1. أيا مَنْ له همّةٌ في العُلى

    لذروتها أَبداً فارِعَهْ

    O you whose ambition, set on the heights,

    forever soars to their summit;

  2. ومَن كفُّه ديمةٌ ما تزا

    لُ بالعرفِ هاميةٌ هامعَهْ

    and you whose hand is a steady rain, never

    ceasing to pour and stream with bounty;

  3. وللفضلِ في سوقِ أَفضالهِ

    بضائعٌ نافقةٌ نافعَهْ

    and excellence, in the market of his favors, has

    wares that sell briskly and do good.

  4. وهل كابنِ عَصْرون في عصرِنا

    إمامٌ أَدلّتُهُ قاطعَهْ

    And is there anyone like Ibn ʿAsrun in our age—

    an imam whose proofs are conclusive?

  5. فخيرُ فوائدهِ جمّةٌ

    وبحرُ مواردهِ واسعَهْ

    For the good he bestows is abundant,

    and the sea of his resources is vast.

  6. أَيا شرفَ الدِّينِ شَرَّفتني

    بإهداءِ رائقةٍ رائعَهْ

    O Sharaf al-Din, you have honored me

    with a gift both exquisite and wondrous.

  7. أَطعتُ أَوامرَكَ السّامياتِ

    وما برحتْ همّتي طائعَهْ

    I obeyed your lofty commands,

    and my resolve has remained obedient.

  8. أَرى كلَّ جارحةٍ لي تودْ

    دُ لو أَنَّها أُذنٌ سامعَهْ

    I see every limb of mine wishing

    that it were a listening ear.

  9. وأَما الشِّتاءُ وكافاتُه

    وكفُّكَ عن كفِّهِ الرابعَهْ

    As for winter and its kāfs,

    and your holding back from its fourth hand—

  10. فنفسي تُطيقُ إذا لم تكنْ

    بميسورِ سَيِّدِنا قانعَهْ

    my soul can endure, if it is not

    content with what our master can provide.