أُحْدِثَ بَابُ المَسجِدِ الجَامِعِ

أُحْدِثَ بَابُ المَسجِدِ الجَامِعِ

بِأمْرِ مَولاَنَا الرّضَا القَامِعِ

بِأمْرِ مَولاَنَا الرّضَا القَامِعِ

The gate of the congregational mosque was newly built

The door of the grand mosque was opened

By order of our esteemed lord, the subduer,

By order of our master, the suppressor of dissent

عَلِي بَاشَا بْنُ الحُسَينِ الذي

عَلِي بَاشَا بْنُ الحُسَينِ الذي

أحْسَنَ لِلمُعْتَرِّ وَالقَانِعِ

أحْسَنَ لِلمُعْتَرِّ وَالقَانِعِ

Ali Pasha, son of al-Husayn, who

Ali Pasha son of Al-Hussein who

Showed kindness to the seeker of aid and the contented poor.

Did good for the content and the needy

وَكَمْ لَهُ مِنْ خَصْلَةٍ أوجَبَتْ

وَكَمْ لَهُ مِنْ خَصْلَةٍ أوجَبَتْ

ثَنَاءَهُ لِلرَّائِي وَالسَّامِعِ

ثَنَاءَهُ لِلرَّائِي وَالسَّامِعِ

And how many a virtue of his has made

And how many virtues of his necessitated

His praise incumbent on the beholder and the hearer!

His praise by speaker and listener

جَازَاهُ ذُو الطَّولِ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ

جَازَاهُ ذُو الطَّولِ عَلَى فِعْلِهِ

مِنْ مَطْلَبِ المَتْبُوعِ وَالتَّابِعِ

مِنْ مَطْلَبِ المَتْبُوعِ وَالتَّابِعِ

May the Lord of Bounty reward him for his deed

May He of endless generosity reward him for his deed

With what the leader and the follower seek;

From the wishes of the leader and the follower

وَدَامَ فِي خَيْرٍ ولَمَّا اسْتَوَى

وَدَامَ فِي خَيْرٍ ولَمَّا اسْتَوَى

أرَّخْتُهُ بَابُ رِضىً وَاسِعِ

أرَّخْتُهُ بَابُ رِضىً وَاسِعِ

And may he remain in well-being; and when it was completed,

And may he live on in goodness and when he rose

I dated it: "A gate of ample favor."

I dated it, a door of vast approval