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May God prolong your shade, O Sa'eed

أمد الله ظلك يا سعيد

1. May God prolong your shade, O Sa'eed
Upon me, for it is lasting shade

١. أَمَدَّ اللهُ ظِلَّكَ يا سِعِيدُ
عَلَيَّ فَإِنَّهُ الظِّلُّ الْمَدِيدُ

2. And you live accompanying eternity forever
With you are auspicious days and good fortune

٢. وَعِشْتَ تُصاحِبُ الدُّنْيا خُلُوداً
وَتَصْحَبُكَ الأَيامِنُ وَالسُّعُودُ

3. If someone like you protects me
None like you exist in existence

٣. إِذا ما كانَ مِثْلُكَ لِي مُجِيراً
وَمِثْلُكَ لا يَجُودُ بِهِ الْوُجُودُ

4. Though I wish the distant near
And fear the near is far

٤. فَإِنَّ بَعِيدَ ما أَرْجُو قَرِيبٌ
وَإِنَّ قَرِيبَ ما أَخْشى بَعِيدُ

5. You exceeded all people in generosity and munificence
Your excellence is generosity and munificence

٥. عَلَوْتَ بَنِي الوَرى كَرَماً وَجُوداً
وَحَسْبُكَ مِنْ عُلىً كَرَمٌ وَجُودُ

6. A father raised you, raised by the best of ancestors
Thus fathers are raised by ancestors

٦. نَماكَ أَبٌ نَماهُ خَيْرُ جَدٍّ
كَذا الآباءُ تَنْمِيها الْجُدُوُدُ

7. They began nobility, so they ascended in nobility
And you return the good they began

٧. هُمُ بَدَءُوا الْعُلى فَسَمَوْا عُلُوَّاً
وَأَنْتَ لِخَيْرِ ما بَدَؤُوا مُعِيدُ

8. The virtues of a people were never denied
Your good manners bear witness to them

٨. وَما جُحِدَتْ مَحاسِنُ فَخْرِ قَوْمٍ
خَلائِقُكَ الْحِسانُ بِها شُهُودُ

9. If the world prostrated to the most righteous of creations
In friendship and in yearning, prostration would be your right

٩. وَلَوْ سَجَدَ الوَرَى لأَبَرِّ خَلْقٍ
يَداً وَنَدىً لَحُقَّ لَكَ السُّجُودُ

10. You closed all glory from others
When the singular master dominated

١٠. وَسُدْتَ فَما أَحَقَّ بِكُلِّ مَجْدٍ
سِواكَ إِذا تَفَرَّدَ مَنْ يَسُودُ