُدرِّسٍ أَحيا بِمق

دَمِهِ مَعالِمَكِ الدَوارِس

دَمِهِ مَعالِمَكِ الدَوارِس

through a teacher who, by his arri—

Through a teacher who revived, by his coming,

—val, revived your effaced landmarks;

Your effaced landmarks;

بِمُحَمَّدٍ شَمسِ العُلو

بِمُحَمَّدٍ شَمسِ العُلو

مِ وَبَدرِها الزاكي المَغارِس

مِ وَبَدرِها الزاكي المَغارِس

through Muhammad, sun of the scien—

Through Muhammad, the sun of the sciences,

—ces and their moon, pure in his roots;

And their full moon, of pure stock;

سَبّاقُ غاياتِ العُلا

سَبّاقُ غاياتِ العُلا

حَلّالُ مُشكِلَةِ الهَواجِس

حَلّالُ مُشكِلَةِ الهَواجِس

foremost in reaching the heights of glory,

First to attain the highest reaches of glory,

solver of the perplexities that haunt the mind;

Solver of the perplexities of inward thought;

مِن دَوحَةٍ سَعدِيَّةٍ

مِن دَوحَةٍ سَعدِيَّةٍ

طُوبى لَها فرعٌ مُجانِس

طُوبى لَها فرعٌ مُجانِس

sprung from a Saʿdī tree—

From a spreading Saʿdī tree,

blessed is that tree!—a branch true to its stock.

Of which Ṭūbā is a kindred branch.

دَرسَ العُلومَ مُعقِّباً

دَرسَ العُلومَ مُعقِّباً

فيها عَلى السَلَف الأَحامِس

فيها عَلى السَلَف الأَحامِس

He studied the sciences, following up

He studied the sciences, commenting critically

within them on the zealous forebears.

Therein on the valiant predecessors;

فَلَكَم عَلى السَعدَينِ أَو

فَلَكَم عَلى السَعدَينِ أَو

رَدَ مِن مَباحِثِهِ النَفائِس

رَدَ مِن مَباحِثِهِ النَفائِس

How many, concerning the two Saʿds, he pre—

For how often, against the two Saʿds, he brought

—sented from his precious investigations!

Forth gems from his investigations,

وَعَلى الشَريفِ مِنَ المآ

وَعَلى الشَريفِ مِنَ المآ

خِذِ مِثل أَبكارِ العَرائِس

خِذِ مِثل أَبكارِ العَرائِس

And regarding al-Sharīf, criti—

And against al-Sharīf, some objections

—cisms like virgin brides.

Like virgin brides.

فَبِمثلِها وَبِمثلِهِ

فَبِمثلِها وَبِمثلِهِ

شرَفُ المَحافِل وَالمَجالِس

شرَفُ المَحافِل وَالمَجالِس

Through works like these, and a man like him,

Thus through the like of her, and the like of him,

assemblies and councils are ennobled.

Lies the honor of gatherings and assemblies.

مَولى أَقَرّ بِفَضلِهِ

مَولى أَقَرّ بِفَضلِهِ

كُلٌّ فَما في القَومِ نابِس

كُلٌّ فَما في القَومِ نابِس

A master whose excellence

A master whose excellence has been acknowledged

all acknowledge—not one among the company objects.

By all; no one among the people utters a word.

وَبِهِ لِأَسما خانَ فَخ

وَبِهِ لِأَسما خانَ فَخ

رٌ في المُدرِّسِ وَالمَدارِس

رٌ في المُدرِّسِ وَالمَدارِس

Through him, Asma Khan has pri—

And through him Asmā Khān takes pride

—de in both the teacher and the schools.

In the teacher and the schools.

فَالمَولَوِيَّةُ خِلعَةٌ

فَالمَولَوِيَّةُ خِلعَةٌ

وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَسنى المَلابِس

وَعَلَيهِ مِن أَسنى المَلابِس

The Mawlawī rank is a robe of honor,

For Mawlawī rank is a robe of honor,

and upon him it is among the finest garments.

And on him it is among the finest garments.

لَمّا أَفادَ مُقَرِّراً

لَمّا أَفادَ مُقَرِّراً

عِلمَ الشَرائِعِ وَالنَوامِس

عِلمَ الشَرائِعِ وَالنَوامِس

When, as an authoritative expositor, he imparted

When, expounding, he imparted

knowledge of the sacred laws and ordinances,

Knowledge of religious laws and ordinances,

وَأَفادَ فيها مِن عُلو

وَأَفادَ فيها مِن عُلو

مِ الدينِ ما قَد كانَ دارِس

مِ الدينِ ما قَد كانَ دارِس

and restored therein, from the scien—

And imparted there, from the sciences

—ces of religion, what had grown effaced,

Of religion, what had been effaced,

قُلتُ اِزدَهي بَقُدومه

قُلتُ اِزدَهي بَقُدومه

فَوَحَقِّ مَن أَحيا الرَوامِس

فَوَحَقِّ مَن أَحيا الرَوامِس

I said: “Exult in his arrival!

I said: Take pride in his coming!

By the truth of Him who revives those covered by the grave,

For, by Him who revived the buried dead,

هَذا الَّذي تاريخُهُ

هَذا الَّذي تاريخُهُ

مَلَأَ بِهِ شَرَف المَدارِس

مَلَأَ بِهِ شَرَف المَدارِس

this is the verse that dates his coming:

This is he whose chronogram reads:

‘Through him the honor of the schools was filled.’”

“Through him the schools brimmed with honor.”