يا رب يمّن طلعة المولودِ

يا رب يمّن طلعة المولودِ

واحفظ أباه أخا الندى والجودِ

واحفظ أباه أخا الندى والجودِ

O Lord, make the newborn’s advent auspicious,

O Lord, make the newborn's arrival auspicious,

and preserve his father, brother to munificence and bounty.

And safeguard his father, brother to bounty and generosity.

سمحت به الأيام أبيض تنجلي

سمحت به الأيام أبيض تنجلي

عنابه ظلم الخطوب السودِ

عنابه ظلم الخطوب السودِ

The days have bestowed him, radiant-white, so that

The days have bestowed him, fair; dispelled are

through him the darkness of black calamities clears away.

From us, through him, the shadows of black calamities.

حكمت له الأفلاك بالسعد الذي

حكمت له الأفلاك بالسعد الذي

لا ينقضي وقضت به بخلودِ

لا ينقضي وقضت به بخلودِ

The celestial spheres have decreed for him a fortune that

The heavenly spheres decreed for him good fortune that

shall never end, ordaining it to endure forever.

Never ends, and ordained everlasting life for him.

قد قلت إذ كنوه كنية جده

قد قلت إذ كنوه كنية جده

بشرى فتلك علامة المجدودِ

بشرى فتلك علامة المجدودِ

I said, when they gave him his grandfather’s kunya:

I said, when they gave him his grandfather's byname,

“Glad tidings! That is the sign of one favored by fortune.”

'Glad tidings! That is the sign of one blessed with fortune.'

ستراه مثلك صاعدا قلل العلا

ستراه مثلك صاعدا قلل العلا

عال على الحافظ كل حسودِ

عال على الحافظ كل حسودِ

You will see him, like yourself, ascending glory’s peaks,

You will see him, like you, ascending the peaks of glory,

lofty above the guards of every envious man.

Lofty above the protector of every envier.

قد جد في طلب المعالي يقتدى

قد جد في طلب المعالي يقتدى

بآباء آباء له وجدودِ

بآباء آباء له وجدودِ

Already he strives in pursuit of high honors, following

He has striven earnestly in pursuit of high honors, following

the fathers of his fathers—his forebears and grandsires.

The fathers of his fathers, and his grandfathers.

بك يا بهاء الدين يا ابن محمد

بك يا بهاء الدين يا ابن محمد

بلغ المقصد غاية المقصودِ

بلغ المقصد غاية المقصودِ

Through you, O Baha al-Din, O son of Muhammad,

Through you, O Baha al-Din, O son of Muhammad,

the aim has attained the utmost end desired.

The poet has attained the utmost of his aim.

بوجود جودك لاعدمنا سيبه

بوجود جودك لاعدمنا سيبه

غصن المنى لدن وريق العودِ

غصن المنى لدن وريق العودِ

With your bounty present—may we never lack its outpouring—

Through your generosity's presence—may we never lack its bounty—

hope’s branch is supple, its stem fresh with leaves.

The bough of wishes is supple, its stem leafy.

قسما بأنعمك اللواتي أطلقت

قسما بأنعمك اللواتي أطلقت

بالجود من أسر المطامع جيدي

بالجود من أسر المطامع جيدي

I swear by your favors, those that have set free

I swear by your favors, which have freed

through generosity my neck from captivity to desires.

My neck through generosity from the bondage of cravings.

لقد استندت إلى الفلاح ولاح لي

لقد استندت إلى الفلاح ولاح لي

فيه دليل سعادة وسعودِ

فيه دليل سعادة وسعودِ

I have indeed leaned upon prosperity, and there appeared to me

I have indeed leaned upon success, and there appeared to me

in him a sign of happiness and good fortune.

In him a sign of happiness and good fortune.

فمدحته في المهد أشهد أنه

فمدحته في المهد أشهد أنه

عيسى السماحة عاش في تمهيدِ

عيسى السماحة عاش في تمهيدِ

So I praised him in the cradle, bearing witness that he is

So I praised him in the cradle, testifying that he is

the Jesus of generosity—may he live cradled in ease.

The Jesus of generosity, living with his way made smooth.

فبلغت فيه ما توصل ساحها

فبلغت فيه ما توصل ساحها

يا ابن الكرام ملاءة المحسودِ

يا ابن الكرام ملاءة المحسودِ

In praising him I attained what one ranging its breadth may reach.

So through him I attained what its precincts lead to—

O son of nobles, mantle of the envied one!

O son of the noble—the affluence of one envied.

ولقد أتيتك مادحا عن خبرة

ولقد أتيتك مادحا عن خبرة

لما مدحت سواك بالتقليدِ

لما مدحت سواك بالتقليدِ

I have come to you as a praising poet, speaking from experience,

And indeed I came to you praising from experience,

for when I praised anyone but you, it was by imitation.

After praising others by imitation.