بالسَّعْدِ صُمْتَ وبالسعادةِ تُفْطِرُ

بالسَّعْدِ صُمْتَ وبالسعادةِ تُفْطِرُ

وعلى التُّقَى تَطوِي الصيامَ وَتَنْشُرُ

وعلى التُّقَى تَطوِي الصيامَ وَتَنْشُرُ

With good fortune you fasted, and with happiness you break your fast.

With bliss you break your fast and with joy you keep silent

And in piety you fold the fast away and unfold it.

And with piety you perform fasting and spread it

عُمِّرْتَ مقبولَ الصيامِ مجنَّب ال

عُمِّرْتَ مقبولَ الصيامِ مجنَّب ال

آثامِ ما دامَ الصيامُ يُعَمَّر

آثامِ ما دامَ الصيامُ يُعَمَّر

May you live long, your fasting accepted, kept clear of

You were blessed with accepted fasting, avoiding sins

sins, as long as fasting endures.

As long as fasting continues to be kept

وَفَّيْتَ هذا الشهرَ حقَّ صيَامِهِ

وَفَّيْتَ هذا الشهرَ حقَّ صيَامِهِ

وقيامِهِ في الأَمنِ ممّا تَحْذَرُ

وقيامِهِ في الأَمنِ ممّا تَحْذَرُ

You have fulfilled this month's due of fasting

You fulfilled the right of fasting this month

and night prayer, safe from what you fear.

And its night prayer in safety from what you fear

وَشَفَعْتَهُ بالحجِّ ما حَجَّ الورى

وَشَفَعْتَهُ بالحجِّ ما حَجَّ الورى

أبداً يُلَبِّي مُحْرِمٌ وَيُكَبِّر

أبداً يُلَبِّي مُحْرِمٌ وَيُكَبِّر

And may you follow it with pilgrimage as long as humankind makes pilgrimage,

And complemented it with Hajj, not performed by people

with a pilgrim in ihram ever chanting the response and proclaiming God's greatness.

A pilgrim forever uttering talbiyah and proclaiming God's greatness

ووردتَ زمزمَ ورْدَ أطيبِ واردٍ

ووردتَ زمزمَ ورْدَ أطيبِ واردٍ

طابتْ موارِدُهُ وطابَ المصدر

طابتْ موارِدُهُ وطابَ المصدر

And may you come to Zamzam as the finest of those who come to drink;

You visited Zamzam with the best visit

sweet are his watering places, and sweet his departure.

Its sources were pleasant and the spring was pleasant

وصَفَا المقامْ إلى مَقاَمكَ عندهُ

وصَفَا المقامْ إلى مَقاَمكَ عندهُ

وإسشعر الإخبات فيْكَ المشعر

وإسشعر الإخبات فيْكَ المشعر

And may the Maqam grow serene at your standing beside it,

The stay became pleasant to your stay near Him

and the Mash'ar sense humble devotion in you.

And the feeling intimate in you, the one feeling intimate

وبقيتَ ما كان البقاءُ محبّباً

وبقيتَ ما كان البقاءُ محبّباً

تُنْهَى بِسَطْوَتِكَ الخطوبُ وَتُؤْمَر

تُنْهَى بِسَطْوَتِكَ الخطوبُ وَتُؤْمَر

And may you live on as long as life is cherished,

You remained as long as remaining was lovable

with calamities restrained and commanded by your might,

Calamities are prevented by your power and commanded

في نعمةٍ لم يَعْدُ حُسْنَكَ حُسْنُها

في نعمةٍ لم يَعْدُ حُسْنَكَ حُسْنُها

زهراءَ تُشْرِقُ في القلوبِ وَتَزْهَر

زهراءَ تُشْرِقُ في القلوبِ وَتَزْهَر

amid a blessing whose beauty has not surpassed yours,

In a blessing, its beauty no longer matches your beauty

radiant, shining in hearts and blossoming.

