أهنيكَI congratulate you بالعيدِon Eid السعيدِjoyous قدومهits arrival
أهنيكَ بالعيدِ السعيدِ قدومه
وأشكرand I give thanks برًّاa kindness أنتَyou منfrom قبلُbefore واهبهits bestower
وأشكر برًّا أنتَ من قبلُ واهبه
I congratulate you on Eid’s joyous arrival.
And give thanks for a kindness you had already bestowed.
لعمرِيby my life قدindeed أصبحتyou have become عينَthe eye زمانناour age
لعمرِي قد أصبحت عينَ زماننا
فياso, oh حبَّذاhow splendid عينُthe eye الزمانthe age وحاجبهand its eyebrow (also: chamberlain)
فيا حبَّذا عينُ الزمان وحاجبه
By my life, you have become the eye of our age;
So, how splendid are the age’s eye and its eyebrow!
Sol 6.1