قاضي القضاةِ وعالم العُلَما الَّذي

قاضي القضاةِ وعالم العُلَما الَّذي

أحيى من المجدِ الأَثيلِ رُفاتا

أحيى من المجدِ الأَثيلِ رُفاتا

Judge of judges and scholar of scholars, who

The judge of judges, the scholar of scholars

Revived the crumbled remains of ancient glory;

Who revived the ancient glory from its ashes

مَنْ غنْ جَرَتْ مَعَهُ الفحولُ إلى مدى

مَنْ غنْ جَرَتْ مَعَهُ الفحولُ إلى مدى

قصرتْ خطاهمْ عَن خُطاه وَفَاتا

قصرتْ خطاهمْ عَن خُطاه وَفَاتا

He who—[if] the great masters raced beside him toward a goal—

Who the heroes marched with to the farthest horizons

Their strides would fall short of his, and he would outstrip them;

Yet their strides fell short of matching his own

مَنْ لا يدانيهِ عُلىً ونَبَاهَةً

مَنْ لا يدانيهِ عُلىً ونَبَاهَةً

مَنْ ظَلّ في كَسْب الفخارِ وبَاتا

مَنْ ظَلّ في كَسْب الفخارِ وبَاتا

He whom no one can rival in eminence and renown—

He whom none can equal in nobility and virtue

No one who spends day and night pursuing glory;

Who spent his nights acquiring pride and glory

مَن شَرّفَتْ وَهُمُ الكرامُ صِفاتُه

مَن شَرّفَتْ وَهُمُ الكرامُ صِفاتُه

مِنْ أَهْلِه الأحياءَ والأمْواتا

مِنْ أَهْلِه الأحياءَ والأمْواتا

He whose qualities ennobled them, noble as they are—

Whose qualities brought honor to the generous souls

The living and the dead among his kin.

Among both his living and departed people