لاحتshone forth عليكupon you منfrom الأسرارthe mysteries أنوارlights
لاحت عليك من الأسرار أنوار
وطيبُand the fragrance ذكركmention of you فاحتwafted fragrance منهُfrom it أزهارُblossoms
وطيبُ ذكرك فاحت منهُ أزهارُ
Lights from the mysteries have shone upon you,
Lights of secrets have shone upon you,
And blossoms have wafted their scent from the fragrance of your name.
And the mention of you has spread like flowers in bloom.
وأصبحتand there came to be منfrom أفانينvaried arts الثّناءpraise علىupon
وأصبحت من أفانين الثّناء على
أفنانboughs فضلكyour excellence فيin الافاقthe horizons أطيارُbirds
أفنان فضلك في الافاق أطيارُ
And now, from the varied arts of praise, upon
You have become the object of praise,
The boughs of your excellence across the horizons perch birds.
Your paramount virtues like birds across the horizons.
فأنتfor you حليٌan ornament بجيدat the neck of الدّهرTime مُنتظمٌstrung
فأنت حليٌ بجيد الدّهر مُنتظمٌ
بهupon it وأنتand you لهits سمعٌhearing وأبصارُand sight
به وأنت له سمعٌ وأبصارُ
For you are an ornament at Time's neck, strung
You are the necklace adorning the age, ordained for it,
Upon it; and you are its hearing and its sight.
Its hearing and its sight.
عمرتyou filled with life قلبيmy heart بأسرارwith the secrets of البيانeloquence فلمso ... did not
عمرت قلبي بأسرار البيان فلم
أخشىI fear عليهfor it الخلاdesolation إذsince أنتyou عمّارُa builder
أخشى عليه الخلا إذ أنت عمّارُ
You filled my heart with the secrets of eloquence, so I did not
You have filled my heart with the secrets of rhetoric,
Fear its desolation, since you are its builder.
So I fear no ruin for it since you are its restorer.