جَزَى اللهُ خَيْراً سَيِّداً وَابْنَ سَيِّدٍ

جَزَى اللهُ خَيْراً سَيِّداً وَابْنَ سَيِّدٍوَعَلَّامَةً مِنْ آلِ طَهَ الأَطَايِبِ

Jazā Allāhu khayran sayyidan wabna sayyidin, Waʿallāmatan min ʾāli ṭaha al-ʾaṭāyibi

May Allah reward with good a master, son of a master, a great scholar from the pure family of Taha,

عَلَى جَمْعِهِ كُتُباً يَعِزُّ اجْتِمَاعُهَالِنَفْعِ عِبَادِ اللهِ مِنْ كُلِّ طَالِبِ

ʿalā jamʿihi kutuban yaʿizzu jtimāʿuhā, Linafʿi ʿibādi Allāhi min kulli ṭālibi

For collecting books that are rarely found together, for the benefit of Allah's servants, every seeker.

بِأَجْدَادِكُمْ قَدْ أَظْهَرَ اللهُ دِينَهُوَأَشْهَرَهُ فِي شَرْقِهَا وَالمَغَارِبِ

Biʾajdādikum qad aẓhara Allāhu dīnahu, Waʾashharahu fī sharqihā wa-al-maghāribi

Through your forefathers Allah made His religion prevail, and spread it throughout the East and the West.

وَأَنْتُمْ بِهَا مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ تَخْلُفُونَهُمْبِإِظْهَارِ دِينِ اللهِ مُعْطِي الرَّغَائِبِ

Waʾantum bihā min baʿdihim takhlufūnahum, Biʾiẓhāri dīni Allāhi muʿṭī ar-raghāʾibi

And you, after them, succeed them in this, making manifest the religion of Allah, the Giver of all hopes.

فَعِشْ صَالِحاً فِي غِبْطَةٍ وَسَعَادَةٍوَعَافِيَةٍ مِنْ كُلِّ بُؤْسٍ وَنَائِبِ

Faʿish ṣāliḥan fī ghibṭatin wasaʿādatin, Waʿāfiyatin min kulli buʾsin wanāʾibi

So live righteously, in contentment and happiness, and in well-being, safe from every hardship and misfortune,

وَفِي نِعَمٍ تَتْرَى وَعِزٍّ وَرِفْعَةٍتَدُومُ عَلَى رَغْمِ الحَسُودِ المُجَانِبِ

Wafī niʿamin tatrā waʿizzin warifʿatin, Tadūmu ʿalā raghmi al-ḥasūdi al-mujānibi

In blessings that follow one upon another, and in honour and eminence that endure despite the envious who keep their distance.

وَلَا زِلْتَ يَا ابْنَ الطَّاهِرِينَ مُوَفَّقاًوَمُحْتَلِياً أَسْنَى الحُلَى وَالمَنَاقِبِ

Walā zilta yā bna aṭ-ṭāhirīna muwaffaqan, Wamuḥtaliyan asnā al-ḥulā wa-al-manāqibi

May you never cease, O son of the pure ones, to be granted success, adorned with the most splendid ornaments and virtues.

وَلَا زَالَ فِي إِخْوَانِنَا وَرُبُوعِنَامِنَ العَلَوِيِّينَ الكِرَامِ المَنَاسِبِ

Walā zāla fī ikhwāninā warubūʿinā, Mina al-ʿalawiyyīna al-kirāmi al-manāsibi

And may there never cease to be among our brethren and in our lands, of the noble 'Alawis of fine lineage,

كَمِثْلِكُمُ يُحْيُونَ سُنَّةَ جَدِّهِمْعَلَى العِلْمِ وَالتَّقْوَى وَحِفْظِ المَرَاتِبِ

Kamithlikumu yuḥyūna sunnata jaddihim, ʿalā al-ʿilmi wa-at-taqwā waḥifẓi al-marātibi

Men like you who revive the Sunna of their grandfather through knowledge, piety and the keeping of ranks.