درٌّ أيادي التهاني فتّحت صَدفه

درٌّ أيادي التهاني فتّحت صَدفه

أَم نجمُ فضلٍ جَلا عَن أفقنا سَدَفه

أَم نجمُ فضلٍ جَلا عَن أفقنا سَدَفه

Is this a pearl whose shell the hands of congratulation have opened,

The hands of congratulations opened their shells,

or a star of excellence that has cleared the darkness from our horizon?

Or did a star of virtue shine from our horizon and spread its canopy,

أمِ اِستهلّ هلالٌ في سماءِ عُلى

أمِ اِستهلّ هلالٌ في سماءِ عُلى

أَضحت منازلُه بالسعدِ مُكتنفه

أَضحت منازلُه بالسعدِ مُكتنفه

Or has a crescent appeared in the sky of exalted glory,

Or did a crescent moon begin in a lofty sky,

its stations now encircled by good fortune?

Its mansions have become filled with good fortune?

ما أيمنَ الزمنَ الموفي بِطالعهِ

ما أيمنَ الزمنَ الموفي بِطالعهِ

وَما أبرّ يداً عنهُ نضَت سَجفه

وَما أبرّ يداً عنهُ نضَت سَجفه

How auspicious the time that brings his rising,

How auspicious is this time that fulfills its promise,

and how beneficent the hand that drew his veil aside!

And how righteous the hand that picked its fruits.

دَعائمُ المجدِ أَولى اللّهُ شائدها

دَعائمُ المجدِ أَولى اللّهُ شائدها

مُوالياً كَي يرى في عصرهِ خَلفه

مُوالياً كَي يرى في عصرهِ خَلفه

God has granted the builder of glory's pillars

The pillars of glory, may God make its foundations firm,

a loyal follower, so he may see his successor in his own lifetime.

Successively, so He may see in His time one to follow Him.

هَذا الهناءُ الّذي هبّت بشائرهُ

هَذا الهناءُ الّذي هبّت بشائرهُ

فَأصبَحت سحبُ الأوهامِ مُنكشفه

فَأصبَحت سحبُ الأوهامِ مُنكشفه

This is the joy whose glad tidings have blown in,

This is the joy whose tidings blew,

so the clouds of misgiving have lifted.

So the clouds of illusions dispersed and lifted.

رَعَى المهيمنُ داراً للهُدى رُفِعَت

رَعَى المهيمنُ داراً للهُدى رُفِعَت

وَلا خَلا مجدُها مِن شائٍد شَرَفه

وَلا خَلا مجدُها مِن شائٍد شَرَفه

May the Guardian protect a house raised for guidance,

The Protector looked after a house of guidance that was raised,

and may its glory never lack one to raise its honor.

Its glory never lacked a towering pillar.

اللّه أَعلَمُ حيثُ الفضل يودعهُ

اللّه أَعلَمُ حيثُ الفضل يودعهُ

وَحَيث يُبقي المَزايا فيهِ مُؤتلفه

وَحَيث يُبقي المَزايا فيهِ مُؤتلفه

God knows best where to bestow excellence,

God knows best where to place virtue,

and in whom He keeps virtues harmoniously united.

And where to keep talents harmonized within it.

سَمتٌ لِبيتِ العلى من آلِ بيرم أس

سَمتٌ لِبيتِ العلى من آلِ بيرم أس

ساسٌ مِنَ الدينِ ثمّ دعّمت غُرفه

ساسٌ مِنَ الدينِ ثمّ دعّمت غُرفه

A noble bearing is the foundation of the exalted house of the Bayram family—

A trait of the house of glory, from the family of Birm Al As,

of faith; then its upper chambers were buttressed.

A foundation of religion, then its rooms were supported.

رَدّت مطامحَ مَن ناواه خاسئةً

رَدّت مطامحَ مَن ناواه خاسئةً

وَأَضرمت في حَشا الشاني له لَهَفه

وَأَضرمت في حَشا الشاني له لَهَفه

They drove back, abased, the ambitions of those who opposed it,

It repelled the vain hopes of those who despaired of it,

and kindled burning anguish in the heart of its hater.

And ignited within the heart of its detractor a burning passion.

وافاكَ يا مفرداً في كلّ مكرمةٍ

وافاكَ يا مفرداً في كلّ مكرمةٍ

نجلٌ تُحاكي بهِ في رُتبةٍ وَصفَه

نجلٌ تُحاكي بهِ في رُتبةٍ وَصفَه

There has come to you, O one unrivaled in every noble deed,

You were singled out in every honor,

a son, your likeness in rank and character.

With a son through whom you compete in rank and description.

رأيُ الفراسةِ يُبدي مِن مخائلهِ

رأيُ الفراسةِ يُبدي مِن مخائلهِ

برّ المؤكّد في عليائهِ خَلفه

برّ المؤكّد في عليائهِ خَلفه

Discernment reveals, from his promising signs,

The insight of the perceptive shows from its sources

the goodness of a sure successor to his exalted standing.

