أَبْشرْ فقد نِلْتَ مَا تَرْجُو عَلَى عَجَلِ

أَبْشرْ فقد نِلْتَ مَا تَرْجُو عَلَى عَجَلِ

وَيَسَّر اللهُ مَا تَبْغِيهِ مِنْ أَمَلِ

وَيَسَّر اللهُ مَا تَبْغِيهِ مِنْ أَمَلِ

Rejoice, for you have swiftly attained what you hope for.

Rejoice, for you have obtained what you hope for in haste,

And God has made easy what you seek in hope.

And God has made easy what you desire of hope.

وَسَاعَدَتْكَ الدُّنَا فِيمَا تُؤَمَّلُهُ

وَسَاعَدَتْكَ الدُّنَا فِيمَا تُؤَمَّلُهُ

فَاهْنَأَ بِسَعْدٍ عَلَى الأيَّامِ مُتَّصِلِ

فَاهْنَأَ بِسَعْدٍ عَلَى الأيَّامِ مُتَّصِلِ

And the worlds have aided you in what you hope for.

And the world has helped you in what you wish for,

So enjoy good fortune unbroken through the days.

So delight in continual good fortune.

وَاحْكُمْ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ وَافْعَلْ مَا تَشَاءُ بِهِ

وَاحْكُمْ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ وَافْعَلْ مَا تَشَاءُ بِهِ

فَالدَّهْرُ طَوْعُكَ وَالأَيَّامُ كَالْخَوَلِ

فَالدَّهْرُ طَوْعُكَ وَالأَيَّامُ كَالْخَوَلِ

And rule over time; do with it whatever you wish.

And rule over fate, and do what you want with it,

For time obeys you, and the days are like servants.

For fate is submissive to you, and the days are like a mare.

فَمَا دَعَوْتَ بِبَدْرٍ غَيْرَ مُبْتَدِرٍ

فَمَا دَعَوْتَ بِبَدْرٍ غَيْرَ مُبْتَدِرٍ

وَلاَ أَمَرْتَ بِأَمْرٍ غَيْرِ مُحْتَمَلِ

وَلاَ أَمَرْتَ بِأَمْرٍ غَيْرِ مُحْتَمَلِ

For no full moon you summoned failed to hasten.

You have never called for a full moon that did not rise,

Nor did you give a command that was not accepted.

Nor commanded an order that could not be executed.

مَا لَذَّةُ الْعَيْشِ إِلاَّ فِي طَلاَوَ طِلاً

مَا لَذَّةُ الْعَيْشِ إِلاَّ فِي طَلاَوَ طِلاً

أَوْ وَصْلِ حِبً بِلاَ صَدً وَلاَ مَلَلِ

أَوْ وَصْلِ حِبً بِلاَ صَدً وَلاَ مَلَلِ

Life's delight lies only in a fawn and wine,

The pleasure of life is only in seeking entertainment,

Or union with a beloved, without rejection or weariness.

Or union with a beloved without disaffection or boredom.

خُذْهَا كَمِثْلِ شُعَاعِ الشَّمْسِ صَافِيَةً

خُذْهَا كَمِثْلِ شُعَاعِ الشَّمْسِ صَافِيَةً

حَمْرَاءَ لاَ تَسْتَمِعْ فِيِهَا إِلَى عَذَلِ

حَمْرَاءَ لاَ تَسْتَمِعْ فِيِهَا إِلَى عَذَلِ

Take it, clear as a ray of the sun,

Take it like the radiance of the pure sun,

Red—heed no reproach concerning it—

Rosy, in which you do not listen to blame.

مِنْ كَفِّ سَاحِرَةِ الألْحَاظِ فَاتِنَةٍ

مِنْ كَفِّ سَاحِرَةِ الألْحَاظِ فَاتِنَةٍ

حَسْنَاء تَخْتَالُ بَيْنَ الْحَلْيِ وَالْحُلَلِ

حَسْنَاء تَخْتَالُ بَيْنَ الْحَلْيِ وَالْحُلَلِ

From the hand of a captivating woman with bewitching glances,

From the palm of a charming sorceress of glances,

A beauty who sways proudly amid jewels and fine robes.

