1. Your fortune in life is beautiful,
So rejoice and let the beautiful rejoice,
١. نِينَتُ حَظُّكِ فِي الحَيَاةِ جَمِيلُ
فَتَهَنَإِي وَلْيَهنَأَنَّ جَمِيلُ
2. And in our desire for abundant bounty,
There is plenty of goodness and little evil.
٢. وَتَكَاثَرَاً نُعماً فَفِيما نَشْتَهِي
لَكُما كَثيرُ الطَّيِّبَاتِ قَلِيلُ
3. The burden of life shared
Is lightened, but alone it is heavy and gloomy.
٣. وَقْرُ الحَيَاةِ بِالاشْتِرَاكِ مَخَفَّفٌ
وَبِالانْفِرَادِ بَظَلَّ وَهْوَ ثَقِيلُ
4. How excellent is the Quran and love in the prime of youth,
Two harmonious friends.
٤. نِعْمَ القَرَانُ وَحُبَّ فِي شَرْخِ الصِّبَا
مُتَلاَقِيَانِ حَلِيلَةٌ وَحَلِيلُ
5. A blessed couple upon whom
Goodness has been bestowed. May the wreath crown their union.
٥. زَوْجَانِ بُورِكَ فِيهِمَا وَعَلَيْهِمَا
كَفُؤَانِ فَلْيَسْعِدْهُمَا الإِكْلِيلُ
6. Distinction - through it she is perfected.
She is like the rays in the rising of her star,
٦. هَذِي عَرُوسٌ أُوتِيَتْ مِنْ ربِّهَا
فَضْلاً لَهُ مِنْهَا بِهَا تَكْمِيلُ
7. And she has access to all hearts.
Speak without inhibition of the dream
٧. هِيَ كَالأَشِعَّةِ فِي تَنَائِي نَجْمِهَا
ولَهَا إِلى كُلِّ القُلُوبِ سَبِيلُ
8. That reason and tradition have adorned.
From a father who is a learned man,
٨. حَدِّثْ وَلاَ حَرَجٌ عَنِ الحُلمِ الَّذِي
قَدْ زَانَهُ المَعْقُولُ وَالمَنْقُولُ
9. Whose knowledge deserves veneration.
As for Jameel, he seeks high ideals,
٩. مِمَّا تَلَقَّتْ عَنْ أَبٍ هُوَ عَالِمٌ
عِلْمٍ يُحَقُّ لِقَدْرِهِ التَّبْجِيلُ
10. Refined, brilliant, noble.
In glory, his ancestors shone before him,
١٠. أَمَّا جَمِيلُ فهْوَ مَا تَبْغِي العُلَى
لَبِقٌ عِصَامِيُّ المَضَاءِ نَبِيلُ
11. And the future glorifies them equally.
He eschews the insignificant ambitions
١١. فِي المَجْدِ أَثَلَ مُنْجِبُوهُ قَبْلَهُ
ولَهُ الغَداةُ كَما لَهُمْ تَأْثِيلُ
12. Or seeks only the lofty goals.
My sons, live and enjoy the bounty,
١٢. يَدعُ اليَسِيرَ مِنَ المُرَامِ تَنَزُّهاً
أَو يَطْلُبُ المَطْلُوبَ وَهْوَ جَلِيلُ
13. A lifetime where contentment abounds.
Honor is plentiful, life enduring,
١٣. يَا ابْنَيَّ عِيشَا وَاغْنَمَا فِي نَعْمَةٍ
عُمْراً بِهِ سَبَبُ الرِّضَى مَوْصُولُ
14. And home filled with esteemed children.
١٤. العِزُّ ضَافِي وَالحَيَاةُ مَدِيدَةٌ
وَالبَيتُ بِالنَّسْلِ الكَرِيمِ حَفِيلُ