ما تقاضت منَّا ليالي الزَّمان

ما تقاضت منَّا ليالي الزَّمان

ما تقاضَى شوَّالُ مِن رَمَضانِ

ما تقاضَى شوَّالُ مِن رَمَضانِ

Never have the nights of time exacted from us

The nights of time have not demanded from us

what Shawwal has exacted from Ramadan.

What Shawwal demanded from Ramadan

ما ترى بدرَه عَلاه سَقامٌ

ما ترى بدرَه عَلاه سَقامٌ

كسَقام المحِبِّ في الهِجران

كسَقام المحِبِّ في الهِجران

Do you not see its full moon overtaken by sickness,

You do not see its full moon, disease has overcome it

like a lover's sickness in separation?

Like the sickness of a lover in estrangement

كَسفَتْ نورَه مخافةُ شوَّا

كَسفَتْ نورَه مخافةُ شوَّا

لٍ كُسوفَ الصِّيامِ لِلأَلوان

لٍ كُسوفَ الصِّيامِ لِلأَلوان

Fear of Shawwal eclipsed its light,

Its light has been veiled in fear of crescent

as fasting dims complexions.

Like the fasting's veil from colors

فَعَلتْ في اخترامِه وضَناه

فَعَلتْ في اخترامِه وضَناه

فِعلَه في النُّفوسِ والأَبدانِ

فِعلَه في النُّفوسِ والأَبدانِ

It cut short its life and wasted it away,

It has done in its reverence and modesty

as fasting does to souls and bodies.

What it has done in souls and bodies

فبدت فيه ذِلّةٌ حين وَلّت

فبدت فيه ذِلّةٌ حين وَلّت

منه عشرون كُمَّلٌ وثماني

منه عشرون كُمَّلٌ وثماني

So abasement appeared in it when there had passed

So it appeared in it humiliation when

twenty full days of it, and eight more.

Twenty full moons and eight turned away from it

يا لشَواَّلَ مِن مُعِينٍ على اللّذْ

يا لشَواَّلَ مِن مُعِينٍ على اللّذْ

ذَةِ والقَصْف تحت خيرِ أَوانِ

ذَةِ والقَصْف تحت خيرِ أَوانِ

Ah, Shawwal—what an aid to pleasure

Oh Shawwal, what a helper for pleasure and picnic

and revelry, in the finest of seasons!

Under the best of times

حين طاب النسيمُ وانصَرَم القَيْ

حين طاب النسيمُ وانصَرَم القَيْ

ظُ وطَلَّتْ أزاهر الألوانِ

ظُ وطَلَّتْ أزاهر الألوانِ

When the breeze grew sweet and summer's heat had passed,

When the breeze was good and the heat receded

and blossoms of varied hues were touched with dew.

And the flowers of colors lengthened

وتغنّت أعاجمُ الطَّيْر في الأغ

وتغنّت أعاجمُ الطَّيْر في الأغ

صانِ مسرورةً بكلّ بَيانِ

صانِ مسرورةً بكلّ بَيانِ

And the wordless birds sang among the branches,

And the foreign birds sang in the branches

joyful in every utterance.

Happy with every expression

ما تَرَى الفِطر كيف أَقبل يسمو

ما تَرَى الفِطر كيف أَقبل يسمو

ظاهرَ الحُسْنِ شامخَ السلطانِ

ظاهرَ الحُسْنِ شامخَ السلطانِ

Do you not see how Eid al-Fitr has come, rising high,

You do not see Eid, how it came exalted

its beauty manifest, its authority exalted,

Apparent beauty, towering sultan

يتَلقّى العزيزَ بالسَّعد والإق

يتَلقّى العزيزَ بالسَّعد والإق

بالِ والْفَتْحِ والعُلا والأَمانِ

بالِ والْفَتْحِ والعُلا والأَمانِ

welcoming al-ʿAziz with good fortune and prosperity,

Receiving the dear with happiness and welcome

victory, eminence, and security?

