يَهْنِيكَ مَقْدَمُ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ ابْنِكَ عَنْ

مَطْلٍ بِوَعْدٍ مِنَ الأَيَّامِ مَرْقُوبِ

Your son Abd al-Wahid's arrival gladdens you after

a long wait for a promise from the days in store,

كَيُوسُفٍ كَانَ فِعْلُ الزَّمَانِ بِهِ

وَكُنْتَ فِي الْبّثِّ وَالشَّكْوَى كَيَعْقُوبِ

Like Joseph, who was treated by time

while you, like Jacob, complained of separation.