1. أَمينَتي في عامِها

    الأَوَّلِ مِثلُ المَلَكِ

    My Amina, in her year—

    her first—is like an angel.

  2. صالِحَةٌ لِلحُبِّ مِن

    كُلٍّ وَلِلتَبَرُّكِ

    Worthy of love from

    everyone, and of being a source of blessings.

  3. كَم خَفَقَ القَلبُ لَها

    عِندَ البُكا وَالضَحِكِ

    How often the heart has fluttered for her

    at her weeping and laughter!

  4. وَكَم رَعَتها العَينُ في

    السُكونِ وَالتَحَرُّكِ

    And how often the eye has watched over her in

    stillness and movement!

  5. فَإِن مَشَت فَخاطِري

    يَسبِقُها كَالمُمسِكِ

    So if she walks, my mind

    runs ahead of her like one ready to catch her.

  6. أَلحَظُها كَأَنَّها

    مِن بَصَري في شَرَكِ

    I watch her as though she were

    in a snare of my gaze.

  7. فَيا جَبينَ السَعدِ لي

    وَيا عُيونَ الفَلَكِ

    So, O brow of good fortune for me,

    and O eyes of the firmament,

  8. وَيا بَياضَ العَيشِ في ال

    أَيّامِ ذاتِ الحَلَكِ

    and O whiteness of life in the

    days of deep darkness!

  9. إِنَّ اللَيالي وَهيَ لا

    تَنفَكُّ حَربَ أَهلِكِ

    Indeed, though the nights never

    cease to be at war with your family,

  10. لَو أَنصَفَتكِ طِفلَةً

    لَكُنتِ بِنتَ المَلِكِ

    had they treated you fairly as a little girl,

    you would have been the king's daughter.