هَنيئاً بها طوْعَ السّعادةِ وافِدَهْ

تُريكَ منَ الصُّنْعِ الجميلِ عوائِدَهْ

Welcome to her, obedience has brought her happiness,

She sees the beautiful work returning its rewards.

أمَا حقُّها واللهُ يكْلأُ مجْدَها

بأن تُصْبِحَ الآمالُ طُرّاً مُساعِدَهْ

By God, it is her right, and God perfects her glory,

That hopes become helping winds.

وأن تغْتَدي الشّمْسُ التي عمّ نُورُها

تُقِرُّ بأوْصافٍ لها غيرِ واحِدَهْ

And that the sun whose light has spread,

Confirms her descriptions, not just one.

فمِن رفْعةٍ فوقَ الثريّا مكانُها

ومِنْ حسَبٍ شادَ الكمالُ معاهِدَهْ

For she is from a family, above fame is her status,

And from lineage, perfection made a pact with her.

ومن والِدٍ للهِ منْشأُ فضْلِهِ

إذا جدَّهُ الأرْضَى حمِدْنا ووالِدَهْ

And from a father, to God is his excellence attributed,

When he treats people kindly, we praise him and his forefathers.

على نسَقٍ أحْسِن بهمْ وبعِقْدِهِمْ

إذا ما نظَمْنا بالثّناءِ فرائِدَهْ

According to a system, he did good for them and their knots,

If we compose praise, its ideas widespread.

فأهْلاً بها من عالمِ الكوْنِ فذةً

ممجّدةً قد طاوَلتْ كُلَّ ماجِدَهْ

So welcome to her, pride of the world, so exceptional,

Glorified, she reached all glories.

وبُشْرى بها بُشْرى لأمٍ ووالدٍ

خِلالُهُما في الدّهْرِ بالفضْلِ شاهِدَهْ

And good news of her, good news to a mother and father,

Through time, their merit evident.

وإني لطَلّاعُ الثّنايا بشُكْرِهِمْ

ليَ السّبقُ في آمادِهِ المُتباعِدَهْ

And I notice their gratitude in advance,

I precede in its distant aims.

ولكن بما أثْني وأفْصِحُ فيهمُ

ولو أنّني جارَيْتُ قُسَّ بنَ ساعِدَهْ

But with what I praise and eloquently speak of them,

Even if I exhausted my arm’s effort.

وعندي وُدٌّ ليس يبْلى جَديدُهُ

وحيثُ غدَتْ أسْبابُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

And I have a love whose newness does not fade,

Where its reasons have become allied.

ووَاللهِ ما وفّيتُ حقَّ أخُوّةٍ

محَبَّتُها في ذاتِه مُتزايِدَهْ

By God, I have not fulfilled the right of a brotherhood,

Whose affection in itself is increasing.

فجازاكَ عنّي يا أخي خيْرَ ما جَزى

إلَهٌ غدَتْ ألْطافُهُ مُتعاضِدَهْ

So may you reward me, O brother, the best reward,

A God whose kindness has allied.