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O daughter of my uncle, verily the one

يا أبنة العم إن ذاك الذي

1. O daughter of my uncle, verily the one
Whose verses you extolled and art you deemed sublime

١. يَا ابْنَةَ العَمِّ إِنَّ ذَاكَ الَّذِي
أَكْبَرْتِ آيَاتِهِ وَأَعْظَمْتِ فَنَّهْ

2. Is no mere poet with whom you were alone
Except with sorrow he may sometimes rhyme

٢. لَيْسَ بِالشَّاعِرِ الَّذِي خِلْتِ إِلاَّ
عَبْرَةً قَدْ يَصُوغُهَا أَوْ أَنَّهْ

3. You lent him praise which he did not disown
Nor was he ever thankless for your time

٣. أَنْتِ أَقْرَضْتِهِ الثَّنَاءَ فَلَمْ يَرْ
دُدْ وَمَا كَانَ جَاحِداً لِلْمِنَّهْ

4. His heart knows virtue and tends
To every grace by kindness refined

٤. قَلْبُهُ يَعْرفُ الجَمِيلَ وَيَرْعَى
كُلَّ حُسْنَى أَعَارَهَا اللُّطْفُ حُسْنَهْ

5. Eloquence obeyed him best whene’er
He praised a father in depicting his son

٥. لَمْ يُطِعْهُ البَيَانُ أَطْوَعَ مَا كَا
نَ مَدِيحٌ لِوَالِدٍ يَصِفُ ابْنَهْ

6. And rhetoric itself would flow or err
Now easy, now halting—such habits it won

٦. وَلِسَانُ المِنْطِيقِ آناً لَهُ جَر
يٌ وَآناً يَعْرُوهُ عِيٌّ وَلُكْنَهْ

7. But joy has gladdened this day in me
My words flow freely, my task is simple and free

٧. غَيْرَ أَنَّ السُّرُورَ قَدْ أَسْعَدَ اليـ
ـومَ بَيَانِي وَخَلَّى فِكْرِي يَسِيرُ وَشَأْنَهْ

8. So congratulations, O bride, and O
My uncle’s son, enjoy the wedding’s boon

٨. فَاهْنَئِي أَيُّهَا العَرُوسُ وَيَا ابْنَ
العَمِّ فَاغْنَمْ سَعْدَ القِرَانِ وَيُمْنَهْ

9. You are the finest of youths in nature and nurture
And keenest of kin in wisdom and prudence

٩. أَنْتَ أَرْقَى الشَّبَابِ خَلْقاً وَخُلْقاً
وَأَرَقُّ الأَتْرَابِ حِذْقاً وَفِطْنَهْ

10. Blessed by modesty, your face the beholder
Views joyfully, though invited to temptation

١٠. وَهْيَ وَجْهُ العَفَافِ يَنْظُرُهَا الطَّرْ
فُ قَريراً وَإِنْ دَعَوْهَا بِفِتْنَهْ

11. May God bless you both and grace
Your life with joy and safety’s foundation

١١. بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكُمَا فَارْغَدَا عَيْشـ
ـاً وَذُوقَا صَفْوَ الزَّمَان وَأَمْنَهْ