السَّعدُ أَعْطى فوَفَّى غيْرَ مُعْتذِرِ
فاغْنَمْ صَفَاءَكَ مَوْفُوراً عَلى قَدَرِ
The happy man gave freely without excuses
So enjoy your purity to the full extent
جَدرْتَ بِالنِّعمَةِ الْكبْرَى فَيَسَّرَهَا
دَهْرٌ أَتَمَّ لَكَ الأوْطَارَ فِي وَطرِ
You deserved the greatest blessing, so it was made easy
By time which gave you perfect cycles during your lifetime
فَفُزْ بِمَا شِئْتَ مِنْ لُطْفٍ وَمِنْ أَدَبٍ
وَمِنْ عَفَافٍ وَمِنْ ظرْفٍ وَمِنْ حَوَرِ
So take whatever refined behavior, discipline,
Decency, wit and charm you desire
فِي غادَةٍ لَمْ تُطالِعْهَا وَقدْ سَمَحَتْ
عَيْنُ الْعِنايَةِ إِلاَّ أَعْينُ الْفِكَرِ
In a young woman whom the eyes of Providence
Have not looked upon except the eyes of thought
مَحْجُوبَةِ النُّورِ إِلاَّ حَيْثُ نمَّ بِهَا
مِنْ خَالِصِ الشِّعرِ وَصْفٌ خَالِدُ الأَثر
Veiled from light except where described through it
Pure poetry whose effect is eternal
شِعْرٌ حَوَى كلَّ مَعْنىً غيْرِ مُفْترَعٍ
فِي خَيْرِ مَا يَلْبَسُ المَعْنَى مِنَ الصُّوَرِ
Poetry which contained every unfabricated meaning
In the best attire meaning can wear
لمُفْرَدٍ بَلَغَتْ بِالحَقِّ شُهْرَتُهُ
أَقْصَى مَبَالِغِهَا فِي الْبَدْوِ وَالحَضَرِ
For an individual whose fame for truthfulness
Reached the utmost extremes both in desert and town
لا سِرَّ لِلْغَابِ إِلاّ وهْيَ تُنْبِئُهُ
بِهِ خِلاَلَ تَنَاجِي الرِّيحِ وَالشَّجرِ
No secret in the wilderness except it informs him
Through the intimate whispers of wind and trees
وَلا يَطِيبُ شَذا إِلا مُشَاطَرَةً
بَيْنَ الضّمِيرِ الَّذِي يَحْكِيهِ وَالزُّهَرِ
No fragrance is sweet unless it is shared
Between the conscience that tells it and the flowers
وَلاَ تُكَاتِمُهُ الظَّلمَاءُ خَاطِرَهَا
وَلاَ اْلأَشِعَّة مَا تَرْوِي عَنِ الزُّهَرِ
No darkness conceals its thoughts from him
No rays what they show of the flowers
رَوَائِعُ الخَلْقِ حَلَّتْ مِنْ سَرِيرتِهِ
فِي مَجْمَعٍ لِشتِيتِ الْفنِّ مُخْتَصَر
Marvels of creation extracted from his privacy
In a compilation of scattered arts summarized
لاَ بِدْعَ أَنْ أَخذَتْ مِنْهَا كرِيمَتُهُ
خُلاَصةَ الحُسْنِ وَاْلآدَابِ وَالْخَفَرِ
Needless to say, his noble one took from them
The essence of beauty, etiquette and grace
فَاسْتَجْمَعَتْ شِيَمَ الأَمْلاَكِ وَاكتَمَلَتْ
رُوحاً وَجِسْماً بِلاَ عَيْبٍ وَلاَ وَضَرِ
She gathered the demeanor of royalty and was completed
In body and soul without fault or blemish
تِلْكَ الأَمَانَةُ وافَتْ خَيْرَ مُؤتَمَنٍ
مِنَ الْكِرَامِ كِرَامِ الْخُبْرِ وَالخَبَرِ
That honesty met the best trustee
Of the generous, experienced and expert
مِنْ مَعْشَرٍ هُمْ عَنَاوِينُ الْفَخارِ إِذَا
مَا خُلِّدَتْ غُرَرُ الآثَارِ فِي السِّيرِ
Of a people who are the epitomes of pride whenever
The pearls of relics are immortalized in history
فَتَى تَمَثَّل فِيهِ طِيبُ عُنْصُرِهِ
عَفُّ الضَّميرِ نقِيُّ الوِرْدِ وَالصَّدرِ
A young man in whom his fine origin was embodied
Gentle conscience, pure affection and chest
ناطَتْ رجَاءً بِهِ مِصْرٌ فحَقَّقهُ
قَبْلَ اْلأَوَانِ بِصِدْقِ العَزْمِ وَالنَّظَرِ
Egypt placed hope in him and he fulfilled it
Before the time due to honesty of purpose and foresight
يا كَوْكبَيْنِ غنِمْنَا فِي لِقَائِهِمَا
صَفْوَ الزَّمَانِ وَأُنْسَ السَّمْعِ وَالبَصر
O two planets we gained in their meeting
The essence of time, pleasure of hearing and sight
للّهِ عُرْسُكُمَا وَالدَّهْرُ مُبْتِسمٌ
وَاللَّيْلُ أَوْهى نَسِيلٍ شَفَّ عَن سَحَرِ
God bless your wedding and time smiles
The night melts revealing the dawn
لَوْ أَنَّ دَعْوَةَ صَافِي الْوُدِّ مُخِلدَةٌ
لَقُلتُ دَومَا دَوَامَ الشِّمسِ وَالْقَمرِ
If the wish of a loving friend lasts forever
I would say, may it last eternally as the sun and moon
