واحبذا شوّالنا وهلالهُ
شهرٌ لياليه علينا عيدُ
Oh what a joyful new moon of Shawwal we've been granted
Its nights are for us a celebration
أهدى لنا بشراً قد انتعشت بهِ
مهجٌ وافئدةٌ لنا وكبودُ
It has brought us glad tidings of a prophet whose arrival
Revived despondent souls and heavy hearts
أيامهُ الغرّاء مشرقةٌ طوا
لعها علينا بالسرور سعودُ
Its brilliant days shine radiantly upon us
Bestowing bliss and bounty without cease
لالى بها أبهى قرانٍ مؤنسِ
لا ساءَ هُ طول المدى تنكيدُ
In it the glorious Quran, a delightful companion
Was revealed, not once confining us with gloom
وانار دار العز عرس زانه
وفق على مدد الزمان يزيدُ
It lit up the abode of glory, a wedding of splendor
With providence its duration ever will increase
والشمس حلّت برج سعدٍ ناط في
أسدٍ لكم تخشى سطاه اسودُ
The sun entered the constellation of Saad, residing
In the lion, whose mighty grip all darkness shall cease
هو يوسف الشهم الشهابيُّ الذي
لا زال يرقى للعلا ويسودُ
He is Yusuf the glorious, the shooting star whose light
Ever ascends, sovereignty and glory his to seize
ويعمّه عرسٌ يقارنهُ صفا
عيشٍ وعمرٌ بالسعود مديدُ
His wedding compares to serenity and a life
Replete with joy and days stretching with ease
ودوام اقبالٍ وعزٍ مزهرٍ
يزهو بنصرٍ حفّه التأييدُ
Onward flows his fortune, power in full bloom
With triumph, aided by divine decree
ولهُ الهنا فيما اقتنى وبهِ لنا
نعم المنا قد تمْ والمقصودُ
For him is our elation in all he's gained and brought us
Bounty fulfilled, purpose and means now guaranteed
روحي الفداء له أمير شُرّفت
فيهِ الامارة وازدهى التسييدُ
My soul is ransom for him, a prince who has honored
Governance, made eminent nobility's rank supreme
فرع زكا ينبيك عن ابايهِ
وجدوده جودٌ به موجودُ
A righteous branch sprung from his upright forebears
Generosity innate, through him made concrete
ومناقبٌ حسنى ولطف شمايلِ
تثنى وخلق في الورى محمودُ
Noble traits and gentle character redouble his acclaim
Morals singular, within existence, deemed
العرب في تمداحهِ قد أعربت
والترك كم يبدي الثنا ويعيدُ
In praising him the Arabs have expressed profession
While the Turks, how they doubles their odes it seems
يهديه جارية للثم اكفهِ
تركّيةً منها تغار الغيدُ
A Turkish maiden offers him the wine of life most pure
Of which the very crescent moon would envy it seems
تشدو بترنيمٍ حلا تاريخه
عرسٌ حميد الاقتران مجيدُ
She sings a melody celebrating his history
A wedding blessed, a union exalted, so it seems
