درٌّ أيادي التهاني فتّحت صَدفه

أَم نجمُ فضلٍ جَلا عَن أفقنا سَدَفه

The hands of congratulations opened their shells,

Or did a star of virtue shine from our horizon and spread its canopy,

أمِ اِستهلّ هلالٌ في سماءِ عُلى

أَضحت منازلُه بالسعدِ مُكتنفه

Or did a crescent moon begin in a lofty sky,

Its mansions have become filled with good fortune?

ما أيمنَ الزمنَ الموفي بِطالعهِ

وَما أبرّ يداً عنهُ نضَت سَجفه

How auspicious is this time that fulfills its promise,

And how righteous the hand that picked its fruits.

دَعائمُ المجدِ أَولى اللّهُ شائدها

مُوالياً كَي يرى في عصرهِ خَلفه

The pillars of glory, may God make its foundations firm,

Successively, so He may see in His time one to follow Him.

هَذا الهناءُ الّذي هبّت بشائرهُ

فَأصبَحت سحبُ الأوهامِ مُنكشفه

This is the joy whose tidings blew,

So the clouds of illusions dispersed and lifted.

رَعَى المهيمنُ داراً للهُدى رُفِعَت

وَلا خَلا مجدُها مِن شائٍد شَرَفه

The Protector looked after a house of guidance that was raised,

Its glory never lacked a towering pillar.

اللّه أَعلَمُ حيثُ الفضل يودعهُ

وَحَيث يُبقي المَزايا فيهِ مُؤتلفه

God knows best where to place virtue,

And where to keep talents harmonized within it.

سَمتٌ لِبيتِ العلى من آلِ بيرم أس

ساسٌ مِنَ الدينِ ثمّ دعّمت غُرفه

A trait of the house of glory, from the family of Birm Al As,

A foundation of religion, then its rooms were supported.

رَدّت مطامحَ مَن ناواه خاسئةً

وَأَضرمت في حَشا الشاني له لَهَفه

It repelled the vain hopes of those who despaired of it,

And ignited within the heart of its detractor a burning passion.

وافاكَ يا مفرداً في كلّ مكرمةٍ

نجلٌ تُحاكي بهِ في رُتبةٍ وَصفَه

You were singled out in every honor,

With a son through whom you compete in rank and description.

رأيُ الفراسةِ يُبدي مِن مخائلهِ

برّ المؤكّد في عليائهِ خَلفه

The insight of the perceptive shows from its sources

The certainty of the eminent in his successors.

بَل لَم تَزل عادةُ المولى لِمُنشئكم

أنّ الشريعةَ منهُ الدهرَ مُغتَرِفه

Rather, it has never ceased to be the custom of the Master for your likes,

That the Law takes its water from Him through the ages.

يَأبى الهُدى أَن يرى إلّا مَنازِلكم

مَأوىً لَه وَعليها ربّه وَقَفه

Guidance refuses to see any abode but yours,

As its refuge, and its Lord established it upon you.

رَومُ السماكينِ أَدنى من مآثركم

لذي يدٍ أَصبحت لِلفضلِ مُقتطفه

The heights of the heavens are lower than your achievements,

To the hand that picked the fruits of nobility.

إنّ الهِلال الّذي وافاكَ سوفَ يُرى

بَدراً وشَمسك بالإشراقِ مُلتحفه

The crescent that came to you will indeed be seen,

As a full moon, and your sun cloaked in light.

مُمدّةً بِكمال طبعهِ وسنا

حتّى تَكون فتاوى صحفهِ دَلِفه

Extending with the perfection of its nature and years,

Until its juristic rulings intertwine.

بَدت مَسرّتهُ في روضِ حَضرتِكم

باكورةً لتهانٍ بعدُ مُؤتَنِفه

Its joy appeared in the garden of your eminence,

As the first fruits of congratulations to be renewed.

اِهنأ بِمَولدهِ المُفضي لمحتنه

وعرسهِ ولأحفادٍ حَموا كَنفه

Congratulations on his birth that led to his happiness,

His wedding, and to grandchildren who protected their bosom friend.

نَعم ودونكَ بيتاً قَد رميتُ به

سَهماً يُقرطسُ من شانيكُمُ هَدفه

Yes, and below you a house which I cast

As an arrow that hits the target of your detractor.

هَذا بِنصفيه وَالخالي ومهملهِ

مُؤرّخاً مُرغماً مِن شامخ أَنَفه

This, with its two halves, and the missing letter and neglect,

recording the date, compelling the haughty to lower his nose.

فَاللّه مُعطي سنا الفُتيا معوّدها

اِبناً حمى لأبيهِ وارثاً سَلفه

So may God grant the luster of accomplished youth,

A son who protects his father, and inherits those before him.