يا سميّ الخَليل لا زلت تَرقى

يا سميّ الخَليل لا زلت تَرقى

رُتَب العز وَالبَها وَالسِيادهْ

رُتَب العز وَالبَها وَالسِيادهْ

O namesake of al-Khalil, may you ever ascend

O summit of glory, you continue to rise

the ranks of honor, splendor, and authority.

Through ranks of might, prestige, and rule

طبت أَصلاً وَقَد غَدَوت جَديراً

طبت أَصلاً وَقَد غَدَوت جَديراً

بِالمَقام المُنيف بَل وَزِياده

بِالمَقام المُنيف بَل وَزِياده

Noble in origin, you have become worthy

You were born noble, and have now become worthy

of the lofty station—indeed, of yet more.

Of the lofty station - nay, even beyond

شهد الفَضل أَن عَقلك فَرد

شهد الفَضل أَن عَقلك فَرد

وَعَلَيها إِجماع أَهل الإِجاده

وَعَلَيها إِجماع أَهل الإِجاده

Excellence has testified that your intellect is peerless,

Merit itself attests your peerless mind

and the masters of excellence are unanimous on this.

On which the masters of eloquence agree

صَح إِجماعهم فمن حاد منا

صَح إِجماعهم فمن حاد منا

كانَ مثل المرتد بَعد الشَهاده

كانَ مثل المرتد بَعد الشَهاده

Their consensus is valid; whoever among us strays

Their consensus is sound - whoever among us dissents

would be like an apostate after professing the faith.

Is like an apostate after professing faith

يا لَهُ منصباً تَفاخر لَما

يا لَهُ منصباً تَفاخر لَما

صارَ عَبداً وَقَد مَلَكت قِياده

صارَ عَبداً وَقَد مَلَكت قِياده

Oh, what a post! It gloried when

What a rank you take pride in since

it became your slave, and you took hold of its reins.

You became a servant, though you wield leadership

كَم بِهِ ماجد تَكمّل مَجداً

كَم بِهِ ماجد تَكمّل مَجداً

إِذ رَقاه وَنال مِنهُ مراده

إِذ رَقاه وَنال مِنهُ مراده

How many a noble man attained full glory through it,

How many a glorious one you perfect in glory

when he ascended it and gained from it his desire.

By raising him up and granting what he sought

أَنتَ شرّفته وَقَد كانَ يَرجو

أَنتَ شرّفته وَقَد كانَ يَرجو

قَبل ذا الوَقت أَن تَكون عِماده

قَبل ذا الوَقت أَن تَكون عِماده

You have ennobled it, and it had hoped,

You ennobled him, though before this time

before this time, that you would be its pillar.

He hoped you would be his pillar

رَأفة اللَه أَنتَ لَستَ تُهَنّا

رَأفة اللَه أَنتَ لَستَ تُهَنّا

بِالمَعالي وَقَد أَتَت منقاده

بِالمَعالي وَقَد أَتَت منقاده

You are God's mercy; you are not congratulated

God's mercy, you are not disgraced

on lofty honors, which have come in submission.

By the heights, which now come obedient

بَل تُهَنّا بَكَ المَعالي وَيَأبى ال

بَل تُهَنّا بَكَ المَعالي وَيَأبى ال

لَهُ إِلّا إتمامَ ما قَد أَراده

لَهُ إِلّا إتمامَ ما قَد أَراده

Rather, lofty honors are congratulated on you, and God will have

Rather, the heights are disgraced by you, and refuse

nothing but the fulfillment of what He has willed.

Anything but fulfilling what you desired

لَيتَني أُحسنُ المَدائح حَتّى

لَيتَني أُحسنُ المَدائح حَتّى

أَتَحلَّى بِمَدح رَب السَعاده

أَتَحلَّى بِمَدح رَب السَعاده

If only I excelled at panegyrics, so that

Would that I excel in praise, so that

I might adorn myself by praising the lord of felicity.

I may adorn myself in praising the Lord of joy