جَدَّدَ هَذا البَابَ بَابَ الجَدِيِدْ

جَدَّدَ هَذا البَابَ بَابَ الجَدِيِدْ

عَلِيُّ بَاشَا ابنُ الحُسَينِ السَّعيدْ

عَلِيُّ بَاشَا ابنُ الحُسَينِ السَّعيدْ

This gate, Bab al-Jadid, was restored

He renewed this gate, the gate of the new,

by Ali Pasha, son of al-Husayn, the fortunate.

Ali Pasha, son of the fortunate Hussein.

أقامَهُ مِن بَعدِ مَا قَد هَوَى

أقامَهُ مِن بَعدِ مَا قَد هَوَى

في فِتنَةٍ يَشِيبُ مِنهَا الوَلِيد

في فِتنَةٍ يَشِيبُ مِنهَا الوَلِيد

He raised it after it had fallen

He established it after it had fallen

in strife that turns a newborn gray.

In a sedition that would make the weaned child turn gray.

فَاللهُ يَحمِيهِ وأنْجَالَهُ

فَاللهُ يَحمِيهِ وأنْجَالَهُ

مِنْ مِثلِها في طِيبِ دهرٍ حميد

مِنْ مِثلِها في طِيبِ دهرٍ حميد

So may God protect him and his offspring

May God protect him and his progeny

from its like, in a pleasant, praiseworthy age;

From the like of it in the goodness of an auspicious age,

ويَبْتَنِي لَهُمْ كَمَا بَنَى

ويَبْتَنِي لَهُمْ كَمَا بَنَى

هَذا هُنَا في الخُلدِ قَصرَ مشيد

هَذا هُنَا في الخُلدِ قَصرَ مشيد

and build for them—as he built

And build for them as he built

this here—a lofty palace in Paradise.

And when it was complete I dated it:

وعِندَما قَد تَمَّ أرَّختُهُ

وعِندَما قَد تَمَّ أرَّختُهُ

مَدخَلُ إرفَاقٍ ونَيل يَزيد

مَدخَلُ إرفَاقٍ ونَيل يَزيد

And when it was completed, I dated it:

“An entrance of kindness and a Nile ever rising.”

A gateway to kindness and growing bounty.