بإحيا علوم الدين تحيا قلوبنا

ويكشف عن غمنا وكروبنا

Through the Revival of the Religious Sciences, our hearts come alive,

And our sorrow and afflictions are dispelled.

كتاب حوى العلم الذي هو نافع

مؤلفة أستاذنا وطبيبنا

A book containing knowledge that is beneficial;

Its author is our teacher and our physician.

كتاب حوى علم الكتاب وسنة

وما قاله أواهنا ومنيبنا

A book containing knowledge of the Book and the Sunnah,

And what our sighing supplicant and our penitent one have said.

مواريث أسلاف لنا وأئمة

مضوا وعلى آثارهم مستجيبنا

Legacies of our predecessors and imams

Who have passed on; our willing follower follows in their footsteps.

إذا نشرت أعلامه وعلومه

وأبصرها علامنها ومصيبنا

When its banners and sciences are spread abroad,

And our learned one and our discerning one behold them,

تحقق أن القلم فيه بأسره

ولم يسترب في مثل هذا أريبنا

He is certain that the pen is wholly contained in it,

And our discerning one has no doubt about such a thing.

وقد أطنب الشيخ الإمام بوصفه

أبو المكرمات العيدروس حبيبنا

And indeed, the shaykh, the imam, has described it at length—

Abu al-Makrumat, al-Aydarus, our beloved.

وكم غيره من عارف ومحقق

وحبر عليم والإله حسيبنا

And how many others besides him—gnostics and rigorous scholars,

And erudite authorities; and God is our Reckoner.

وتمت وصلى اللَه في كل ساعة

على أحمد الهادي شفيع ذنوبنا

And it is complete; may God send blessings at every hour

Upon Ahmad, the guide, the intercessor for our sins.