And opening and elevation and safety

بشَّرَتْنَا بذلِك الطيرُ والزَّجْ

بشَّرَتْنَا بذلِك الطيرُ والزَّجْ

رُ وطَرْقُ الحصا وفأْلُ اللِّسانِ

رُ وطَرْقُ الحصا وفأْلُ اللِّسانِ

The birds and bird-augury brought us glad tidings of that,

The birds and trees and pebbles of granite and eloquence of the tongue gave us good tidings of that

as did pebble-divination and favorable omens in speech.

Oh Imam of guidance whom loving is a duty upon us like the duty of faith

يا إمامَ الهدى الّذي حُبُّه فَرْ

يا إمامَ الهدى الّذي حُبُّه فَرْ

ضٌ علينا كواجِب الإيمانِ

ضٌ علينا كواجِب الإيمانِ

O Imam of guidance, love for whom is an obligation

May God increase you in vastness and elevation

upon us, like the duty of faith:

And power over the people of disobedience

زادك الله بَسْطةً وعُلوّاً

زادك الله بَسْطةً وعُلوّاً

واقتِداراً على ذَوي العِصيانِ

واقتِداراً على ذَوي العِصيانِ

may God increase your might and eminence,

You are the light of people in justice and virtue

and your mastery over the rebellious.

And the right hand of guidance and the eye of time

أنت نورُ الأنام عَدْلاً وفَضْلاً

أنت نورُ الأنام عَدْلاً وفَضْلاً

ويمينُ الهدى وعَيْنُ الزمانِ

ويمينُ الهدى وعَيْنُ الزمانِ

You are the light of humankind in justice and bounty,

And the brother of elevation which God gave good tidings of

and the right hand of guidance and the eye of time,

In the recitation of the Quran

وشقِيقُ العُلا الَّذي بَشَّر اللّ

وشقِيقُ العُلا الَّذي بَشَّر اللّ

هُ بِه في تِلاوةِ القرآنِ

هُ بِه في تِلاوةِ القرآنِ

and the brother of eminence, of whom God gave glad tidings

You have a palm that competes with rain in generosity

in the recitation of the Qur'an.

And a forehead that is like the two moons

لك كفٌّ تُجاوِدُ الغَيْثَ بَذلاً

لك كفٌّ تُجاوِدُ الغَيْثَ بَذلاً

وجَبِينٌ كأَنَّه القَمَرانِ

وجَبِينٌ كأَنَّه القَمَرانِ

Yours is a hand that vies with rain in generosity,

And features sweet in taste and scent

and a brow as though it were the sun and moon,

Resembling the concealment of secrets with declaration

وسَجايَا كالشَّهْد طَعْماً وخُبراً

وسَجايَا كالشَّهْد طَعْماً وخُبراً

مُشْبهات الإسرارِ بالإعلان

مُشْبهات الإسرارِ بالإعلان

and traits like honey in taste and when tested,

I am from some of the beauty you were adorned with

the same in private as in public.

With kinds of beauty and beneficence

أَنا مِن بعضِ ما تأَنقْتَ فِيه

أَنا مِن بعضِ ما تأَنقْتَ فِيه

بضُروبِ الجميلِ والإحسانِ

بضُروبِ الجميلِ والإحسانِ

I am among those on whom you have lavished care

I have not ceased to be with you between righteousness and nearness

through many forms of kindness and beneficence.

Hands that are seen without ingratitude

لم أَزل منكَ بين بِرٍّ وقُرْبٍ

لم أَزل منكَ بين بِرٍّ وقُرْبٍ

أَيادٍ تَتْرَى بِغَيرِ امتِنانِ

أَيادٍ تَتْرَى بِغَيرِ امتِنانِ

I have always remained amid your kindness and closeness,

So if I try to repay you with praise

favors in succession, without reminders of indebtedness.

And with gratitude every tongue of mine falls short

فإذا رمتُ أَن أَكافِيكَ بالمَدْ

فإذا رمتُ أَن أَكافِيكَ بالمَدْ

حِ وبالشّكر كلَّ عنكَ لِساني

حِ وبالشّكر كلَّ عنكَ لِساني

So whenever I seek to repay you with praise

and thanks, my tongue fails to do you justice.