A beauty who struts between jewelry and gowns.

إِذَا رَنَتْ أَوْ ثَنَتْ أَعْطَافَهَا مَرَحاً

إِذَا رَنَتْ أَوْ ثَنَتْ أَعْطَافَهَا مَرَحاً

فَالظَّبْيُ فِي نَظَرٍ وَالْغُصْنُ فِي مَيَلِ

فَالظَّبْيُ فِي نَظَرٍ وَالْغُصْنُ فِي مَيَلِ

When she gazes or bends her body playfully,

When she hums or bends her tendrils playfully,

She is a gazelle in her glance, a bough in her sway.

The gazelle is in a glance, and the branch is in an inclination.

وَأَنْضَرُ الَّرْوضِ أَضْحَى وَهْوَ مُصْطَبِحٌ

وَأَنْضَرُ الَّرْوضِ أَضْحَى وَهْوَ مُصْطَبِحٌ

وَالْغُصْنُ قَدْ مَالَ مَيْلَ الشَّارِبِ الثَّمِلِ

وَالْغُصْنُ قَدْ مَالَ مَيْلَ الشَّارِبِ الثَّمِلِ

And the lushest of gardens passed the morning drinking,

The greenest of gardens became lively at dawn,

And the bough leaned like a drunken drinker.

And the branch leaned like a drunk leaner.

حَتَّى إِذَا الشَّمْسُ مَالَتْ نَحْوَ مَغْرِبِهَا

حَتَّى إِذَا الشَّمْسُ مَالَتْ نَحْوَ مَغْرِبِهَا

كَأَنَّهَا عَاشِقٌ يَبْكِي عَلَى طَلَلِ

كَأَنَّهَا عَاشِقٌ يَبْكِي عَلَى طَلَلِ

Until, when the sun inclined toward its setting,

Until when the sun inclined toward its sunset,

As though it were a lover weeping over a ruined dwelling,

As if it were a lover crying over ruins.

وَحَجَّبَ اللَّيْلُ عَنَّا حُسْنَ مَنْظَرهِ

وَحَجَّبَ اللَّيْلُ عَنَّا حُسْنَ مَنْظَرهِ

بِسِتْرِ جُنْحٍ مِنَ الظَّلْمَاءِ مُنْسَدِلِ

بِسِتْرِ جُنْحٍ مِنَ الظَّلْمَاءِ مُنْسَدِلِ

And night hid from us the beauty of the scene,

And the night veiled from us the beauty of its view

With a hanging veil of night's darkness,

With a curtain of darkness fallen down.

لاَ حَتْ إِلَيْنَا شُمُوسُ الْحُسْنِ سَاطِعَةً

لاَ حَتْ إِلَيْنَا شُمُوسُ الْحُسْنِ سَاطِعَةً

وَلاَ سَمَاءَ سِوَى الأَسْتَارِ وَالْكِلَلِ

وَلاَ سَمَاءَ سِوَى الأَسْتَارِ وَالْكِلَلِ

The suns of beauty appeared to us, shining,

Neither do the suns of beauty shine upon us,

With no sky but curtains and canopies.

Nor a sky other than veils and anklets.

وَفِي الْوُجُوهِ لَنَا رَوْضٌ أَزَاهِرُهُ

وَفِي الْوُجُوهِ لَنَا رَوْضٌ أَزَاهِرُهُ

مِنْ وَرْدَةِ الْخَدِّ أَوْ مِنْ نَرْجِسِ الُمُقَلِ

مِنْ وَرْدَةِ الْخَدِّ أَوْ مِنْ نَرْجِسِ الُمُقَلِ

And in their faces we had a garden, its blossoms

And in the faces we have a garden whose flowers

From the cheek's rose or the eyes' narcissus.

Are of a cheek, or narcissus of an eyelid.

