1. أَخا الفَضلِ في إِتقانِهِ لَن تشاركا

    أَبى اللَّه فيهِ أَن تَكون مشارِكا

    O man of excellence, none shall rival you in perfecting it.

    God has willed that you should have no peer in it.

  2. بِحُسنِ كَمالٍ فيكَ جَلَّ جَماله

    وَلُطفِ طِباع ذَلك الحُسنِ ذالكا

    In the beauty of your perfection, whose splendor is sublime,

    And gentleness of nature—that beauty is yours [uncertain reading].

  3. بِحُلّة آدابٍ بِثَوبٍ مِنَ التّقى

    وَمِنك لَهُ الإِخلاصُ قَد كانَ حايِكا

    In a robe of refinement, in a garment of piety,

    And your own sincerity has been its weaver.

  4. أَقمتَ أَخا العِرفانِ سُنَّةَ أحمدٍ

    بِعقدِ نِكاحٍ كانَ أَقصى مَرامكا

    You have upheld, O man of knowledge, Ahmad’s tradition,

    Through a marriage contract that was your highest desire.

  5. بِساعَةِ يُمنٍ عِندَ أَسعدِ طالِعٍ

    بِمَطلعِ سَعدٍ كانَ عقدُ نِكاحكا

    In an hour of blessing, under the most auspicious ascendant,

    At the rising of good fortune, your marriage was contracted.

  6. تَرى الخَيرَ فيهِ وَالسرورَ مَعَ الهَنا

    وَفيهِ لَكَ المَولى تَباركَ بارَكا

    You will find goodness in it, and joy together with happiness,

    And in it the Lord—blessed is He—has blessed you.

  7. نِكاحٌ لَه التّوفيقُ دامَ مُصاحِباً

    وَلليُمنِ حاوٍ مَع عِمارةِ دارِكا

    A marriage—may success remain its companion—

    And full of blessing, with your home flourishing,

  8. وَلِلسّعدِ إِذ أَرَّخت حاوٍ بدرّة

    وَلا زالَ مَيموناً عَليكَ مُباركا

    And full of good fortune, as I marked its date with a pearl:

    And may it ever be auspicious and blessed for you.

  9. تَهنَّأ بِه خدن المَكارِمِ والعُلى

    قَريرَ عُيونٍ مَع مَسرّةِ بالكا

    Enjoy it, O companion of noble virtues and eminence,

    With contented eyes and happiness of mind.

  10. وَدُم في حِفاظ اللَّه تَخلو مِنَ الرّدى

    وَلا زِلتَ بِالأَلطافِ منهُ مداركا

    And remain in God’s protection, free from ruin,

    And may His gracious favors ever reach you,

  11. بِأَرغَدِ عَيشٍ في سُرور مُؤبّد

    وَبِالسّتر في الدارَين مَع عزِّ شَأنكا

    With a life of greatest ease, in everlasting joy,

    And with protection in both worlds and your standing exalted,

  12. مَدى الدّهرِ ما قَد لاحَ في الدّهرِ كَوكبٌ

    وَما البَرقُ جنحَ اللَّيلِ أَومَضَ ضاحِكا

    For all time, as long as a star shines through the ages,

    And as long as lightning flashes, laughing, in the darkness of night,

  13. وَما الفَتح فَتح اللَّهِ قالَ مُهنئاً

    أَخا الفَضلِ في إِتقانِهِ لَن تشاركا

    And as long as al-Fath, Fath Allah, says in congratulation:

    O man of excellence, none shall rival you in perfecting it.