يا أَيُّها الشَهمُ الَّذي

يا أَيُّها الشَهمُ الَّذي

ما غَرَّهُ لُعبٌ وَلَهوِ

ما غَرَّهُ لُعبٌ وَلَهوِ

O noble-hearted man who

O you who is spirited, whom

Has not been beguiled by play and diversion,

No playing or jesting deceived,

وَعَنِ العَشائِرَ وَالمَآ

وَعَنِ العَشائِرَ وَالمَآ

ثِرِ ما اِعتَراهُ قَطُّ سَهوِ

ثِرِ ما اِعتَراهُ قَطُّ سَهوِ

And concerning the clans and noble

And from kinsfolk and water

Deeds, no heedlessness ever overtook him:

Abundant with which it was never sated obliviously,

خَيري باشا أَحمَدَ

خَيري باشا أَحمَدَ

مِن زانِهِ حُلمٌ وَعَفوِ

مِن زانِهِ حُلمٌ وَعَفوِ

Khayri Pasha Ahmad,

Kheiri Pasha Ahmad

Whom forbearance and forgiveness adorn.

Of his glory, forbearance and pardon,

أَبشَرَ بِشَهرِ الصَومِ قَد

أَبشَرَ بِشَهرِ الصَومِ قَد

وافاكَ يَحمِلُ كُلُّ زَهوِ

وافاكَ يَحمِلُ كُلُّ زَهوِ

Rejoice in the month of fasting: it has

Rejoice with the month of fasting that

Come to you, bearing every kind of splendor.

Came to you, bearing all blossoming,

وَلِبِرِّكُم وَصَفائِهِ

وَلِبِرِّكُم وَصَفائِهِ

أَرخَتهُ صَوماً بِصَفوِ

أَرخَتهُ صَوماً بِصَفوِ

And for your benevolence and its purity,

And for your righteousness and its purity

I recorded its date: 'Fasting in serenity.'

I made it fasting in purity