زعم الناس أن للسَّعْدِ نَجْماً

زعم الناس أن للسَّعْدِ نَجْماً

واحداً لا يزيدُ أَوْ نَجْمَيْنِ

واحداً لا يزيدُ أَوْ نَجْمَيْنِ

People claimed that good fortune has a star—

People claim that good fortune has but one star,

one, no more—or two stars.

Or two stars at most, and no more.

قلتُ مهلاً ستلتقي الشمس والبد

قلتُ مهلاً ستلتقي الشمس والبد

رُ فكَمْ يُطْلِعانِ من سَعْدين

رُ فكَمْ يُطْلِعانِ من سَعْدين

I said, “Wait: the sun will meet the full

But wait, I said, the sun and the moon will meet,

moon—how many pairs of lucky stars they will cause to rise!

And so how many stars of good fortune will rise?

سَتُلاقِي الإمامَ عمَّا قليلٍ

سَتُلاقِي الإمامَ عمَّا قليلٍ

بنتُ مولاه سيِّدِ المَغْربَين

بنتُ مولاه سيِّدِ المَغْربَين

Soon the Imam will be met

The Imam will soon encounter

by the daughter of his lord, master of the two Wests.

The daughter of his Master, Lord of the Two Maghrebs.

وسيُعطَى الإمَامُ منها سعوداً

وسيُعطَى الإمَامُ منها سعوداً

كلها للإمام قُرَّةُ عَيْنِ

كلها للإمام قُرَّةُ عَيْنِ

And through her the Imam will be granted lucky stars,

And she will grant the Imam much happiness -

all of them a delight to the Imam’s eyes.”

All her joy belongs to the Imam, delight of her eye.