لِثَمانِon eight (forming eighteen) عَشرٍten (forming eighteen) مِنof رَبيعِRabi‘ مَولِدِbirth of الthe (continued on the next line)
لِثَمانِ عَشرٍ مِن رَبيعِ مَولِدِ ال
هاديGuide البَشيرِthe bearer of glad tidings المُصطَفىthe Chosen One مَولىmaster of التُقىpiety
هادي البَشيرِ المُصطَفى مَولى التُقى
On the eighteenth of Rabi‘, birth-month of the
Guide, the bearer of glad tidings, the Chosen One, master of piety,
لِعَلِيto Ali نورِNur (light) الدينِal-Din (the faith) صِهريmy in-law قَدindeed أَتىhas come
لِعَلِي نورِ الدينِ صِهري قَد أَتى
أَبهىmost radiant غُلامٌa boy مَنHe who بَراهُcreated him لَهُfor him وَقىmay He protect
أَبهى غُلامٌ مَن بَراهُ لَهُ وَقى
To Ali Nur al-Din, my in-law, there has come
A most radiant boy—may his Creator preserve him for his father.
تَتَوَسَّمُdiscerns signs الخَيراتُblessings فيin لَحَظاتِهِhis glances
تَتَوَسَّمُ الخَيراتُ في لَحَظاتِهِ
وَتَزيدُهُand adds to him سِمَةَthe mark of السَعادَةِhappiness رَونَقاsplendor
وَتَزيدُهُ سِمَةَ السَعادَةِ رَونَقا
Blessings read promise in his glances,
And the mark of happiness adds to his splendor.
وَمُحَمَّداًand Muhammad نوراًNur (light) دَعىhe named لِتَيمِنِfor good fortune
وَمُحَمَّداً نوراً دَعى لِتَيمِنِ
وَلِنِسبَةَand for kinship طَياfolding وَنَشراًand unfolding شيقاcharming
وَلِنِسبَةَ طَيا وَنَشراً شيقا
And he named him Muhammad Nur for good fortune,
And for kinship, in a charming folding and unfolding.
وَلِذاand for this وَذاand that قَدindeed قُلتُI said فيin تاريخِهِhis birth-date
وَلِذا وَذا قَد قُلتُ في تاريخِهِ
نورٌlight عَلىupon نورِlight مُحَمَّدُMuhammad أَشرَقاshone
نورٌ عَلى نورِ مُحَمَّدُ أَشرَقا
And for this and that, I said to mark his birth:
Light upon light—Muhammad has shone.
Sol 6.1