سَرّاءُ شَبَّ بِها الزَمانُ الأَشيَبُ

وَسَماءُ مَجدٍ زيدَ فيها كَوكَبُ

The prosperity with which time grew old,

And the sky of glory to which a star was added,

وَعلوُّ مَنزِلَةٍ تُشادُ بِأَزهَرٍ

كَالنَجمِ إِلا أَنَّهُ لا يَغرُبُ

And the height of rank built with flowers,

Like a star but does not set,

يَأبى لَهُ خلق الوَليدِ إِذا هَفا

كَرمُ المَراضِعِ وَالنِجارُ الطَيِّبُ

Al-Walid's nature refuses, when it inclines

To the kindness of nurses and good carpenters.

وُلِدَت بِمَولِدِهِ المَكارِمُ وَالنَدى

وَتَأَهَّبَ النادي لَهُ وَالمَوكِبُ

With his birth, virtues and dew were born,

And the club was adorned for him, and processions.

بُشراكَ بِالطِفلِ الَّذي هُوَ عِندَنا

شِبلٌ وَفي المَعنى هِزَبرٌ أَغلَبُ

I give you good tidings of the boy who is to us

A cub, and in meaning a victorious lion.

فَاِهنَأ بِهِ مِن طالِعٍ ذي أَسعُدٍ

يُزهى بِغُرَّتِهِ الزَمانُ وَيُعجَبُ

So congratulate yourself on the rising of a most fortunate star,

With whose charm time is adorned and admires.

يَحلو عَلى طَرَفِ اللِسانِ كَأَنَّما

عَسَلٌ وَماءٌ لَفظُها المُستَعذَبُ

Sweet on the tip of the tongue, as if

It were honey and water - his eloquent utterance.

بَلغَت بِكَ الأَيّامُ قاصِيَةَ المُنى

مِمّا تُحاوِلُهُ الكِرامُ وَتَطلُبُ

You have reached, through the days, the farthest goals

That the generous seek and desire.