يَا سَيِّداً أَحرَزَ شأوَ العُلَى

يَا سَيِّداً أَحرَزَ شأوَ العُلَى

فِي عَفوِهِ الأَبعدِ من شَدِّهِ

فِي عَفوِهِ الأَبعدِ من شَدِّهِ

O master who has attained the summit of eminence,

O master who has attained the heights of glory

Through your clemency, farther-reaching than your severity;

In his forgiving, far from his severity

وَمَن غَدَا المَجدُ لَهُ حُلّةً

وَمَن غَدَا المَجدُ لَهُ حُلّةً

مِن عَمِّهِ المَهدِيِّ أَو جَدِّهِ

مِن عَمِّهِ المَهدِيِّ أَو جَدِّهِ

And you, for whom glory has become a robe,

And he whose glory has become his raiment

From your uncle al-Mahdi or your grandfather:

From his benevolent uncle or his ancestors

عَبدُكُمُ الآبِقُ مُستَوحِشٌ

عَبدُكُمُ الآبِقُ مُستَوحِشٌ

يَعثُرُ لِلخَجلةش فِي بُردِهِ

يَعثُرُ لِلخَجلةش فِي بُردِهِ

Your runaway servant is forlorn,

Your errant slave feels lonely

Stumbling from shame in his cloak.

Stumbling in his shame into the cold

فَابذُل لَهُ العُتبَى وَدَع عَتبَهُ

فَابذُل لَهُ العُتبَى وَدَع عَتبَهُ

مَا دَامَتِ الأَعذَارُ مِن جُندِهِ

مَا دَامَتِ الأَعذَارُ مِن جُندِهِ

So restore him to favor, and cease reproaching him,

So grant him your reproach and leave his blame

So long as excuses are among his troops.

As long as excuses are his allies