1. بِفَضلِكُم السامي الوجود تلالا

    وأشرق مِنكُم بَهجة وَجمالا

    Through your exalted grace, existence sparkled,

    And shone, from you, with splendor and beauty.

  2. بَني المُصطفى مِن سركم وَقتنا صَفا

    فَتاه عَلى كُل الجِهات دلالا

    Sons of the Chosen One, through your secret our time grew serene,

    And vaunted itself over every region in proud charm.

  3. سَمَت بِكُم الدُنيا فَأَنتُم لأَهلِها

    فَفاقا عَلى كُل البِلاد وَطالا

    Through you the world rose high; you are there for its people,

    And so it surpassed all lands and towered high.

  4. وَأَنتُم لِهَذا الكَون قُطب رحاهم

    وَلَولاكُم ماد الوُجود وَمالا

    For this universe, you are the axle of their millstone;

    Without you, existence would sway and lean.

  5. بجدكم العالي وَمن مثل جدكم

    سَمَونا عَلى كُل القُرون كَمالا

    Through your exalted forefather—and who is like your forefather?—

    We rose above all generations in perfection.

  6. فَنَحنُ خيار الناس مِن كُل أمة

    بخير نبي للإله تَعالى

    So we are the choicest of people, from every nation,

    Through the finest prophet of God, exalted is He.

  7. فَيا دَوحة الأَشراف مِن آل هاشم

    سَقَيتُم مِن الغَيث الهتون زلالا

    O spreading tree of the noble, from the house of Hashim,

    You have given pure, sweet water from the pouring rain.

  8. تفرقتم بَين البِلاد فَكُنتُم

    لغرتها في الخافِقين هِلالا

    You dispersed among the lands, and became

    A crescent upon their brow, in the east and west.

  9. فَيا ساكني الحَدباء قَد شاقني الهَوى

    إِلَيكُم وَأَما للعذيب فَلا لا

    O dwellers of al-Hadba, love has stirred my longing

    For you; but as for al-Udhayb—no, no.

  10. نَزَلتُم بِها لَكِنكُم طار ذكركم

    إِلى مُنتَهى الدُنيا وَلَيسَ محالا

    You settled there, yet your renown flew

    To the world's farthest end—and that is not impossible.

  11. لَئن كُنتُم غَيثاً همى في بيوتها

    فَوابله عم الوجود وَسالا

    If indeed you were rain pouring in its houses,

    Its downpour then encompassed existence and streamed forth.

  12. وَإِن كُنتُم بَدراً بَدا في سَمائِها

    فَكَم ضوؤه في المشرقين تلالا

    And if you were a full moon that appeared in its sky,

    How often, then, its light has sparkled in the two easts!

  13. سَمعت بِكُم لا يَعدم اللَه ظلكم

    فَقَد صرتُم للعالَمين ظِلالا

    I heard of you—may God never take away your shade—

    For you have become shade for all the worlds—

  14. أَحاديث فَضل لا يمل سَماعها

    وَإِن أَطنب التالي لَها وَأَطالا

    Tales of excellence one never tires of hearing,

    Even when their reciter speaks at length and prolongs them.

  15. مُسلسلة بِالمَكرمات عَبيرها

    تَضوع نَشراً لِلقُلوب وَغالى

    Linked in a chain of noble deeds, their fragrance

    Has spread its scent into hearts beyond all measure.

  16. يُكررها الشادي فَلم يلف صاحياً

    لِخَمرتها إِلا استمالَ وَمالا

    The singer repeats them, finding no sober listener

    Without drawing him to their wine, whereupon he sways.

  17. فَيا مَن بِه يحبى الفُؤاد تَرَكتَني

    عَلى البُعد شَوقاً لا أحير مَقالا

    O you through whom the heart is graced, you have left me

    Far away, so full of longing I cannot utter a word.

  18. وَيا سَيداً سادَ الوَرى بِجدوده

    لَقَد طبت أَفعالاً وَسدت خِصالا

    O master who excelled mankind through his forefathers,

    Indeed, noble are your deeds and supreme your qualities.

  19. وَيا أَيُها البَحر الَّذي صارَ وَرده

    لِمَن جاءَ يَستسقي النَوال زُلالا

    O sea whose draught has become

    Pure, sweet water for whoever comes seeking a drink of bounty.

  20. وَيا أَيُّها الغَيث الَّذي في الوَرى هَمى

    وَلَكنهُ فَوقَ العفاة تَوالى

    O rain that poured among mankind,

    Yet fell in ceaseless succession upon seekers of bounty.

  21. وَيا عالم الدُنيا وَعالم أَهلها

    وَمَن مَلأَ السَبع الطِباق جَلالا

    O scholar of the world and scholar of its people,

    And you who filled the seven tiers of heaven with majesty,

  22. وَنحريرها المَولى الَّذي ضاءَ نوره

    فَلم تلف حيفاً في الدنا وَضَلالا

    And its consummate scholar, the master whose light shone,

    So you found no injustice or error in the worlds.

  23. وَيا ابن رَسول اللَه وَابن ابن عَمه

    كَفاكَ بِهَذا سُؤدداً وَكَمالا

    O son of God's Messenger, and son of his cousin,

    This suffices you for nobility and perfection.

  24. وَيا بضعة الأَطهار مِن آل هاشم

    لَقَد فقت أَهلاً في العِباد وَآلا

    O piece of the pure ones' flesh, from the house of Hashim,

    Indeed, among mankind you excel in kindred and lineage.

  25. حَلَلت مِن الدُنيا مَحلاً لَقَد غَدا

    بِوجنَتِها يا ابنَ الأَكارم خالا

    You occupied a place in the world that has indeed become

    A beauty mark upon its cheek, O son of the noble.

  26. وَقُمت مَقاماً لَو يَقوم بِحَمله

    كَواهل ثَهلان لَصارَ مهالا

    You upheld a station: if its burden were borne by

    The shoulders of Thahlan, it would become loose sand.

  27. وَأَظهرت بِالعلم الشَريف أَخا التُقى

    حَراماً لِمَن يَبغي الهُدى وَحالا

    You made clear through noble learning, O brother of piety,

    For those seeking guidance, the forbidden and the lawful.

  28. وَكَم لَكُم مِن نعمة غب نعمة

    يَميناً كَتَمتُم سرها وَشمالا

    How many favors you have given, favor after favor,

    To right and left, keeping their secret concealed.

  29. وَكانَ الوَرى قَبلا عيالاً لجدكم

    فَصاروا لَكُم في ذا الزَمان عِيالا

    Formerly, mankind were dependents of your forefather,

    So in this age they have become your dependents.

  30. مَدَحتك يا ابن الأَكرَمين تَطفلاً

    وَإِن ضقت في نادي المذيع مَجالا

    I praised you, O son of the noblest, as an interloper,

    Though my scope was narrow in the herald's assembly.

  31. فَلا زلت مَرفوع اللِواء موفقاً

    مَصوناً بِتَأييد الإله تَعالى

    May your banner remain raised, and may you be granted success,

    Protected by the support of God, exalted is He.