كذا أبداً نلتقي كلّ عيد

كذا أبداً نلتقي كلّ عيد

بسعد جديد وجد سعيد

بسعد جديد وجد سعيد

Thus we always meet at every feast,

Thus we always meet, every Eid

With fresh good fortune and a happy lot.

With new happiness and happy quests

لك الله من وافر بحرُه

لك الله من وافر بحرُه

بفضل بسيطٍ وظلٍّ مديد

بفضل بسيطٍ وظلٍّ مديد

God bless you—how abundant is your sea,

May God grant you abundant generosity

With expansive bounty and far-reaching shade!

With simple grace and lasting shade

وخير عمادٍ أعادت علاه

وخير عمادٍ أعادت علاه

وأعلت قواعد بيتٍ مشيد

وأعلت قواعد بيتٍ مشيد

And you are the finest pillar, whose eminence restored

And the best pillar that raised its glory

And raised the foundations of a lofty house.

And established the foundations of a splendid house

لو أنَّ بيوت العلى نظمت

لو أنَّ بيوت العلى نظمت

لأصبحَ بيتكَ بيتَ القصيد

لأصبحَ بيتكَ بيتَ القصيد

If the houses of glory were composed in verse,

If the houses of the exalted were to be composed into verse

Your house would be the poem’s crowning verse.

Your house would be the house of poetry

يقول الثنا فيه أما سجعت

يقول الثنا فيه أما سجعت

فإنك طوَّقت بالجود جيدي

فإنك طوَّقت بالجود جيدي

Praise says of him, “Have I not cooed?

It says with rhymed prose, have you not composed rhymes

For you have encircled my neck with generosity.”

For you have adorned goodness with necklaces

فيا لك من عيد نحر هناه

فيا لك من عيد نحر هناه

يقول لأبيات مدح أعيدي

يقول لأبيات مدح أعيدي

So, what a Feast of Sacrifice, whose joy

Oh what an Eid with sacrificed offerings

Says to verses of praise, “Repeat!”

It says to verses of praise, repeat

تنظم فيه عقود الثناءِ

تنظم فيه عقود الثناءِ

وفي البحر يحسن نظم العقود

وفي البحر يحسن نظم العقود

In it, necklaces of praise are strung,

In it compose necklaces of praise

And in the sea, the stringing of necklaces is lovely.

And composing strands in the sea is beautiful