يَا ابْنَةَ العَمِّ إِنَّ ذَاكَ الَّذِي

أَكْبَرْتِ آيَاتِهِ وَأَعْظَمْتِ فَنَّهْ

O daughter of my uncle, verily the one

Whose verses you extolled and art you deemed sublime

لَيْسَ بِالشَّاعِرِ الَّذِي خِلْتِ إِلاَّ

عَبْرَةً قَدْ يَصُوغُهَا أَوْ أَنَّهْ

Is no mere poet with whom you were alone

Except with sorrow he may sometimes rhyme

أَنْتِ أَقْرَضْتِهِ الثَّنَاءَ فَلَمْ يَرْ

دُدْ وَمَا كَانَ جَاحِداً لِلْمِنَّهْ

You lent him praise which he did not disown

Nor was he ever thankless for your time

قَلْبُهُ يَعْرفُ الجَمِيلَ وَيَرْعَى

كُلَّ حُسْنَى أَعَارَهَا اللُّطْفُ حُسْنَهْ

His heart knows virtue and tends

To every grace by kindness refined

لَمْ يُطِعْهُ البَيَانُ أَطْوَعَ مَا كَا

نَ مَدِيحٌ لِوَالِدٍ يَصِفُ ابْنَهْ

Eloquence obeyed him best whene’er

He praised a father in depicting his son

وَلِسَانُ المِنْطِيقِ آناً لَهُ جَر

يٌ وَآناً يَعْرُوهُ عِيٌّ وَلُكْنَهْ

And rhetoric itself would flow or err

Now easy, now halting—such habits it won

غَيْرَ أَنَّ السُّرُورَ قَدْ أَسْعَدَ اليـ

ـومَ بَيَانِي وَخَلَّى فِكْرِي يَسِيرُ وَشَأْنَهْ

But joy has gladdened this day in me

My words flow freely, my task is simple and free

فَاهْنَئِي أَيُّهَا العَرُوسُ وَيَا ابْنَ

العَمِّ فَاغْنَمْ سَعْدَ القِرَانِ وَيُمْنَهْ

So congratulations, O bride, and O

My uncle’s son, enjoy the wedding’s boon

أَنْتَ أَرْقَى الشَّبَابِ خَلْقاً وَخُلْقاً

وَأَرَقُّ الأَتْرَابِ حِذْقاً وَفِطْنَهْ

You are the finest of youths in nature and nurture

And keenest of kin in wisdom and prudence

وَهْيَ وَجْهُ العَفَافِ يَنْظُرُهَا الطَّرْ

فُ قَريراً وَإِنْ دَعَوْهَا بِفِتْنَهْ

Blessed by modesty, your face the beholder

Views joyfully, though invited to temptation

بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكُمَا فَارْغَدَا عَيْشـ

ـاً وَذُوقَا صَفْوَ الزَّمَان وَأَمْنَهْ

May God bless you both and grace

Your life with joy and safety’s foundation