السعد قال بهذا العرس مفتخراً

صفوه أحسن وصف أيها الشعرا

The auspicious one said of this wedding boasting

Describe it in the best description O poet

فطاوعوه وقالوا ما يليق به

من التهاني والأوصاف حين جرا

So they obeyed him and said what befits it

Of congratulations and descriptions when it occurred

وانني واصفٌ ما قد علمت به

من المعالي وان قصرت معتذرا

And I describe what I have known of

The sublime qualities though I fall short apologizing

فثغر بيروت أمسى باسماً بهجاً

به وافراحه قامت بمن حضرا

So the mouth of Beirut has become joyfully named

With it and its joys it stood with those who attended

زفت به من ذوات الخدر ماجدة

لماجد كفئها لا زال معتبرا

It was brought with distinguished gentlewomen

Worthy of its glory it remains esteemed

وزف في موكب كادت كواكبهُ

تحكي نجوم السماء الزُهر حيث سرا

And walked in a procession almost as if its stars

Retold the stars of the heavens where it flowed

لا غرو وان كلا الزوجين فرع علا

من اصل مجدله كل الورى شكرا

No wonder both spouses are branches of a lofty

Origin thanked by all creation

اعني بني بيهم من صيتهم حسن

في كل قطر كريح المسك منتشرا

I mean the sons of Bayhem whose reputation is good

In every place like the scent of musk spreading

لا سيما حسن ذو العرس من شهدت

له المعارف لما حازها ودرا

Especially the groom whom knowledge has witnessed for

When he attained it studying

وفعله كاسمه لكنه رجلل

له مكارم اخلاق بها اشتهرا

His actions match his name but he is a man

Known for the morals of character he gained

جر الكمال له طيب الكلام اما

ترى الثناء عليه في الورى كثرا

Perfection comes to him and gentle speech though

You see praise of him plentiful in existence

لا زال مع عرسه الغراء في نعم

موفقين بسعدٍ فيهما ظهرا

May he and his precious wedding remain in bliss

Successful with fortune manifest in them

اني له قلت كن فيما نؤرخه

ودم هما مشبهان الشمس والقمرا

I said to him be among what we date

And last long like two suns and moons