الدَهر أَشرق بِالسُرور هِلاله

الدَهر أَشرق بِالسُرور هِلاله

وَالسَعد وافى بِالصَفا إِقباله

وَالسَعد وافى بِالصَفا إِقباله

Time’s crescent shone with joy,

And good fortune’s advent came with serenity.

وضغَدَت لَيالي الانس تَزهو بَهَجة

وضغَدَت لَيالي الانس تَزهو بَهَجة

بِشفا عَلى من سمت انضاله

بِشفا عَلى من سمت انضاله

And nights of fellowship came to glow with delight,

At Ali’s recovery—he whose [merits?] rose high.

هُو بَهجة الدُنيا عَلى مبارك

هُو بَهجة الدُنيا عَلى مبارك

مَن سادَ في الدُنيا وَعَم نَواله

مَن سادَ في الدُنيا وَعَم نَواله

He is the world’s delight, Ali Mubarak,

Who excelled in the world, and whose bounty reached all.

فرحت بِصحته المَعالي وَالعُلا

فرحت بِصحته المَعالي وَالعُلا

إِذ روحها بَين الأَنام خِصاله

إِذ روحها بَين الأَنام خِصاله

High honors and eminence rejoiced at his health,

For his virtues are their soul among mankind.

فَهُوَ الَّذي بِشفائه تَحيي العُلا

فَهُوَ الَّذي بِشفائه تَحيي العُلا

وَتَدوم ما دامَت تَمد طلاله

وَتَدوم ما دامَت تَمد طلاله

For he is the one through whose recovery eminence revives,

And endures as long as his shade extends.

وَالناس قَد نالوا الشِفا بِشِفائه

وَالناس قَد نالوا الشِفا بِشِفائه

وَزَفاف نَجل قَد سَمَت أَفعاله

وَزَفاف نَجل قَد سَمَت أَفعاله

And the people have found healing through his recovery,

And through the wedding of a son whose deeds have soared.

هُوَ يُوسف بَدر السُعود بافقه

هُوَ يُوسف بَدر السُعود بافقه

لَكنهُ ما في الوَرى أَمثاله

لَكنهُ ما في الوَرى أَمثاله

He is Yusuf, the full moon of good fortune on its horizon,

Yet none among mankind is his equal.

وَرث المَعالي عَن أَب وَبجده

وَرث المَعالي عَن أَب وَبجده

بَينَ الوَرى خَضعت لَهُ آماله

بَينَ الوَرى خَضعت لَهُ آماله

He inherited high distinction from his father, and through his diligence

His hopes bowed to him among mankind.

لا غرو في هذا فَكَم أَم العلا

لا غرو في هذا فَكَم أَم العلا

في نَجدِهِ تَحكي لَهُ أَشباله

في نَجدِهِ تَحكي لَهُ أَشباله

No wonder in this: how often he sought the heights!

In his valor, his lion cubs echo him.

وَبِنور فكرته المَحاكم قَد زَهَت

وَبِنور فكرته المَحاكم قَد زَهَت

وَغَدَت تُقدم حُكمَها أَقواله

وَغَدَت تُقدم حُكمَها أَقواله

By the light of his thought, the courts have flourished,

And his words have come to advance their judgment.

أَكرم بِهِ مِن ماجد أَفراحه

أَكرم بِهِ مِن ماجد أَفراحه

لاحَت وَناء الأُنس طابَ مَناله

لاحَت وَناء الأُنس طابَ مَناله

What a noble, glorious man he is! His celebrations

Shone forth, and fellowship rose, sweet to attain.

وَالناس تَسعى حَولهُ بِشُموعِها

وَالناس تَسعى حَولهُ بِشُموعِها

وَيَمينه مَسرورة وَشَماله

وَيَمينه مَسرورة وَشَماله

And the people hurry around him with their candles,

And his right side is joyful, and his left.

فَكأَنَّها مِن حَوله نجم سَما

فَكأَنَّها مِن حَوله نجم سَما

وَجَبين طَلعته الكَريم هِلاله

وَجَبين طَلعته الكَريم هِلاله

As though, around him, they were the stars of a sky,

And the noble brow of his face its crescent.

سرت بطلعته الأَنام فَصفَقوا

سرت بطلعته الأَنام فَصفَقوا

فَرَحاً بِهِ إِذ قَد بَدا إِجلاله

فَرَحاً بِهِ إِذ قَد بَدا إِجلاله

The people were gladdened by his appearance and applauded,

With joy in him, as the honor paid him became clear.

فلحضرة الباشا الهَنا بِشِفائه

فلحضرة الباشا الهَنا بِشِفائه

وَبِهِ تَنال مَسَرة أَنجاله

وَبِهِ تَنال مَسَرة أَنجاله

So congratulations to His Excellency the Pasha on his recovery,

And through it his children attain happiness.

وَلِنَجلِهِ نَجل السَعادة يُوسف

وَلِنَجلِهِ نَجل السَعادة يُوسف

أَنس بِأَفراح حلا سلساله

أَنس بِأَفراح حلا سلساله

And for his son, the son of good fortune, Yusuf,

Delight in celebrations, its clear stream grown sweet.

وَلعزه أَضحى الزَمان مُؤرِخاً

وَلعزه أَضحى الزَمان مُؤرِخاً

فرح بِخَير العز جاءَ كَماله

فرح بِخَير العز جاءَ كَماله

And in his honor, Time became a chronicler:

Joy in the best of glory—its perfection has come.