1. نهنى إمامَ المسلمين بغرفةٍ

    تعالتْ بعلياهُ على كلِّ منزلِ

    We congratulate the Imam of the Muslims on a chamber

    That, through his eminence, has risen above every dwelling.

  2. تعالتْ علوّاً سامِكاً في الذرى على

    ذرى كلِّ نجمٍ في السموات معتلى

    It rose to towering heights among the summits, above

    The summits of every star aloft in the heavens.

  3. حكت جنةَ الفردوسِ معنىً وصورةً

    فقاطنها طهرٌ ومالكها وَلِى

    It mirrored the Garden of Paradise in essence and form;

    For its dweller is purity itself, and its owner a saint.

  4. فراقتْ ورقَّتْ واستنارتْ وزينتْ

    بمرأى مليكٍ بالندى متفضلِ

    So it grew lovely and delicate, shone, and was adorned

    By the sight of a king generous with his bounty.

  5. لقد فضلتْ بنتاً على أخواتها

    كما فضلتَ آيُ الكتاب المنزَّلِ

    Indeed, this daughter has surpassed her sisters,

    Just as the verses of the revealed Book excel.

  6. ويجسدها من أجله كلُّ موضع

    من الأرضِ من سهلٍ سواها وأجْبُلِ

    And, for his sake, every place envies it—

    On earth—plains elsewhere and mountains alike.

  7. يَدِقُّ على الأفهامِ والفكر وصفُها

    فأوصافُنا عنها جميعاً بمرحلِ

    Its description is too subtle for understanding and thought;

    So all our descriptions remain a journey’s stage away from it.