هَذِهِ بضعة الحسين الفَريدِ

هَذِهِ بضعة الحسين الفَريدِ

وَهُوَ فَخري شبل الوَزير الرَشيدِ

وَهُوَ فَخري شبل الوَزير الرَشيدِ

She is the flesh and blood of the peerless Husayn,

This is the unique pride of al-Husayn

and he is Fakhri, lion cub of the wise minister,

The most noble cub of the wise vizier

جَعفَر الصادق الَّذي قَد تَحلَّى

جَعفَر الصادق الَّذي قَد تَحلَّى

منهُ جيد العُلى بِرَأيٍ سَديد

منهُ جيد العُلى بِرَأيٍ سَديد

Ja‘far al-Sadiq, who has adorned

Ja'far al-Sadiq who was endowed

the neck of lofty glory with his sound counsel.

With the neck of loftiness through insight so true

طَلعت شَمسُها لِثالث عشرٍ

طَلعت شَمسُها لِثالث عشرٍ

بِرَبيع مِن عام يُمنٍ جَديد

بِرَبيع مِن عام يُمنٍ جَديد

Her sun rose on the thirteenth

Its sun rose on the thirteenth

of Rabi‘, in a new year of good fortune.

Of a new blessed year

فَأَضاءَت مِنها بِمَصر لَيالٍ

فَأَضاءَت مِنها بِمَصر لَيالٍ

لَم تَزَل تَزدَهي بِأَفضَل عيد

لَم تَزَل تَزدَهي بِأَفضَل عيد

So through her, nights in Egypt shone;

Illuminating thereby the nights of Egypt

they still glory in the finest festival.

Which cease not to grow more joyous through this feast

وَلِمَجدي إَقبالها قال أَرخ

وَلِمَجدي إَقبالها قال أَرخ

أَقبَلت عصمة بِوَجه سَعيد

أَقبَلت عصمة بِوَجه سَعيد

And her arrival said to Magdi: “Record the date—

And chronicling its advent in glory, one dated

Ismat has arrived with a happy face.”

“Chastity has arrived with a blissful face.”