زُرْتُم فُحُيِّيتُم كما يَنبغي
لصاحِب زارَ وخِلٍّ يَزورْ
You came to visit and were welcomed as befits
a companion who has come, and a dear friend who comes to call.
مجلسكم هذا وإيناسكم
منكم عليه في المسرّات نور
This gathering of yours, and your enlivening of it—
from you there shines upon it a light amid delights.
يا حبذا مجلسُ أنسٍ زها
والسادة الأشراف فيه حضور
Ah, how lovely—a convivial gathering grown radiant,
with the noble sayyids present there,
بطلعة مقرونة بالهنا
وأوجهٍ تطلع منها البدور
through an appearance attended by happiness,
and faces from which full moons rise.
قَرَّتْ عيون المجد في عقدكم
وانشرحت منَّا لذاك الصدور
The eyes of glory rejoiced in your assembly,
and at that our hearts opened wide.
جاءَ بكم عُرسُ فتًى ماجدٍ
لباطن الأفراح فيه ظهور
A noble young man’s wedding brought you together;
in it, hidden joys come into view.
في طالع السعد وإقباله
فيه البشارات وفيه الحبور
In good fortune’s ascendant and its approach,
in it are glad tidings, and in it is delight.
هَنَّيتُ محموداً وإخوانه
لهمّة لا يعتريها فتور
I congratulated Mahmoud and his brothers
for a resolve untouched by lassitude,
لفعله البر وأفعاله
ليسَ بها من كلّ وجه قصور
for his doing good, and for his deeds—
in which there is no shortcoming in any respect.
قد سَرَّنا الله فأرَّخْتُه
بعُرسِ إبراهيم أقصى السُّرور
God has indeed gladdened us, so I composed its chronogram:
“With Ibrahim’s wedding comes the utmost joy.”
Sol 5.6