وَخَيْرُ مَا ظَفِرَتْ كَفٌّ الْمُحِبِّ بِهِ

وَخَيْرُ مَا ظَفِرَتْ كَفٌّ الْمُحِبِّ بِهِ

خَمْرٌ مَنَ الِّريقِ أَوْ نَقْلٌ مِنَ الْقُبَلِ

خَمْرٌ مَنَ الِّريقِ أَوْ نَقْلٌ مِنَ الْقُبَلِ

And the best the lover's hand has won

And the best a lover’s palm has obtained

Is wine from saliva, or sweetmeats of kisses.

Is wine from saliva, or transport from kisses.

فَاسْتَغْنِمِ الأنْسَ يَوْماً إِنْ ظَفِرْتَ بِهِ

فَاسْتَغْنِمِ الأنْسَ يَوْماً إِنْ ظَفِرْتَ بِهِ

فِي دَوْلَةٍ أَصْبَحَتْ مِنْ أَسْعَدِ الدٌّوَلِ

فِي دَوْلَةٍ أَصْبَحَتْ مِنْ أَسْعَدِ الدٌّوَلِ

So seize a day of companionship, if you find it,

So enjoy intimacy a day if you obtain it

In a reign now among the most fortunate of reigns.

In a state that became one of the happiest states.

أَيَّامُ يُوسُفَ أَعْيَادٌ مُجَدَّدَةٌ

أَيَّامُ يُوسُفَ أَعْيَادٌ مُجَدَّدَةٌ

وَلَّى عَنِ الْخَلْقِ فِيهَا الْهَمَّ يَوْمَ وَلِي

وَلَّى عَنِ الْخَلْقِ فِيهَا الْهَمَّ يَوْمَ وَلِي

Yusuf's days are festivals ever renewed;

The days of Joseph are renewed feasts

He banished care from mankind in them, the day he assumed rule.

In which cares withdrew from people one day.

وَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالرَّبِيعِ الطَّلْقِ ضَاحِكَةً

وَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالرَّبِيعِ الطَّلْقِ ضَاحِكَةً

إِذْ حَلَّ فِيهَا حُلُولَ الشَّمْسِ فِي الحَمَلِ

إِذْ حَلَّ فِيهَا حُلُولَ الشَّمْسِ فِي الحَمَلِ

And they became smiling like a bright spring,

And they became like the clear spring, laughing,

When he entered them as the sun enters Aries.

When the sun settled in Aries.

فَسَارَ بِالْعَدْلِ فِي وِرْدٍ وَفِي صَدرِ

فَسَارَ بِالْعَدْلِ فِي وِرْدٍ وَفِي صَدرِ

وَرَاقَبَ اللهَ فِي قَوْلٍ وَفِي عَمَلِ

وَرَاقَبَ اللهَ فِي قَوْلٍ وَفِي عَمَلِ

So he proceeded with justice in coming and going,

He proceeded with justice in affection and in the breast,

And was mindful of God in word and deed.

And watched God in saying and in deed.

أَنْوَارُهُ فِي سَمَاءِ الْعَدْلِ نَيّرَةٌ

أَنْوَارُهُ فِي سَمَاءِ الْعَدْلِ نَيّرَةٌ

تَبْدُو وَآثارُهُ أَسْرَى مِنَ الْمَثَلِ

تَبْدُو وَآثارُهُ أَسْرَى مِنَ الْمَثَلِ

His lights are radiant in the sky of justice;

Its lights shine in the sky of justice,

They shine forth, and his deeds spread farther than a proverb.

Appearing, and its traces captive of example.

لاَزَالَ فِي عِزَّةٍ تَصْفُو مَوَارِدُهَا

لاَزَالَ فِي عِزَّةٍ تَصْفُو مَوَارِدُهَا

مُبَلَّغاً كُلَّ مَا يَرْجُوهُ مِنْ أَمَلِ

مُبَلَّغاً كُلَّ مَا يَرْجُوهُ مِنْ أَمَلِ

May he ever remain in glory whose wellsprings are clear,

It continues in glory whose springs are clear,

Granted every hope he longs to attain.

Conveying all that he hopes for of aspiration.