1. هُنِّيتَهُ في سَعَةِ العُمْرِ

    أَغَرَّ مَعْزُوّاً إِلى الغُرِّ

    May you be blessed with him throughout a long life,

    radiant, his lineage traced to the radiant;

  2. هلالَ مَجْدٍ عن قليلٍ يُرَى

    في أُفْقِهِ كالقَمَرِ البدرِ

    a crescent of glory, soon to be seen

    on his horizon like the full moon.

  3. منتظراً فيه الذي لم يَزَلْ

    منتظِراً فيكَ من الفَخْرِ

    Hoped for in him is what has always

    waited within you of glory;

  4. وبالغاً في صِغَرِ السنِّ ما

    بُلِّغْتَهُ في كبَرِ القدر

    and attaining, while young in years, what

    you were brought to in greatness of rank.

  5. أُعطيتَ إِذ أُعطِيتَهُ نعمةً

    تَضيقُ عنها سَعَةُ الشكر

    When you were given him, you were given a blessing

    for which the breadth of gratitude is too narrow.

  6. مُقَابَلٌ بين السَّدَى والندى

    مُرَشَّحٌ للجاهِ والذكر

    Nobly born between bounty and generosity,

    destined for prestige and renown;

  7. في موضعِ النورِ منَ العينِ أَو

    في موضعِ القلبِ من الصدر

    in the place of light within the eye, or

    in the place of the heart within the breast.

  8. شريكُ إِسماعيلكُمْ في اسمِهِ

    والنَّجْرُ مُشْتَقٌّ من النَّجْرِ

    Sharing your Ismail's name,

    and stock is sprung from stock.

  9. فالبسْ أَبا عبدِ الإله العلي

    مُؤَيَّداً بالعزِّ والنصرِ

    So don high honor, O Abu Abd al-Ilah,

    upheld by might and victory;

  10. واستقبلِ اللهَ به آمناً

    فيكَ وفيه نُوَبَ الدهر

    and turn toward God with him, secure

    for yourself and him against time's vicissitudes.