لَم أفارِقْكُما اختِياراً وهَلْ تَخْتا

لَم أفارِقْكُما اختِياراً وهَلْ تَخْتا

ر يُمْنَى اليدينِ فَقْدَ الشِّمالِ

ر يُمْنَى اليدينِ فَقْدَ الشِّمالِ

I did not part from you two by choice; would

I did not leave you two by choice, would the left hand choose to lose the right?

the right hand choose the loss of the left?

Never! God forbid any aloofness, coldness or boredom between us.

حاشَ للهِ مِنْ قِلىً وصُدودٍ

حاشَ للهِ مِنْ قِلىً وصُدودٍ

وسُلُوٍّ وجَفْوَةٍ ومَلالِ

وسُلُوٍّ وجَفْوَةٍ ومَلالِ

God forbid that I hate you or turn away,

You two are the light of my eyes, who else in all people was created as the light of their eyes?

forget you, treat you coldly, or grow weary.

Yet time was too miserly to allow our state to continue.

أنتما نورُ ناظِرَيَّ وهل في النْ

أنتما نورُ ناظِرَيَّ وهل في النْ

نَاسِ خَلْقٌ لنور عَيْنَيه قالي

نَاسِ خَلْقٌ لنور عَيْنَيه قالي

You two are the light of my eyes; is there among

Such is its way, to diminish what was perfected and ruin what was complete.

people anyone who hates the light of his own eyes?

So excuse me for any hurt I caused in our distance, and do not blame me for the wrongs of our nights apart.

غير أنّ الزمان أَبْخَلُ مِن أَنْ

غير أنّ الزمان أَبْخَلُ مِن أَنْ

يتمادَى على إدامةِ حالِ

يتمادَى على إدامةِ حالِ

Yet time is too miserly to

I will not congratulate you on an Eid, for Eid is a lessening for us of our days left together.

persist in keeping any state unchanged.

Rather, our precious Eid is the one whose blessings have brought us the utmost hopes.

شأْنُه نقصُ ما اسْتَتَمَّ مِن الأَمْ

شأْنُه نقصُ ما اسْتَتَمَّ مِن الأَمْ

رِ وإفْسَادُ ما انتهى مِن كمالِ

رِ وإفْسَادُ ما انتهى مِن كمالِ

Its way is to diminish each affair brought to completion,

Every day we gain through the efforts of my father the vizier is a renewed Eid of joy.

and spoil whatever has attained perfection.

A king of the Prophet's family, a rightly guided noble doer of good.

فاعْذِرَا من عَذَلْتُماه على الْبُعْ

فاعْذِرَا من عَذَلْتُماه على الْبُعْ

دِ ولُومَا في الْبُعْد جَوْرَ اللِّيالي

دِ ولُومَا في الْبُعْد جَوْرَ اللِّيالي

So forgive the one you two reproached for his distance,

and blame the injustice of the nights for that distance.

لا أُهنّيكما بعِيدٍ لأَنّ ال

لا أُهنّيكما بعِيدٍ لأَنّ ال

عيدَ نَقْصٌ لَنا مِن الآجالِ

عيدَ نَقْصٌ لَنا مِن الآجالِ

I do not congratulate you two on a festival, for the

festival shortens the lifespans allotted to us.

إنما عِيدُنا العزِيزُ الّذي نِل

إنما عِيدُنا العزِيزُ الّذي نِل

نا بنُعْماه مُنْتَهَى الآمالِ

نا بنُعْماه مُنْتَهَى الآمالِ

Our festival is al-Aziz alone; we have attained

through his bounty the utmost of our hopes.

كلُّ يومٍ نِلنا بِجَدْوى أَبِي المن

كلُّ يومٍ نِلنا بِجَدْوى أَبِي المن

صورِ عيدٌ مُجَدَّدُ الإقبالِ

صورِ عيدٌ مُجَدَّدُ الإقبالِ

Every day we benefit from Abu al-Mansur's bounty

is a festival of renewed good fortune.

مَلِكٌ من بَنِي الوصيِّ عَزِيزٌ

مَلِكٌ من بَنِي الوصيِّ عَزِيزٌ

نَبَويٌ الهُدَى كَرِيم الفِعَالِ

نَبَويٌ الهُدَى كَرِيم الفِعَالِ

A mighty king of the Legatee's descendants,

prophetic in guidance, noble in deeds.