بدر المسرّة قد حوى تكميلا
واللَه فضلاً بلّغ المأمولا
The full moon of joy has encompassed fulfillment,
And God has granted favor and attained what was hoped.
والقلب أضحى بالسرور مُشَبّبا
لمّا تبدّى بالهنا موصولا
The heart has become elated with joy,
When it appeared adorned for us, united.
وسرت دواعي البسط تنشر طيّه
فرحاً بوقت قد سما تفضيلا
The motives for happiness spread their folds,
Rejoicing in a time that rose with preference.
في منزل تمّت أهلّةُ حُسنه
نزل السرور به وطاب نزيلا
In a house whose goodness was completed,
Joy descended in it and stayed as a good guest.
حيث اتّجهت به رأيت مسرّة
لم يبغ مَن قد حلّه تحويلا
Wherever it turned I saw happiness,
None who inhabited it desired change.
فيه الأحبة بالسرور تجمّعوا
لا زال بالهنا مشمولا
The loved ones gathered in it with joy,
It did not cease to be covered in bliss.
وافوا يهنّنونا بمولود سما
قمر السماء وفاقه تبجيلا
They came congratulating us on a heavenly newborn,
The moon of the sky which surpassed veneration.
شمس المنى قمر الهنا مَن قد غدا
نجم الردى بظهوره مأفولا
The sun of purpose, the moon of our bliss, who has become
A guiding star with his appearance outshone.
اللَه يحفظه ويحفظ أهله
ويقرّ أعينهم بذاك طويلا
May God protect him and protect his family,
And gratify their eyes with him for a long time.
ويريهم برضاعه وفطامه
وطهوره وزواجه المأمولا
And show them in his nursing and weaning,
His puberty and hoped-for marriage.
وحزينكم يا ناس يوم ولادتي
ما زغرط النسوان فيه قليلا
And your day of sorrow, O people, on my birth
The women did not ululate much.
وتزلّبوا وتعسّلوا تفسيره
أكلوا زلابية كذا عسلولا
They were sullen and suckled its interpretation,
They ate date honey and honey too.
وسقتني أمي في رضاعي بزّها
وأكلت إذ طلع السنين بليلا
My mother suckled me in my nursing her spite,
And I ate when the years brought night.
وعرفت حين كبرت أن ابي أبي
وأنا ابن أمي بكرة وأصيلا
I knew when I grew up that my father was my father,
And I am the son of my mother morning and evening.