A radiant flower that shines in hearts and blossoms

طالتْ يداكَ أَبا الحسين تطوُّلاً

طالتْ يداكَ أَبا الحسين تطوُّلاً

فَيَدُ الليالي عن وَلِيِّكَ تَقْصُر

فَيَدُ الليالي عن وَلِيِّكَ تَقْصُر

Your two hands, Abu al-Husayn, have reached far in generosity,

Your hands extended, O Abu Al-Hussein, out of longing

so the hand of the nights cannot reach your ally.

Yet the nights’ hands fall short of your patron

وجمعتَ بين سماحةٍ ورجاحةٍ

وجمعتَ بين سماحةٍ ورجاحةٍ

كلتاهما يُثْنَى عليهِ الخِنْصَر

كلتاهما يُثْنَى عليهِ الخِنْصَر

And you have united generosity with sound judgment;

You combined generosity and rationality

for each, the little finger is bent in counting.

Both of which the wise praise

أبني مقاتلٍ الأولى بِصَنِيعِهِمْ

أبني مقاتلٍ الأولى بِصَنِيعِهِمْ

شُهِرَتْ صنائعُ قَبْلُ لم تكُ تُشْهر

شُهِرَتْ صنائعُ قَبْلُ لم تكُ تُشْهر

O sons of Muqatil, through whose beneficence

Son of fierce fighters, their deeds

deeds of kindness once uncelebrated became renowned.

Prevailing over deeds not prevailing before

لولا رياسَتُكُمْ وما دَبَّرْتُمُ

لولا رياسَتُكُمْ وما دَبَّرْتُمُ

فينا لضاعَ مُدبِّرٌ ومدبَّر

فينا لضاعَ مُدبِّرٌ ومدبَّر

But for your leadership and what you planned

If not for your leadership and your planning for us

among us, governor and governed would have been lost.

The planner and the planned would have been lost

يا ممضياً قلماً وسيفاً ذا وذا

يا ممضياً قلماً وسيفاً ذا وذا

قَدَرٌ إِذا تَمْضِي الأمورُ مُقَدَّر

قَدَرٌ إِذا تَمْضِي الأمورُ مُقَدَّر

O you who wield pen and sword—this and that

O you who executes with the pen and sword affairs

are fate decreed when affairs take their course.

A destiny, when affairs are executed, is destined

نفسي فداؤُكَ كاتباً بل فارساً

نفسي فداؤُكَ كاتباً بل فارساً

هذا الحياةُ وذاك موتٌ أحمر

هذا الحياةُ وذاك موتٌ أحمر

My soul be your ransom—as a scribe, nay, as a horseman:

My soul is your ransom, as a writer, but also as a horseman

this is life, and that is red death.

This is life, and that is bloody death

لما ظللتَ بحدِّ سيفكَ خاطباً

لما ظللتَ بحدِّ سيفكَ خاطباً

ما شكَّ خَلْقٌ أَنَّ سَرْجَكَ مِنْبَر

ما شكَّ خَلْقٌ أَنَّ سَرْجَكَ مِنْبَر

When you kept orating with your sword's edge,

When you shaded with the edge of your sword, addressing

no one doubted that your saddle was a pulpit.

No creature doubted your pulpit was a saddle

أشْبَهْتَ من فخرٍ أَباً بذَّ الورى

أشْبَهْتَ من فخرٍ أَباً بذَّ الورى

فخراً فَمَنْ ذا مثلَ فَخْرِكَ يَفْخر

فخراً فَمَنْ ذا مثلَ فَخْرِكَ يَفْخر

In glory you resemble a father who surpassed humankind

You resembled, with pride, a father proud throughout the world

in glory; who, then, can boast of glory like yours?

So who can pride themselves like your pride?

وكذا الغصونُ المثمراتُ متى تَكُنْ

وكذا الغصونُ المثمراتُ متى تَكُنْ

من جوهرٍ فَثِمارُهُنَّ الجوهر

من جوهرٍ فَثِمارُهُنَّ الجوهر

And likewise the fruit-bearing branches, whenever they are

And so fruitful branches, when they originate

of gems, their fruits are gems.

From a core, their fruits originate from the core