1. أعلامُك الحمر فوق السُّفْن خافقة

    وريح سعدك تجريها على قَدَرِ

    Your red banners flutter above the ships,

    And the wind of your good fortune drives them as ordained.

  2. ما إن رفعت قِسيَّ السُّفُن في وطن

    إلا ونلت قصيّ السؤال والوطر

    Never did you raise the ships' bows in a land

    Without attaining the furthest reach of wish and desire.

  3. قالوا السفائن فوق البَرّ ذا عجب

    من غير بحر ولا موج ولا غَرَرِ

    They said, “Ships above dry land—what a wonder,

    With neither sea nor wave nor peril!”

  4. فقلت آثار مولانا التي سفرت

    لنا العناية عن آياتها الكُبَرِ

    So I said, “Our lord's works, revealed

    To us by Providence through their mighty signs,

  5. تجري بريح سعود في بحار ندى

    تُغني بنائك عن بحر وعن مطرِ

    Sail on a wind of good fortune through seas of bounty

    That spare your building any need for sea or rain.”

  6. لله يوم عجيب الصنع ذو أثر

    مُحجَلٌ رائق الأوضاح والغُرَرِ

    God be praised for a day of wondrous work, leaving its mark,

    White-socked, lovely in its white markings and forehead blazes.

  7. استبشر الناس فيه بالصنيع وقد

    تضمّن البشر في وردِ وفي صَدَرِ

    The people rejoiced that day at the fine deed, and indeed it

    Held gladness in coming and in going.

  8. زجرتُه بشفاء قد أتاك كما

    يُرضي علاك جميل الخُبر والخَبر

    I read it as an omen of healing, now come to you as

    Pleases your eminence, fair in experience and report.

  9. إذا شكوتَ فكلّ الكون ذو وصبٍ

    فأنت منه مَكان السمع والبصرِ

    If you ail, the whole universe is sick,

    For you hold within it the place of hearing and sight.

  10. ومن شكا بأليم الوجد في بصر

    فقد تعوّد غير السُّهد والسَّفر

    And whoever suffers painful anguish in his sight

    Has grown accustomed to the ravages of sleeplessness and travel.

  11. فَأَسْأَلُ اللهَ ربَّ العرش من لُطُفٍ

    يسري إليك بها أنعام مقتدرِ

    So I ask God, Lord of the Throne, for acts of grace

    Through which the Almighty's bounty may flow to you,

  12. وأن يُدافع عن ذات بحُرمتها

    تعوّد الخلقُ لطف الله في القدرِ

    And that He defend a person through whose sacred standing

    Creation has grown accustomed to God's kindness in His decrees.