عَليُّ لا زِلتَ مسروراً بسلمان

عَليُّ لا زِلتَ مسروراً بسلمان

مَسَرَّةً تتمنَّى مُنذُ أزمانِ

مَسَرَّةً تتمنَّى مُنذُ أزمانِ

Ali, may you never cease rejoicing in Salman,

Ali, you have always been delighted with Salman

With a joy you have wished for through the ages.

A delight you have wished for since long ago

قد أعْلَنْتَ بالتهاني فهيَ معلنة

قد أعْلَنْتَ بالتهاني فهيَ معلنة

كما نؤمّلُ فيها أيَّ إعلان

كما نؤمّلُ فيها أيَّ إعلان

You have proclaimed the congratulations, and they are public,

You announced your congratulations, so they are announced

Just as we hope they should be—what a proclamation!

As we hope for any announcement

فلا تزال مدى الأيام في طربٍ

فلا تزال مدى الأيام في طربٍ

مُنَعَّم البال في رَوحٍ وريحان

مُنَعَّم البال في رَوحٍ وريحان

So may you remain in delight throughout your days,

So you will always be in joy throughout the days

At ease in mind, amid repose and fragrant basil.

With a content mind and spirit of delight

وسرّك الله في تزويج ذي شرف

وسرّك الله في تزويج ذي شرف

من دوحة من علاء ذات أفنان

من دوحة من علاء ذات أفنان

And may God gladden you in the marriage of a man of honor,

May God bless you in marrying the honorable

From a spreading tree of eminence, full of branches.

From Doha, from the eminent with beauties

وخير ما أَنْتَ قد زوّجتَ من ولد

وخير ما أَنْتَ قد زوّجتَ من ولد

كفواً بكفوٍ وأقراناً بأقران

كفواً بكفوٍ وأقراناً بأقران

And how well you have given a son in marriage—

And the best whom you have married your son to

An equal with an equal, and peers with peers.

Is equal to equal, and peers to peers

هنّيتُه بسرور في تزّوجه

هنّيتُه بسرور في تزّوجه

ولو درى بسروري فيه هنَّاني

ولو درى بسروري فيه هنَّاني

I congratulated him joyfully on his marriage;

I congratulated him with joy on his marriage

And had he known my joy in it, he would have congratulated me.

If only he knew my joy in him, he would congratulate me

أسْدَيتَها مِنّةً بات الهناء بها

أسْدَيتَها مِنّةً بات الهناء بها

يُعيد آثار أفراح بأعيان

يُعيد آثار أفراح بأعيان

You bestowed it as a favor; through it, happiness spent the night

You have bestowed a favor on him, joy has remained through it

Reviving traces of rejoicing among notables.

Reviving the effects of joy in notables

فَضْلٌ من الله ما تسديه من منن

فَضْلٌ من الله ما تسديه من منن

تجرُّ في حَلَبات الفضل أرساني

تجرُّ في حَلَبات الفضل أرساني

The favors you bestow are grace from God;

A blessing from God is what you confer of favors

They draw my reins through the racecourses of generosity.

Dragging behind in the racecourses of virtue my banners

يا متبعاً هبة الأولى بثانية

يا متبعاً هبة الأولى بثانية

وطالما تتبع الحسنى بإحسان

وطالما تتبع الحسنى بإحسان

O you who follow a first gift with a second,

O you who followed the first gift with a second

And how often you follow a good deed with kindness!

And you have always followed goodness with benevolence

شكراً لأيديك ما زلت تفيض لنا

شكراً لأيديك ما زلت تفيض لنا

مناهلَ الجود تروي كل ظمآن

مناهلَ الجود تروي كل ظمآن

Thanks to your hands: you never cease pouring forth for us

Thank you to your hands that still overflow upon us

Wellsprings of generosity that quench every thirsty person.

The springs of generosity quenching every thirsty one

تنهلُّ ما اعترض العافي سماحتها

تنهلُّ ما اعترض العافي سماحتها

فأنتَ والعارض المنهل سيّان

فأنتَ والعارض المنهل سيّان

They pour forth whenever a petitioner approaches their bounty;

You attain whatever fine trait has opposed its generosity

So you and the rain-pouring cloud are alike.

So you and the fine opposer are equal

عَلَتْ برِفْعَتِك السادات وافتخَرتْ

عَلَتْ برِفْعَتِك السادات وافتخَرتْ

حتَّى لقد خِلْتَها تعلو لكيوان

حتَّى لقد خِلْتَها تعلو لكيوان

The lords have risen through your eminence and taken pride,

Through your eminence the masters have risen and taken pride

Till you indeed thought them rising up to Kiwan.

To the point that you have made them rise above Canopus

وكيفَ لا تتعالى سادة نجب

وكيفَ لا تتعالى سادة نجب

فيها عليٌّ عليُّ القدر والشان

فيها عليٌّ عليُّ القدر والشان

And how could noble lords not rise high,

And how could eminent masters not rise high

When Ali is among them, exalted in rank and standing?

When amongst them is Ali, Ali of esteem and glory

فكم تجلّى لنا من وجهه قمرٌ

فكم تجلّى لنا من وجهه قمرٌ

فراح يجلو به همّي وأحزاني

فراح يجلو به همّي وأحزاني

And how many a moon has shone for us from his face,

So how much a moon has appeared to us through his face

So he began dispelling my worry and sorrows with it.

Then it went to dispel my worries and sorrows

الله أبقى بكم في الذكر خالده

الله أبقى بكم في الذكر خالده

وكل ذكر خلا أبنائكم فان

وكل ذكر خلا أبنائكم فان

God has preserved through you what endures in remembrance,

May God make you always immortal in remembrance

And all remembrance, save that of your sons, is fleeting.

And every remembrance is devoid of your children so it perishes

به التقى قمرا حسن سما بهما

به التقى قمرا حسن سما بهما

في المجد والتفَّ غصن البان بالبان

في المجد والتفَّ غصن البان بالبان

Through him two moons of beauty met; with them he rose

Through it a beautiful moon has met them

In glory, and a bān branch entwined with a bān tree.

In glory and twining branch with branch

يهنيكم آل بيت المصطفى فرحٌ

يهنيكم آل بيت المصطفى فرحٌ

عمَّ البريَّةِ من قاصٍ ومن دان

عمَّ البريَّةِ من قاصٍ ومن دان

A joy gladdens you, O family of the Chosen One's household,

Congratulations to you, family of Mustafa, a joy

That has embraced all creation, those far away and those near.

Which has encompassed the land from every seer and worshipper

فسَرَّكم ما رأيتم والسماع به

فسَرَّكم ما رأيتم والسماع به

سماع هاتف للبشرى بألحان

سماع هاتف للبشرى بألحان

So what you saw gladdened you; hearing of it was

So your delight in what you have seen and heard of it

Hearing a voice proclaim glad tidings in melodies.

Is hearing a herald with tidings and melodies

فقال والقول للداعي مُؤَرِّخُه

فقال والقول للداعي مُؤَرِّخُه

سُروركم دامَ في تزويج سلمان

سُروركم دامَ في تزويج سلمان

Then its chronicler said—the words are the supplicant's—

So the speaker said, its chronicler,

May your joy endure in Salman's marriage.

May your joy persist in Salman's marriage