بدا مُسْتَهلاًّ بالبشارة يَهْتُفُ

يقدِّمُ إنجازَ الهَنا ويُسَوِّفُ

He began auspiciously with good tidings proclaiming

Presenting the achievements of delight and deferring

ولاح لنا من ذلك الوجه نيّرٌ

هو البدر إلاَّ أنَّه ليس يُخْسَف

A bright face appeared to us, it was the full moon

Except that it does not disappear

غلامٌ فأمّا حسْنُه فمفرَّقٌ

عليه وأمّا كونُه فمؤلّف

A youth, as for his beauty it is scattered

Upon him, and as for his being it is composed

يروق لعين الناظرين ببهجة

تُعَرِّفُ من معناه ما ليس يُعْرَف

Pleasing to the eyes of onlookers with gladness

Which makes known from its meaning what is not known

تَبَسَّم ثَغْر الأُنس حين وجوده

كما ابتسمت صَهْباء في الكأس قرقف

The mouth of companionship smiled at his existence

As white flowers smiled in a goblet

قرأنا عليه للسَّعادة أسطراً

لها من معاني ذلك الحسن أحرف

We read in him lines of happiness

With meanings from that beauty as letters

يحاكي أباه بالمحاسن كلِّها

ويوصف بالنعت الَّذي فيه يوصف

He resembles his father in all perfections

And is described with the attribute in which he is described

فبورك مولودٌ وبورك والدٌ

به الذكر يبقى والمحامد تخلف

So blessed is the newborn and blessed is the father

By whom remembrance remains and praise accumulates

وفي رَجَبٍ بالخير وافى فبَشَّروا

بميلادِه والبشرُ إذ ذاك مسعف

And in Rajab he came with goodness, so give glad tidings

Of his birth, and glad tidings at that time were plentiful

وأسْمَعَ باستهلاله كلَّ مَسْمَعٍ

يُقَرِّط آذانَ المنى ويشنّف

And he made every hearing listen with his inauguration

Flapping the ears of wishes and freshening

وفي ذلك الميلاد أرِّخْ بقولنا

وُلِدَتْ بأفراحٍ سليمانُ آصفُ

And in that birth date with our words

Suleiman was born with joys, protected