1. عيدوا التهاني للمعظم عيدوا

    مولى به كل الليالي عيدُ

    Renew congratulations to the exalted one—renew them!

    A lord through whom every night is a festival.

  2. أولوه تبريكاً بأبهى موسمٍ

    أبداً عليه بالسرور يعودُ

    Grant him blessings at the fairest festival,

    That ever returns to him with joy.

  3. عيدٌ بنور سنا أبي المصباح قد

    أزهى الوجود فحفّه التمجيدُ

    A festival that, by the radiant light of Abū al-Miṣbāḥ, has

    Brightened existence, and praise has surrounded him.

  4. ندبٌ إذا احتبك الجدال بداله

    رايٌ يحل المبرمات سديدُ

    A gallant man: when debate becomes tangled, there appears to him

    A sound judgment that unravels knotted matters.

  5. وإذا غشا الهيجاء فوق مضمّرٍ

    وانقضّ تشهد في سراهُ البيدُ

    And when he enters the fray upon a lean, trained steed,

    And swoops down, the deserts witness his night journey.

  6. أو هزَّ أقوم اسمر أو سلّ ما

    ضي ابتر خشيت سطاه اسودُ

    Or brandishes a perfectly straight brown spear, or draws a keen

    Cleaving sword, lions fear his onslaught.

  7. بطلٌ له في الهول ذكر وقايعٍ

    بين الأنام يزينه التخليدُ

    A hero with a record of battles amid terror,

    Adorned among humankind by undying remembrance.

  8. ما الأولون من الكماة وما سخا

    معنٍ وفضل الفضل حين يجودُ

    What are the warriors of old, and what is the bounty

    Of Maʿn and the munificence of al-Faḍl when he gives?

  9. احيى سماحة حاتمٍ من بعد أن

    دثرت وزان وجودها التجديدُ

    He revived Ḥātim's generosity after it had

    Vanished, and renewal adorned its existence.

  10. موّلى له بين العبادِ من اسمه

    قسمٌ وفوزٌ بالفخار مزيدُ

    A lord who, among humankind, derives from his name

    A share, and an added triumph in glory.

  11. فهو العلي على جميع ذوي العلا

    وجميع ما تثنيه عنه حميدُ

    For he is ʿAlī, the exalted, above all who possess eminence,

    And all that you recount of him is praiseworthy.

  12. ناخوذة الأيام نخبة عصره

    فردٌ عزيزٌ في الوجود وحيدُ

    Captain of the days, the finest of his age,

    Peerless and precious, unique in all existence.

  13. شهمٌ رفيع بنا معاليه على

    هام السها والفرقدين مشيدُ

    A lofty, noble man, the edifice of whose honors upon

    The crowns of al-Suhā and the two Farqad stars stands high.

  14. ما امّ روضة حلمه الزاهي فتى

    الاّ اجتنى ما يبتغي ويريدُ

    No youth sought the garden of his radiant forbearance

    Without plucking what he sought and desired.

  15. وإذا نما نادي نداه عمه

    بحر محيط بالنوال مديدُ

    And when the gathering of his bounty grows, it is enveloped

    By a vast, all-encompassing sea of gifts.

  16. لا جود يحمد بعد طامي جوده

    كلٌّ لديه شأنهُ التقليدُ

    No generosity is praised after his overflowing bounty;

    All others beside him do no more than imitate.

  17. الترك قد جاءَ لساحة فضله

    بعقود درّ حفَها التنضيدُ

    Al-Turk has come to the courtyard of his bounty,

    With necklaces of pearls graced by their arrangement.

  18. ولديه ينشد دمتَ يا مولاي في

    عزٍ يزين مجده التوطيدُ

    And in his presence he chants: May you endure, my lord, in

    Honor, whose glory is adorned by firm establishment.

  19. وعلى المدى لا زال يشملك العلا

    والنصر والتوفيق والتأييدُ

    And throughout time may eminence never cease to enfold you,

    And victory, success, and support.

  20. يهنيك عيدٌ بالتهاني مقبلٌ

    إشراق طالعه عليك سعيدُ

    A festival approaches, greeting you with congratulations;

    The radiance of its rising is auspicious for you.

  21. فاسلم ولا برحت يمينك دايماً

    تسمو على كل الورى وتسودُ

    So remain safe, and may your right hand forever continue

    To rise above all humankind and hold sway.

  22. ولشبلك المصباح عمرٌ اكمل

    لا مسَّهُ طول المدى تنكيدُ

    And may your lion cub, al-Miṣbāḥ, have the fullest life,

    May no affliction touch him throughout all time,

  23. ما أشرقت شمسٌ وضاءت انجمٌ

    وشدا هزارٌ في الرياض غرودُ

    As long as the sun rises and stars shine,

    And a melodious nightingale sings in the gardens.