بدا مُسْتَهلاًّ بالبشارة يَهْتُفُ

بدا مُسْتَهلاًّ بالبشارة يَهْتُفُ

يقدِّمُ إنجازَ الهَنا ويُسَوِّفُ

يقدِّمُ إنجازَ الهَنا ويُسَوِّفُ

He appeared, giving his first cry, proclaiming glad tidings.

He began auspiciously with good tidings proclaiming

He hastens the fulfillment of joy, yet defers it.

Presenting the achievements of delight and deferring

ولاح لنا من ذلك الوجه نيّرٌ

ولاح لنا من ذلك الوجه نيّرٌ

هو البدر إلاَّ أنَّه ليس يُخْسَف

هو البدر إلاَّ أنَّه ليس يُخْسَف

And from that face a radiance shone upon us.

A bright face appeared to us, it was the full moon

He is the full moon, except that he is not eclipsed.

Except that it does not disappear

غلامٌ فأمّا حسْنُه فمفرَّقٌ

غلامٌ فأمّا حسْنُه فمفرَّقٌ

عليه وأمّا كونُه فمؤلّف

عليه وأمّا كونُه فمؤلّف

A boy—as for his beauty, it is spread

A youth, as for his beauty it is scattered

Over him; as for his being, it is a unified whole.

Upon him, and as for his being it is composed

يروق لعين الناظرين ببهجة

يروق لعين الناظرين ببهجة

تُعَرِّفُ من معناه ما ليس يُعْرَف

تُعَرِّفُ من معناه ما ليس يُعْرَف

He delights the eye of beholders with a radiance

Pleasing to the eyes of onlookers with gladness

That reveals what is otherwise unknown about his essence.

Which makes known from its meaning what is not known

تَبَسَّم ثَغْر الأُنس حين وجوده

تَبَسَّم ثَغْر الأُنس حين وجوده

كما ابتسمت صَهْباء في الكأس قرقف

كما ابتسمت صَهْباء في الكأس قرقف

The mouth of delight smiled when he came into being,

The mouth of companionship smiled at his existence

As potent, tawny wine smiled in the cup.

As white flowers smiled in a goblet

قرأنا عليه للسَّعادة أسطراً

قرأنا عليه للسَّعادة أسطراً

لها من معاني ذلك الحسن أحرف

لها من معاني ذلك الحسن أحرف

We read upon him lines of good fortune,

We read in him lines of happiness

Whose letters are drawn from the meanings of that beauty.

With meanings from that beauty as letters

يحاكي أباه بالمحاسن كلِّها

يحاكي أباه بالمحاسن كلِّها

ويوصف بالنعت الَّذي فيه يوصف

ويوصف بالنعت الَّذي فيه يوصف

He resembles his father in all his fine qualities,

He resembles his father in all perfections

And is described in the terms by which his father is described.

And is described with the attribute in which he is described

فبورك مولودٌ وبورك والدٌ

فبورك مولودٌ وبورك والدٌ

به الذكر يبقى والمحامد تخلف

به الذكر يبقى والمحامد تخلف

So blessed be the newborn, and blessed be the father:

So blessed is the newborn and blessed is the father

Through him remembrance endures, and virtues are carried on.

By whom remembrance remains and praise accumulates

وفي رَجَبٍ بالخير وافى فبَشَّروا

وفي رَجَبٍ بالخير وافى فبَشَّروا

بميلادِه والبشرُ إذ ذاك مسعف

بميلادِه والبشرُ إذ ذاك مسعف

And in Rajab he arrived with goodness, so they announced

And in Rajab he came with goodness, so give glad tidings

His birth, as gladness then lent its aid.

Of his birth, and glad tidings at that time were plentiful

وأسْمَعَ باستهلاله كلَّ مَسْمَعٍ

وأسْمَعَ باستهلاله كلَّ مَسْمَعٍ

يُقَرِّط آذانَ المنى ويشنّف

يُقَرِّط آذانَ المنى ويشنّف

And with his first cry he made himself heard by every ear;

And he made every hearing listen with his inauguration

He adorns the ears of hope with earrings and pendants.

Flapping the ears of wishes and freshening

وفي ذلك الميلاد أرِّخْ بقولنا

وفي ذلك الميلاد أرِّخْ بقولنا

وُلِدَتْ بأفراحٍ سليمانُ آصفُ

وُلِدَتْ بأفراحٍ سليمانُ آصفُ

And for that birth, record the date with our words:

And in that birth date with our words

Amid rejoicing, Sulayman Asif was born.

Suleiman was born with joys, protected