رُزِقْتِ مُنَى النفُوسِ مِنَ الجَمالِ
وَفَوْقَ مُنَى النفُوسِ مِنَ الكَمَالِ
You were granted the bliss of souls through beauty,
And above the bliss of souls, through perfection.
ذَكَاءٌ فِي حَيَاءٍ فِي وَقارٍ
لَهُ أَحْلَى التَّشَبِه بِالدَّلالِ
Wit in modesty, dignity in composure,
With the sweetest resemblance to the new moon.
حِسَانُ العَصْرِ عِقْدٌ مِنْ لآَلٍ
وَرِينِيهُ الفَرِيدَةُ فِي الَّلآلِي
The elegance of the age is a string of pearls,
And its unique one shows it in the adornments.
تَصَوَّرَتِ البَدَائِعُ فِي حُلاَهَا
بِأَلْوَانِ الرَّوَائعِ فِي الخِصَالِ
Innovations imagined themselves in her attire,
In the colors of wonders in traits.
وَقُلْ مَا شِئْتَ فِي أَدَبٍ وَعِلْمٍ
تَبُزُّ بِهِ النَّوَابغَ فِي الرِّجالِ
Say what you wish in literature and knowledge,
Whereby the eminent excel among men.
وَقُلْ مَا شِئْتَ فِي دَعَةٍ وَتَقْوَى
مُشَرِّفَةٍ لِرَبَّاتِ الحِجَالِ
Say what you wish in calm and piety,
Enhancing the ladies of the veils.
لأُسْرَتِهَا رَعَاهَا الله نُبْلٌ
بِهِ ازدَانَ الأَوَاخِرُ وَالأَوَالِي
Nobility has protected her family,
With which the recent and old are adorned.
وُجُوهُهُمُ لأَنْفُسِهِمْ مَراءٍ
وَأَنْفُسُهُمْ مَصَابِيحٌ تُلاَلِي
Their faces are a mirror for their souls,
And their souls are lamps that shine.
هُمُ الوَافُونَ فِي عَصْرٍ مُرِيبٍ
بِهِ عُدَّ الوَفَاءُ مِنَ المُحَالِ
They are the faithful ones in a dubious time,
When faithfulness was deemed impossible.
وَشَاعِرُهُمْ لَعُوبٌ بِالمَعانِي
جَدِيدُ الفِكْرِ وَثَّابُ الخَيَالِ
And their poet plays with meanings,
Novel in thought and roaming in imagination.
لِفِيلِيب الَّذِي آثَرْتِ نَجْمٌ
كَنَجْمِكِ فِي سَمَاءِ السَّعْدِ عَالِ
For Philip whom you chose, a star,
Like your star in the lofty sky of bliss.
طَبِيبٌ طَابَ عُنْصرُهُ وَصَحَّتْ
بِهِ شِيَمُ الزَّمَانِ مِنِ اعْتِلاَلِ
A doctor whose temperament is good, and through whom
The traits of time recovered from illness.
شِفَاءُ العينِ بَعْضُ ندَى يَدَيْهِ
وَنَصْلَتُهُ الرَّحِيمَةُ فِي النِّصَالِ
The cure of the eye is some of the dew of his hands,
And his kind scalpel among the weapons.
كَأَنَّ عِنَايَة تُوحِي إِلَيْهِ
صَوَابَ الرَّأْيِ فِي الدَّاءِ العُضَال
It is as if Providence whispers to him
The right opinion regarding the perplexing disease.
يُبالِي فِي الصَّدَاقَةِ كُلَّ شيءٍ
وَقَدْ يَلْقَى الخُطُوبَ فَمَا يُبالِي
He cares for nothing in friendship,
Though he may face adversity, he cares not.
عزِيزٌ مِنْ أَعِزَّاءٍ كِرَامٍٍ
تَوَزعَ بَيْنَهُمْ كَرَمُ الخِلاَلِ
A dear one among the generous and honorable,
Between whom the generosity of perfect traits is distributed.
شَبَابٌ مِلْءُ عَيْنِ المَجْدِ كُلٌّ
بِأَخْلاَقٍ كَماءٍ المُزْنِ حَالِ
Youthful, filled with the honor of glory, each one
With manners like limpid pouring water.
مِنَ التوْفِيقِ أَنَّهُمُ أَصَابُوا
عَسِيرَ النُّجْحِ مَيْسُورَ المَنَالِ
From success, that they have attained
The difficult success, the accessible goal.
فَيَا فَرْعاً زكَا مِنْ خَيْرِ أَصْلٍ
وَغَانِيَةً نَمَاهَا خَيْرُ آلِ
So O branch, matured from the best root,
And songstress, nurtured by the best family.
قِرَانُكُمَا بَدَا التَّوْفِيقُ فِيهِ
بِأَبْهَجَ مَا يَكون مِنَ المِثَالِ
Your marriage appeared with good fortune in it,
In the most delightful form of ideal.
أَضَاءَ اليُمْنُ لَيْلَتَهُ فَأَبْدَتْ
حُليّاً عُطِّلَتْ مِنْهَا اللَّيَالِي
Good fortune illuminated its night, and so it displayed
Jewelry for which nights were adorned.
وَكَانَ هِلاَلُهَا لِلتِّمِّ رَمْزاً
أَلَيْسَ التِّمُّ وَعْداً لِلهِلاَلِ
Its crescent was a symbol for completeness,
Is completeness not a promise to the crescent?
