في حكم عباسٍ الثاني وسؤدده

في حكم عباسٍ الثاني وسؤدده

للبرِّ قامت عداد الأنجم الدورُ

للبرِّ قامت عداد الأنجم الدورُ

Under Abbas II’s rule and noble sway,

In the reign of al-‘Abbas the Second and his rule

houses of charity rose, as numerous as the stars.

The stars' cycles stood for kindness and compassion

فللمريض شفاءٌ عند نفحته

فللمريض شفاءٌ عند نفحته

وللفقير لدى جدواه تيسير

وللفقير لدى جدواه تيسير

So the sick find healing in his bounty,

So for the sick, healing lies in his breath

and the poor find ease through his beneficence.

And for the poor, facilitation at his generosity

مباركٌ قصرُ إحسانٍ ومرحمةٍ

مباركٌ قصرُ إحسانٍ ومرحمةٍ

بين الذي تركته الرسْلُ مذكور

بين الذي تركته الرسْلُ مذكور

Blessed is a palace of benevolence and mercy,

Blessed is the palace of benevolence and mercy

remembered among what the messengers left behind.

Left by the messengers, remembered and renowned

يود مرضى البرايا بعد برئهمُ

يود مرضى البرايا بعد برئهمُ

أن لا تفارقهم هذي المقاصير

أن لا تفارقهم هذي المقاصير

The sick among humankind, once recovered, wish

The ill of the land, after their cure

that these chambers would never part from them.

Wish these hospitals would never leave them

لو يحشر الميت في مشهود زخرفها

لو يحشر الميت في مشهود زخرفها

لأصبح الميت فيها وهو منشور

لأصبح الميت فيها وهو منشور

Were a dead man brought amid the spectacle of their splendor,

If the dead were gathered in the adorned halls

the dead man would surely be there, restored to life.

They would come alive, spread out in them

جبريل آسى جراحات تؤيده

جبريل آسى جراحات تؤيده

من نحو عيسى وبقراط العقاقير

من نحو عيسى وبقراط العقاقير

Gabriel is a healer of wounds, aided

Gabriel lamented the wounds it supported

by remedies from Jesus and Hippocrates.

From Jesus and Hippocrates' remedies

مولاي أنت على مقدار ما صنعت

مولاي أنت على مقدار ما صنعت

يداك من خالد المعروف مشكور

يداك من خالد المعروف مشكور

My lord, you—in proportion to what

My lord, for what your hands have done

your hands have wrought of lasting goodness—are thanked.

They are eternally thanked and praised

لا غادرت صحةٌ قوماً رعيتَهمُ

لا غادرت صحةٌ قوماً رعيتَهمُ

ولا خلا بلد بالعلم معمور

ولا خلا بلد بالعلم معمور

May health never forsake a people you have cared for,

No health you denied a people you looked after

nor may any land flourishing with learning lie deserted.

No land devoid of knowledge you built up