هَنَّيْتُ مولانا المشيرَ بابْنِه

هَنَّيْتُ مولانا المشيرَ بابْنِه

لما تبدَّى بالجمال الفائقِ

لما تبدَّى بالجمال الفائقِ

I congratulated our lord the marshal on his son,

I congratulate our respected Master on his son,

When he appeared in surpassing beauty.

When he appeared with exceptional beauty,

ولاحَ للخير به أدلّةٌ

ولاحَ للخير به أدلّةٌ

يكشف باديها عن الحقائق

يكشف باديها عن الحقائق

And in him signs of goodness appeared,

And goodness became evident through him,

Their outward aspect revealing the truths.

Revealing the truths plainly.

منها وُرودُ نِعمة من مَلِكٍ

منها وُرودُ نِعمة من مَلِكٍ

أعزَّه الله لعزِّ الصادق

أعزَّه الله لعزِّ الصادق

Among them is the coming of a blessing from a king—

Among them the blossoming of a blessing from a King,

May God exalt him, for the honor of the truthful one.

Whom God has honored for the honor of the Sincere One.

فكان في ميلاده مَسَرَّةً

فكان في ميلاده مَسَرَّةً

لسابق من الهنا ولاحق

لسابق من الهنا ولاحق

So, at his birth, he was a joy,

So his birth was a joy,

For gladness past and yet to come.

For the foremost from the past and the future.

مبارك الطلعة ميمون بها

مبارك الطلعة ميمون بها

ذو بهجة راقتِ لعين الرامق

ذو بهجة راقتِ لعين الرامق

Blessed in countenance, auspicious in his appearance,

Blessed is his star, auspicious through him,

Endowed with radiance that delighted the beholder's eye.

With radiant delight to the eye of the onlooker.

أبْدَعَ في تصويره خالقه

أبْدَعَ في تصويره خالقه

سُبحان مَن صوَّرَه من خالق

سُبحان مَن صوَّرَه من خالق

His Creator excelled in fashioning him;

His Creator has perfectly formed him,

Glory be to the Creator who fashioned him!

Glory to Him who shaped him, the Creator.

حاز من البدر المنير طلعة

حاز من البدر المنير طلعة

ومن أبيه أكْرَمَ الخلائق

ومن أبيه أكْرَمَ الخلائق

He took his countenance from the radiant full moon,

He attained from the radiant moon a rising,

And from his father, the noblest qualities.

And from his father the most generous of mankind.

شبلُ هزبرٍ باسلٍ غضنفر

شبلُ هزبرٍ باسلٍ غضنفر

أعيذُه من سوءِ كلّ طارق

أعيذُه من سوءِ كلّ طارق

The cub of a lion, valiant and mighty,

A lion cub, valiant, fierce,

I seek protection for him from the evil of every night visitor.

I seek refuge for him from the evil of every assailant.

ينشأ في حجر المعالي والعلى

ينشأ في حجر المعالي والعلى

على ظهور الضُمَّر السوابق

على ظهور الضُمَّر السوابق

He grows up in the lap of lofty virtues and glory,

He is raised in the bosom of the lofty and sublime,

On the backs of lean, fleet steeds.

Atop the shoulders of accomplished nobles.

كم قائلٍ مُؤَرِّخٌ مولدُه

كم قائلٍ مُؤَرِّخٌ مولدُه

قَرَّت بَعبد الله عينُ النامق

قَرَّت بَعبد الله عينُ النامق

Many a speaker, recording his birth-date, says:

How many a chronicler has recorded his birth,

The writer's eye was gladdened by Abd Allah.

Bringing joy to the eye of the sleeping one.