The certainty of the eminent in his successors.

بَل لَم تَزل عادةُ المولى لِمُنشئكم

بَل لَم تَزل عادةُ المولى لِمُنشئكم

أنّ الشريعةَ منهُ الدهرَ مُغتَرِفه

أنّ الشريعةَ منهُ الدهرَ مُغتَرِفه

Rather, the Lord's custom toward your progenitor has always been

Rather, it has never ceased to be the custom of the Master for your likes,

that the Sacred Law draws from him throughout time.

That the Law takes its water from Him through the ages.

يَأبى الهُدى أَن يرى إلّا مَنازِلكم

يَأبى الهُدى أَن يرى إلّا مَنازِلكم

مَأوىً لَه وَعليها ربّه وَقَفه

مَأوىً لَه وَعليها ربّه وَقَفه

Guidance refuses to see any dwellings but yours

Guidance refuses to see any abode but yours,

as its refuge; its Lord has reserved it for them.

As its refuge, and its Lord established it upon you.

رَومُ السماكينِ أَدنى من مآثركم

رَومُ السماكينِ أَدنى من مآثركم

لذي يدٍ أَصبحت لِلفضلِ مُقتطفه

لذي يدٍ أَصبحت لِلفضلِ مُقتطفه

Seeking the two Simak stars is easier than attaining your noble feats,

The heights of the heavens are lower than your achievements,

for one whose hand has become a gatherer of excellence.

To the hand that picked the fruits of nobility.

إنّ الهِلال الّذي وافاكَ سوفَ يُرى

إنّ الهِلال الّذي وافاكَ سوفَ يُرى

بَدراً وشَمسك بالإشراقِ مُلتحفه

بَدراً وشَمسك بالإشراقِ مُلتحفه

Indeed, the crescent that has come to you will be seen

The crescent that came to you will indeed be seen,

as a full moon, while your sun is cloaked in radiance,

As a full moon, and your sun cloaked in light.

مُمدّةً بِكمال طبعهِ وسنا

مُمدّةً بِكمال طبعهِ وسنا

حتّى تَكون فتاوى صحفهِ دَلِفه

حتّى تَكون فتاوى صحفهِ دَلِفه

imparting perfection to his nature, and radiance,

Extending with the perfection of its nature and years,

until the legal opinions on his pages come steadily forth.

Until its juristic rulings intertwine.

بَدت مَسرّتهُ في روضِ حَضرتِكم

بَدت مَسرّتهُ في روضِ حَضرتِكم

باكورةً لتهانٍ بعدُ مُؤتَنِفه

باكورةً لتهانٍ بعدُ مُؤتَنِفه

His joy appeared in the garden of your honored presence,

Its joy appeared in the garden of your eminence,

the first fruit of fresh congratulations yet to come.

As the first fruits of congratulations to be renewed.

اِهنأ بِمَولدهِ المُفضي لمحتنه

اِهنأ بِمَولدهِ المُفضي لمحتنه

وعرسهِ ولأحفادٍ حَموا كَنفه

وعرسهِ ولأحفادٍ حَموا كَنفه

Rejoice in his birth, leading to his [circumcision],

Congratulations on his birth that led to his happiness,

and his wedding, and grandchildren who guard his shelter.

His wedding, and to grandchildren who protected their bosom friend.

نَعم ودونكَ بيتاً قَد رميتُ به

نَعم ودونكَ بيتاً قَد رميتُ به

سَهماً يُقرطسُ من شانيكُمُ هَدفه

سَهماً يُقرطسُ من شانيكُمُ هَدفه

Indeed, take this verse: with it I have shot

Yes, and below you a house which I cast

an arrow that strikes its mark in your detractor.

As an arrow that hits the target of your detractor.

هَذا بِنصفيه وَالخالي ومهملهِ

هَذا بِنصفيه وَالخالي ومهملهِ

مُؤرّخاً مُرغماً مِن شامخ أَنَفه

مُؤرّخاً مُرغماً مِن شامخ أَنَفه

This, with both its halves, the foregoing verse, and its undotted letters,

This, with its two halves, and the missing letter and neglect,

records a date, rubbing a haughty man's nose in the dust:

recording the date, compelling the haughty to lower his nose.

فَاللّه مُعطي سنا الفُتيا معوّدها

فَاللّه مُعطي سنا الفُتيا معوّدها

اِبناً حمى لأبيهِ وارثاً سَلفه

اِبناً حمى لأبيهِ وارثاً سَلفه

So God grants the accustomed bearer of the radiance of fatwa

So may God grant the luster of accomplished youth,

a son, a refuge for his father, heir to his forebears.

A son who protects his father, and inherits those before him.