أَما بَعدَ تَسليمٍ وَأَزكى تَحيَّةٍ

أَما بَعدَ تَسليمٍ وَأَزكى تَحيَّةٍ

يُحلّان نادي نابِغِ العَصرِ وَالمِصر

يُحلّان نادي نابِغِ العَصرِ وَالمِصر

Now then, after a salutation and the purest greeting,

After greetings of peace and purest salutation

which both alight at the assembly of the genius of the age and city:

They adorn the club of the genius of the age and era

مُحَمَّدٍ الفَذِّ السُنوسي من غَدا

مُحَمَّدٍ الفَذِّ السُنوسي من غَدا

يُضيفُ فَخاراً لا يُضاهى عَلى فَخر

يُضيفُ فَخاراً لا يُضاهى عَلى فَخر

Muhammad, the peerless al-Sanusi, who has come to

Muhammad the remarkable Senussi henceforth

add matchless glory to glory.

Adds glory unmatched in pride

فَإِنَّ المُحِبّ اِشتاقَ ما قَد جَمَعتَهُ

فَإِنَّ المُحِبّ اِشتاقَ ما قَد جَمَعتَهُ

لِمَحمودِ قابادو مِنَ النَظمِ وَالنَثرِ

لِمَحمودِ قابادو مِنَ النَظمِ وَالنَثرِ

For your admirer yearns for what you have collected

For the lover longed for what you had gathered

of Mahmud Qabadu's verse and prose,

For Mahmoud Qabadou of verse and prose

وَجَمعَكُم ما شَتَّ مِن نَظمِ غَيرِهِ

وَجَمعَكُم ما شَتَّ مِن نَظمِ غَيرِهِ

وَتَقريظَهُ المُزري بِعِقدٍ مِنَ الدّر

وَتَقريظَهُ المُزري بِعِقدٍ مِنَ الدّر

and your collection of another's scattered verse,

And collected whatever you wished of others' verse

and its encomium, which puts a necklace of pearls to shame.

And al-Muzri's stringing them as pearls

فَجُد بِهِما فَوراً لِمُخلِص وِدّكُم

فَجُد بِهِما فَوراً لِمُخلِص وِدّكُم

مُحَمَّدٍ الباجي وَدُم شامِخَ القَدرِ

مُحَمَّدٍ الباجي وَدُم شامِخَ القَدرِ

So bestow them both at once on one sincere in his love for you—

So present them quickly to your sincere friend

Muhammad al-Baji—and remain lofty in standing.

Muhammad al-Baji of high and lofty rank