عِشْ بِخَيرٍ إثْرَ خَيرْ

عِشْ بِخَيرٍ إثْرَ خَيرْ

مَا عَلَى ظَنِّكَ ضَيرْ

مَا عَلَى ظَنِّكَ ضَيرْ

Live in blessing after blessing.

Live well after good

There is no harm in your expectation.

No harm is to your thinking

كُلَّمَا حَاوَلْتُ طَوراً

كُلَّمَا حَاوَلْتُ طَوراً

قَادَهُ أيْمَنُ طَيرْ

قَادَهُ أيْمَنُ طَيرْ

Whenever I attempted a course,

Whenever I tried an occasion

The most auspicious bird guided it.

The auspicious bird led it

يَا مَلِيكاً حِلمُهُ أوْ

يَا مَلِيكاً حِلمُهُ أوْ

جُودُهُ لَيسَ لِغَيْر

جُودُهُ لَيسَ لِغَيْر

O king, whose forbearance or

O king whose patience or

Generosity is found in no other,

Generosity is for none but the generous

فُزْ بِأيَّامِ سُرُورٍ

فُزْ بِأيَّامِ سُرُورٍ

سَيرُهَا أحسَنُ سَيْر

سَيرُهَا أحسَنُ سَيْر

Gain days of joy,

Win days of bliss

Whose course is the finest course.

Its procession is the best procession

فَتَرَى شَهْراً كَبيراً

فَتَرَى شَهْراً كَبيراً

بِالهَنَا بَعْدَ شُهَيْر

بِالهَنَا بَعْدَ شُهَيْر

Then you will see a great month

You will then see a great month

In happiness, after a little month.

With delight after hardship

فَإذا الأوَّلُ مِنْهَا

فَإذا الأوَّلُ مِنْهَا

مَرَّ فِي خَيرٍ وَمَيْر

مَرَّ فِي خَيرٍ وَمَيْر

Then, when the first of them

When the first of them

Passed in well-being and plenty,

Passed in good and plenty

قِيلَ فِي ثَانِيهِ أرّخٍ

قِيلَ فِي ثَانِيهِ أرّخٍ

صَفَراً جَادَ لِخَيْر

صَفَراً جَادَ لِخَيْر

It was said in its second: record the date—

It was said in its second, mark

"Safar gave generously for good."

A blank page gifted for good