قَد زادَ في عَدَدِ الكِرامِ كَريمُ

قَد زادَ في عَدَدِ الكِرامِ كَريمُ

مَحضٌ صَريحٌ في الكِرامِ ضَميمُ

مَحضٌ صَريحٌ في الكِرامِ ضَميمُ

A noble one has been added to the ranks of the noble,

The noble one has increased the number of nobles

Pure, true-born, a new member among the noble.

Pure and frank among the nobles, an intimate

عالي المَحِلَّةِ لا يَزالُ كَأَنَّهُ

عالي المَحِلَّةِ لا يَزالُ كَأَنَّهُ

لِلعِزِّ قَرنٌ وَالسِماكِ نَديمُ

لِلعِزِّ قَرنٌ وَالسِماكِ نَديمُ

Lofty in station, he seems ever to be

Of lofty status, he remains as if he is

Glory’s peer and al-Simāk’s boon companion.

A companion to glory and its pillar

فَلِأَمرِهِ التَتميمُ كَيفَ تَصَرَّفَت

فَلِأَمرِهِ التَتميمُ كَيفَ تَصَرَّفَت

حالاتُهُ وَلِشَأنِهِ التَفخيمُ

حالاتُهُ وَلِشَأنِهِ التَفخيمُ

So may his affairs find fulfillment, whatever the turns

By his command enchantments revolve

Of his circumstances, and may his standing be exalted.

His states and by his affair glorifications

فَاِبشِر فَقَد وافاكَ يَومَ رَزَقتَهُ

فَاِبشِر فَقَد وافاكَ يَومَ رَزَقتَهُ

حَظٌّ بِتَخليدِ السُرورِ زَعيمُ

حَظٌّ بِتَخليدِ السُرورِ زَعيمُ

So rejoice: on the day you were granted him, there came to you

So receive good news, for the day you gained him

Good fortune that guarantees everlasting joy.

You got a share in making eternal joy supreme

فَرعٌ تَكَفَّلَ دَهرُهُ بِنَمائِهِ

فَرعٌ تَكَفَّلَ دَهرُهُ بِنَمائِهِ

حَتّى يَكُرُّ الدَهرُ وَهُوَ أَروَمُ

حَتّى يَكُرُّ الدَهرُ وَهُوَ أَروَمُ

A branch whose lifetime has pledged to nurture its growth,

A branch that time has undertaken to grow

Till time comes round and he is a rootstock.

Until time turns around and he is most mature

إِنَّ الهِلالَ يَصيرُ بَدراً كامِلاً

إِنَّ الهِلالَ يَصيرُ بَدراً كامِلاً

وَيَهُدُّ سَدَّ اللَيلِ وَهوَ بَهيمُ

وَيَهُدُّ سَدَّ اللَيلِ وَهوَ بَهيمُ

Indeed, the crescent becomes a perfect full moon,

Verily the crescent becomes a full moon

And shatters night’s barrier while night is pitch-black.

And it dispels the night's obstruction and it is shining

وَهُوَ الوَجيهُ إِذا تَبَدّى وَجهُهُ

وَهُوَ الوَجيهُ إِذا تَبَدّى وَجهُهُ

وَغَداً إِذا نَزَلَ العَظيمُ عَظيمُ

وَغَداً إِذا نَزَلَ العَظيمُ عَظيمُ

And he is eminent when his face appears,

And he is the eminent one when his face appears

And tomorrow, when great trouble descends, he will be great.

And tomorrow when the Almighty appears, mighty

وَجهٌ كَتَنويرِ الرِياضِ وَتَحتَهُ

وَجهٌ كَتَنويرِ الرِياضِ وَتَحتَهُ

خَلقٌ لِمَحسودِ الرِياحِ وَخيمُ

خَلقٌ لِمَحسودِ الرِياحِ وَخيمُ

A face like the flowering of gardens, and beneath it

A face like the illumination of gardens and beneath it

A nature that spells ruin for the envied among the winds.

A people envied by the prairie winds and sheltering

فَلِأَهلِهِ شَرَفٌ بِهِ مُتَوَطِدٌ

فَلِأَهلِهِ شَرَفٌ بِهِ مُتَوَطِدٌ

وَلَدَيهِمُ شَرَفٌ أَشَمُّ عَميمُ

وَلَدَيهِمُ شَرَفٌ أَشَمُّ عَميمُ

So his family’s honor is firmly established through him,

So for his family an ingrained glory

And theirs is honor, lofty and all-embracing.

And with them a glory pervading all

فَاِقرَر بِهِ عَيناً فَإِنَّ خِلالَهُ

فَاِقرَر بِهِ عَيناً فَإِنَّ خِلالَهُ

تَصفو وَتَسلُسُ أَو يُقالُ نَسيمُ

تَصفو وَتَسلُسُ أَو يُقالُ نَسيمُ

So let your eye rejoice in him, for his qualities

So delight an eye with him, for his traits

Are pure and gentle—or one might call him a breeze.

Are pure, smooth or can be called a soft breeze

وَلِحِدِّهِ التَصميمُ حينَ تَلاحَقَت

وَلِحِدِّهِ التَصميمُ حينَ تَلاحَقَت

أَقرانُهُ وَلِشَأوِهِ التَقديمُ

أَقرانُهُ وَلِشَأوِهِ التَقديمُ

And his edge cuts clean through when

And for his resolve at critical times when

His peers catch up with one another; his course takes the lead.

His peers raced and for his precedence glorifications