اليومَ قد جاوزْتُ مِن

اليومَ قد جاوزْتُ مِن

سبعين عاماً في العَددْ

سبعين عاماً في العَددْ

Today I have passed beyond

Today I have passed

seventy years in number.

Seventy years in number

والمرْءُ مهمَا جاوز

والمرْءُ مهمَا جاوز

السنَّ الكثيرَ فقدْ فَقدْ

السنَّ الكثيرَ فقدْ فَقدْ

And a man, however far he goes beyond

And no matter how much

advanced age, has indeed suffered loss.

A person exceeds many years, they have lost

لا تَعْجَبَا مِن عادَةِ

لا تَعْجَبَا مِن عادَةِ

الدنيا إذا طال الأمَدْ

الدنيا إذا طال الأمَدْ

Do not marvel, you two, at the way

Do not be surprised by the custom

of the world when time grows long.

Of the world if the time is long

هُنِّيتُما بالعيد لا

هُنِّيتُما بالعيد لا

زالَتْ عوائِدُه تَرِدْ

زالَتْ عوائِدُه تَرِدْ

Congratulations to you both on Eid; never

I congratulated you on the feast

may its recurring blessings cease to come.

Its habits still come back

لابدَّ لي من زَوْرةٍ

لابدَّ لي من زَوْرةٍ

يُطْفا بها جمرُ الكَمدْ

يُطْفا بها جمرُ الكَمدْ

I cannot do without a visit,

I must make a visit

by which the embers of grief are quenched.

With which the embers of yearning are extinguished

وعلى الشيوخ سَلامُنا

وعلى الشيوخ سَلامُنا

يَغْشاهُمُ طولَ الأبَدْ

يَغْشاهُمُ طولَ الأبَدْ

And upon the elders be our greeting of peace,

And our greetings to the elders

enfolding them for all eternity.

Envelop them for all time

ثم الصلاة على النبيّ

ثم الصلاة على النبيّ

الأرْيَحيّ المُعتمَدْ

الأرْيَحيّ المُعتمَدْ

Then blessings upon the Prophet,

Then prayer upon the prophet

the generous, the trusted one.

Al-Ariha the trusted