هَنيئاً بها طوْعَ السّعادةِ وافِدَهْ

هَنيئاً بها طوْعَ السّعادةِ وافِدَهْ

تُريكَ منَ الصُّنْعِ الجميلِ عوائِدَهْ

تُريكَ منَ الصُّنْعِ الجميلِ عوائِدَهْ

Joy be yours in her, arriving at good fortune’s bidding,

Welcome to her, obedience has brought her happiness,

She shows you the accustomed favors of gracious providence.

She sees the beautiful work returning its rewards.

أمَا حقُّها واللهُ يكْلأُ مجْدَها

أمَا حقُّها واللهُ يكْلأُ مجْدَها

بأن تُصْبِحَ الآمالُ طُرّاً مُساعِدَهْ

بأن تُصْبِحَ الآمالُ طُرّاً مُساعِدَهْ

Is it not her due, while God guards her glory,

By God, it is her right, and God perfects her glory,

That all hopes should come to her aid,

That hopes become helping winds.

وأن تغْتَدي الشّمْسُ التي عمّ نُورُها

وأن تغْتَدي الشّمْسُ التي عمّ نُورُها

تُقِرُّ بأوْصافٍ لها غيرِ واحِدَهْ

تُقِرُّ بأوْصافٍ لها غيرِ واحِدَهْ

And that the sun, whose light has spread everywhere, should come

And that the sun whose light has spread,

To acknowledge more than one of her qualities?

Confirms her descriptions, not just one.

فمِن رفْعةٍ فوقَ الثريّا مكانُها

فمِن رفْعةٍ فوقَ الثريّا مكانُها

ومِنْ حسَبٍ شادَ الكمالُ معاهِدَهْ

ومِنْ حسَبٍ شادَ الكمالُ معاهِدَهْ

For her lofty station stands above the Pleiades,

For she is from a family, above fame is her status,

And hers is noble ancestry whose halls perfection has raised,

And from lineage, perfection made a pact with her.

ومن والِدٍ للهِ منْشأُ فضْلِهِ

ومن والِدٍ للهِ منْشأُ فضْلِهِ

إذا جدَّهُ الأرْضَى حمِدْنا ووالِدَهْ

إذا جدَّهُ الأرْضَى حمِدْنا ووالِدَهْ

And a father—God be praised for the source of his excellence—

And from a father, to God is his excellence attributed,

When we praise his most esteemed grandfather and his father,

When he treats people kindly, we praise him and his forefathers.

على نسَقٍ أحْسِن بهمْ وبعِقْدِهِمْ

على نسَقٍ أحْسِن بهمْ وبعِقْدِهِمْ

إذا ما نظَمْنا بالثّناءِ فرائِدَهْ

إذا ما نظَمْنا بالثّناءِ فرائِدَهْ

In ordered succession—how splendid they and their necklace are,

According to a system, he did good for them and their knots,

When we string its peerless pearls with praise.

If we compose praise, its ideas widespread.

فأهْلاً بها من عالمِ الكوْنِ فذةً

فأهْلاً بها من عالمِ الكوْنِ فذةً

ممجّدةً قد طاوَلتْ كُلَّ ماجِدَهْ

ممجّدةً قد طاوَلتْ كُلَّ ماجِدَهْ

So welcome to her, peerless among all creation,

So welcome to her, pride of the world, so exceptional,

Honored, she has vied in stature with every noble woman.

Glorified, she reached all glories.

وبُشْرى بها بُشْرى لأمٍ ووالدٍ

وبُشْرى بها بُشْرى لأمٍ ووالدٍ

خِلالُهُما في الدّهْرِ بالفضْلِ شاهِدَهْ

خِلالُهُما في الدّهْرِ بالفضْلِ شاهِدَهْ

And glad tidings of her—glad tidings for a mother and father,

And good news of her, good news to a mother and father,

Whose qualities bear witness through the ages to their excellence.

Through time, their merit evident.

وإني لطَلّاعُ الثّنايا بشُكْرِهِمْ

وإني لطَلّاعُ الثّنايا بشُكْرِهِمْ

ليَ السّبقُ في آمادِهِ المُتباعِدَهْ

ليَ السّبقُ في آمادِهِ المُتباعِدَهْ

And I am indeed a climber of mountain passes in thanking them;

And I notice their gratitude in advance,

Mine is the lead across its far-distant reaches.

I precede in its distant aims.

ولكن بما أثْني وأفْصِحُ فيهمُ

ولكن بما أثْني وأفْصِحُ فيهمُ

ولو أنّني جارَيْتُ قُسَّ بنَ ساعِدَهْ

ولو أنّني جارَيْتُ قُسَّ بنَ ساعِدَهْ

Yet how can I praise them and speak eloquently of them,

But with what I praise and eloquently speak of them,

Even were I to rival Quss ibn Sāʿidah?

Even if I exhausted my arm’s effort.

وعندي وُدٌّ ليس يبْلى جَديدُهُ

وعندي وُدٌّ ليس يبْلى جَديدُهُ

وحيثُ غدَتْ أسْبابُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

وحيثُ غدَتْ أسْبابُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

And I have an affection whose freshness never wears out,

And I have a love whose newness does not fade,

And since its bonds have come to reinforce one another,

Where its reasons have become allied.

ووَاللهِ ما وفّيتُ حقَّ أخُوّةٍ

ووَاللهِ ما وفّيتُ حقَّ أخُوّةٍ

محَبَّتُها في ذاتِه مُتزايِدَهْ

محَبَّتُها في ذاتِه مُتزايِدَهْ

And by God, I have not done justice to a brotherhood,

By God, I have not fulfilled the right of a brotherhood,

Whose love, for His sake, keeps increasing.

Whose affection in itself is increasing.

فجازاكَ عنّي يا أخي خيْرَ ما جَزى

فجازاكَ عنّي يا أخي خيْرَ ما جَزى

إلَهٌ غدَتْ ألْطافُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

إلَهٌ غدَتْ ألْطافُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

So may He reward you on my behalf, my brother, with the best He has ever given—

So may you reward me, O brother, the best reward,

God, whose gracious favors have come to reinforce one another.

A God whose kindness has allied.