أَيا رب عَدل وَالشُهود عَدول

أَيا رب عَدل وَالشُهود عَدول

تَرق مِما لِلفَضل عَنكَ عَدول

تَرق مِما لِلفَضل عَنكَ عَدول

O master of justice, whose witnesses are upright,

O Lord, just and the witnesses are just

Rise—for excellence cannot turn away from you [reading uncertain].

Exceed what is for the virtue from you just

تَرق كَما تَبغى فَعالي مَقامَكم

تَرق كَما تَبغى فَعالي مَقامَكم

يَعز عَلى مَن رامَهُ وَيَطول

يَعز عَلى مَن رامَهُ وَيَطول

Rise as you wish, for your lofty station

Exceed as you want my high position

Is hard for whoever seeks it to attain, and towers high.

It is hard on whoever wanted it and takes long

فَأَنتَ بِأَحكام العَدالة سَيد

فَأَنتَ بِأَحكام العَدالة سَيد

قؤول كَما قالَ الكِرام فَعول

قؤول كَما قالَ الكِرام فَعول

For you are a master in the rulings of justice,

You are with the rulings of justice a master

A man of word and deed, as the noble have said.

Say as the generous said do

وَأَعمالَكُم مَشهورد في مَحاكم

وَأَعمالَكُم مَشهورد في مَحاكم

لَها غُرر مَعلومة وَحجول

لَها غُرر مَعلومة وَحجول

And your deeds are renowned in courts;

And your actions are famous in courts

They bear well-known forehead blazes and white leg-markings.

That have known secrets and proofs

وَأَنكَ أَهل الناس بِالمَجد وَالعُلا

وَأَنكَ أَهل الناس بِالمَجد وَالعُلا

فَلَيسَ سِواء عالم وَجَهول

فَلَيسَ سِواء عالم وَجَهول

And you, of all men, most deserve glory and eminence;

And that you are the people with glory and highness

For the learned and the ignorant are not alike.

So it is not equal a scholar and ignorant

وَأَنتَ أُصولي أَصيل منسب

وَأَنتَ أُصولي أَصيل منسب

وَكَيل وَهَذا ما إِلَيهِ مَثيل

وَكَيل وَهَذا ما إِلَيهِ مَثيل

And you are a scholar of legal principles, noble and well-born,

And you are fundamentalist, genuine, noble

A deputy—and such a man has no equal.

Agent, and this is what to it alike

فَنَحنُ نَهنى اليَوم مَنصبكم بِكُم

فَنَحنُ نَهنى اليَوم مَنصبكم بِكُم

وَإِن كانَ ما فيهِ عَليكَ قَليل

وَإِن كانَ ما فيهِ عَليكَ قَليل

So today we congratulate your office on having you,

So we congratulate today your position with you

Even if what it holds is little compared with you.

And if what is in it on you is little

فَذا مَنصب يَحى بِساحة عَدلِكُم

فَذا مَنصب يَحى بِساحة عَدلِكُم

سَيرقي مَقاماً وَالمَقام جَليل

سَيرقي مَقاماً وَالمَقام جَليل

For this is an office that comes alive in the courtyard of your justice;

So this is a position that lives in the field of your justice

It will rise in rank, and that rank is august.

Will rise in position and the position is great

لِذَلِكَ لَم يَختَر سِواكَ وَيَرتَجي

لِذَلِكَ لَم يَختَر سِواكَ وَيَرتَجي

رضاك بِهِ فَالقَول فيكَ جَميل

رضاك بِهِ فَالقَول فيكَ جَميل

That is why it chose none but you, and seeks

That is why none was chosen but you and hopes

Your approval of it; for the words spoken of you are fair.

Your acceptance with it so the words about you are beautiful