1. يَهنأ بِمولدِ طه خاتمِ الرسلِ

    سميُّه اِبن حسين فخرِ آل علي

    May he rejoice in the birth of Taha, Seal of the Messengers—

    his namesake, son of Husayn, pride of the house of Ali.

  2. يهنَأ بخيرِ ربيعٍ زهرُهُ زهرٌ

    لاحَت بِها روضةُ الخضراءِ في حفلِ

    May he rejoice in the finest spring, whose blossoms are stars,

    with which al-Khadra's garden shone in celebration.

  3. سُبحانَ مَن قَد حَبا ذا الشهرَ منزلةً

    شَمسُ النبوّةِ مِنها في ذرى الحملِ

    Glory to Him who granted this month a station

    whereby prophethood's sun stands at the heights of Aries.

  4. أَبدى بِهِ اللَّه مَن أهدى به نِعماً

    لِخلقهِ وَهداهم أَقومَ السبلِ

    In it God brought forth him through whom He bestowed blessings

    upon His creation, and guided them along the straightest paths.

  5. أَبدى بِه نورَ مَن لولاهُ ما بَرِحَت

    تَسري البَريّة مِن عمياءَ في ظللِ

    In it He revealed the light of him without whom

    creation would never have ceased its blind night-journey through shadows.

  6. أَبدى به رَحمةً للعالمينَ وَكَم

    آيٍ له تُلِيَت في الأعصُر الأولِ

    In it He revealed a mercy to all worlds—and how many

    verses concerning him were recited in the earliest ages!

  7. فَاِهنَأ إِذن يا أميرَ المؤمنينَ بهِ

    شهراً كفيلاً بِما ترجوهُ من أملِ

    Rejoice, then, O Commander of the Faithful, in it—

    a month that guarantees what you hope to attain.

  8. بِهِ أتمّ لكَ اللّه الشفاء وحي

    يانا بِطلعةِ بشرٍ منك مقتبلِ

    In it God completed your healing, and greeted

    us with the dawning of fresh gladness from you.

  9. وافاك بِاليمنِ والإقبالِ طالعهُ

    وَبالسعادَةِ في حلٍّ وَمُرتحلِ

    Its rising star came to you with good fortune and prosperity,

    and with happiness, whether staying or journeying.

  10. باللّه أقسمُ أَيماناً مؤكّدةً

    ما مِنكَ أرجى لنصرِ الدين من رجلِ

    By God I swear solemn, binding oaths:

    no man offers greater hope than you of championing the faith.

  11. ما زالَ عزمُكَ للإسلامِ مُنبعثاً

    بِحفظِ أركانهِ عن طارقِ الخللِ

    Your resolve has ever been stirred in Islam's cause,

    to preserve its pillars against the intrusion of disorder.

  12. تَحوط حَومتهُ رعياً وتحرسهُ

    مِن كلِّ باغٍ بسيفِ الحولِ والحيلِ

    You protect its domain with care and guard it

    against every aggressor, with the sword of might and stratagems.

  13. سُستَ الأنامَ بِعدلٍ يستقيمُ بهِ

    طباعُ كلِّ مزاجٍ غير معتدلِ

    You have ruled the people with a justice that sets straight

    the dispositions of every unbalanced temperament.

  14. عادَت بهِ تونس بعدَ المشيبِ إِلى

    شبابها في مُعافاةٍ من العللٍ

    Through it Tunis, after gray old age, returned to

    its youth, free of ailments.

  15. هَذي البريّةُ في خفضٍ وفي دعةٍ

    وَبرد أمنٍ وعيشٍ يانع خضلِ

    These people dwell in ease and repose,

    and in cool security and a life ripe and lush.

  16. تأوي إِلى طودِ عزٍّ دون غايته

    يرتدّ ناظرُ صرفِ الدهرِ من كللِ

    They shelter in a mountain of might, short of whose summit

    the gaze of Time's vicissitudes turns back, exhausted.

  17. محمّد بن حسين اِبن الهمام أَبي الث

    ثناءِ اِبن محمّد اِبن نجل علي

    Muhammad son of Husayn, son of the valiant Abu al-

    Thana, son of Muhammad, son of Ali's son.

  18. زُهرٌ تَوالوا على الخضراءِ في نسقٍ

    حتّى جلَت شمسُ هذا العصر للمقلِ

    Bright stars succeeded one another over al-Khadra in order,

    until this age's sun shone forth before all eyes.

  19. يا أيّها الملكُ الميمونُ طائرهُ

    ومَن مَزاياهُ في الآفاق كالمثلِ

    O king whose augury is auspicious,

    and whose virtues are proverbial across the horizons,

  20. هذا الهَناءُ بشهرِ المَولدِ اِتّصلت

    بهِ التهاني لكم علاً على نهلِ

    this joy in the month of the Prophet's birth has been joined

    by congratulations to you, a second draught after the first.

  21. شَرّفت أنجالَ مولانا الوزير بهِ

    بِسنَّة قرّرتها خيرة المللِ

    You honored the sons of our lord the minister through it,

    with a practice prescribed by the finest of faiths.

  22. فَاِهنَأ بِهم خيرَ أحفادٍ تُرشّحهم

    مَرتبة اِبنٍ بكم مُستحكم الوصلِ

    So rejoice in them, the finest grandsons, commended

    by the station of a son firmly bound to you.

  23. ذاك الوزيرُ الّذي شُدّت مَآزرهُ

    عَلى العَفافِ وصدقِ القول والعملِ

    That minister, whose loins are girded

    for integrity and truth in word and deed.

  24. نَدبٌ ضليعٌ بِأَعباءِ الوزارة مَي

    مون النقيبةِ مأمون من الزللِ

    A gallant man, well able to bear ministry's burdens, blessed

    in disposition, safe from missteps.

  25. مُحنّكٌ حلبَ الأيّامَ أَشطُرها

    مُسدّد بالّذي اِستكفيتموه ملي

    Seasoned, he has milked the days' udders,

    rightly guided, capable in what you entrusted to him.

  26. لا زلتَ تُبصرُ منه خير متّشحٍ

    بِالجدّ وَالحزمِ لا ناءٍ ولا وكلِ

    May you always see in him the finest man girded

    with diligence and resolve, neither aloof nor ineffectual,

  27. وَتَصطفيهِ وَتُسميهِ إلى رتبٍ

    يَصفرُّ حاسده مِنها بلا وجلِ

    and favor him and raise him to ranks

    at which his envier pales, though not from fear.

  28. وَاِسلَم وَدُم يا أمير المِؤمنين لنا

    دَهراً محاطاً بِحفظ الواحد الأزلي

    And remain safe and endure for us, O Commander of the Faithful,

    for ages, enfolded in the protection of the One, the Eternal,

  29. حتّى يَرى كلُّ ذي رأيٍ وذي بصرٍ

    مِن حسنِ عَدلك ما يزري على الدولِ

    until everyone with judgment and everyone with sight sees

    in the excellence of your justice what puts dynasties to shame.

  30. لا زالَ ملكُكَ مَرفوعاً سرادقهُ

    تؤوي الأنام لظلٍّ غير منتقلِ

    May your kingdom's pavilion ever stand high,

    as you shelter mankind in a shade that never passes away.