لَكَ الْبُشْرَى هَنِيئاً بِالْعَلِيِّ

عَلِيِّ الْقَدْرِ نَجْلِ أَبِي عَلِيِّ

Glad tidings to you, and joyous congratulations on the Exalted one,

The high in stature, the son of Abu Ali.

دُعِيتَ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ قَبْلُ فَرْداً

وَزِدْتَ أَبَا الْعَلِيِّ بِذَا الصَّبِيِّ

You were called "Abu Ali" before, in name alone,

And now you are magnified as the father of the Exalted by this boy.

فَذَاكَ اسْمٌ يُطَابِقُهُ الْمُسَمَّى

وَهَذَا كُنْيَةٌ بِابْنٍ سَمِيِّ

For that is a name perfectly matched by its bearer,

And this is a kunya affirmed by a namesake son.

يَكُونُ لَكُمْ شَبِيهاً فِي الْمَعَالِي

وَفِيمَا حُزْتَ مِنْ خُلُقٍ رَضِيِّ

May he be your likeness in noble heights,

And in all the pleasing morals you have attained.

فَيَخْلُفُ مَنْ خَلَفْتَ أَبَاكَ جَدٌّ

لَهُ قَدْ سَادَ كُلَّ أَبٍ أَبِيِّ

Thus he succeeds the one you succeeded—your father, a grandfather

To him, who has surpassed every proud and noble father.

رَعَاهُ اللهُ حَيّاً بَعْدَ مَوْتٍ

وَأَبْقَى ذِكْرَهُ فِي كُلِّ حَيِّ

May Allah watch over him, alive after death,

And preserve his memory among all the living.