أذِنتْ لكَ العلياءُ نازِحُها

أذِنتْ لكَ العلياءُ نازِحُها

فبعيدُ كل فضيلةٍ كَثَبُ

فبعيدُ كل فضيلةٍ كَثَبُ

Glory's distant heights have granted you access;

The virtuous have allowed you their virtues,

so the distant reach of every virtue is close at hand.

So excellence is far from any arrogance.

وبَرَعْتَ في بأسٍ وفي كَرَمٍ

وبَرَعْتَ في بأسٍ وفي كَرَمٍ

فالحاسِدانِ البيضُ والسُّحُبُ

فالحاسِدانِ البيضُ والسُّحُبُ

And you have excelled in valor and in generosity,

You have excelled in valor and in generosity,

so white blades and clouds are your two enviers.

So the envious are the white clouds and gray clouds.

وغَدا الشُّهودَ بما فضلْتَ بهِ

وغَدا الشُّهودَ بما فضلْتَ بهِ

السَّيفُ والأقلامُ والكتُبُ

السَّيفُ والأقلامُ والكتُبُ

And now the witnesses to the qualities in which you excel are

The witnesses have declared what you surpassed in:

the sword, the pens, and the books.

The sword, the pens, and the books.

وحَباكَ فاخِرَ كل مكْرُمةٍ

وحَباكَ فاخِرَ كل مكْرُمةٍ

فاتتْ سواك السعي والنسبُ

فاتتْ سواك السعي والنسبُ

And you were endowed with the finest of all noble distinctions—

Every glory has loved you, excelling one,

distinctions that eluded others—by endeavor and lineage.

So, apart from you, endeavor and lineage missed the mark.

فبَهاءُ دينِ اللّهِ أنتَ بهِ

فبَهاءُ دينِ اللّهِ أنتَ بهِ

شَهِدَ الفَعالُ واُسْجِلَ اللَّقبُ

شَهِدَ الفَعالُ واُسْجِلَ اللَّقبُ

Thus you are the Splendor of God's Faith; to this

You are the splendor of the religion of God through which

your deeds bore witness, and the title was recorded.

The active bore witness and the title was recorded.

يُزْهي القوافيَ اِذْ مُدحْتَ بها

يُزْهي القوافيَ اِذْ مُدحْتَ بها

الداعيانِ العُجْبُ والطَّرَبُ

الداعيانِ العُجْبُ والطَّرَبُ

The rhymes, since you were praised in them, are filled with pride

It adorns rhymed prose when you are praised in it,

by the twin impulses of pride and rapture,

Inciting wonder and joy.

مَرَحاً بذكرِ حُلاحِلٍ نَدُسٍ

مَرَحاً بذكرِ حُلاحِلٍ نَدُسٍ

ما في كمالِ فَخارهِ ريَبُ

ما في كمالِ فَخارهِ ريَبُ

exulting at the mention of a mighty, discerning chief,

Joyfully mentioning polished swords and spears

whose glory's perfection admits no doubt.

With no doubt in the perfection of their pride.

فَلْيهنِ عصراً أنت واحدهُ

فَلْيهنِ عصراً أنت واحدهُ

فضلاً وبعضُ شهورهِ رجَبُ

فضلاً وبعضُ شهورهِ رجَبُ

So may an age be gladdened—you are its peerless one

So you alone are an era, excelling

in excellence, and Rajab is among its months—

In virtue, and some of its months are Rajab.

اِقبالُ جَدِّكَ صاعِداً أبداً

اِقبالُ جَدِّكَ صاعِداً أبداً

لا يرْتقيهِ الخَطْبُ والنُّوبُ

لا يرْتقيهِ الخَطْبُ والنُّوبُ

by your fortune's advance, forever ascending,

The ascent of your ancestors forever,

beyond the reach of calamity and misfortune.

Unattainable by any ambition or climbing of heights.

وبقيتَ ما سَجعَ الحمامُ وما

وبقيتَ ما سَجعَ الحمامُ وما

جَنَّ الظَّلامُ ودارَتِ الحِقَبُ

جَنَّ الظَّلامُ ودارَتِ الحِقَبُ

And may you endure as long as doves coo, and as long as

You remain as long as the doves moan and

darkness falls and the ages revolve.

As long as darkness gathers and eras revolve.