هَنيئاً بِما خُوِّلْتَ منْ رِفْعَةِ القدْرِ
ودُمْتَ قَريرَ العيْنِ منْشَرِحَ الصّدْرِ
May joy be yours for the loftiness of rank bestowed upon you,
and may you remain contented of eye, serene of heart.
وبُشْرى بمُلْكٍ قدْ طلَعْتَ بأفْقِهِ
هِلالاً لهُ سيْرٌ الى رُتْبَةِ البَدْرِ
Glad tidings of a realm upon whose horizon you have risen,
a crescent whose course leads toward the full moon’s station.
خلَفْتَ الأبَ المرْضيَّ خيْرَ خِلافَةٍ
وقُمْتَ بأمْرِ اللهِ مُمْتَثِلَ الأمْرِ
You succeeded your well-pleasing father in the finest succession,
and took up God’s charge, obedient to the command.
ولمّا قضى المخْتارُ هلْ قامَ بعْدَهُ
بضمِّ شَتاتِ الدّينِ غيْرُ أبي بَكْرِ
And when the Chosen One passed away, who arose after him
to gather the Faith’s scattered ranks but Abu Bakr?
سَعيدٌ على الإسْلامِ أنتَ وأهْلِهِ
فلازِلْتَ في سعْدٍ يَدومُ وفي نصْرِ
You are a blessing to Islam and to its people;
may you ever abide in enduring felicity and victory.
Sol 5.6