أيُّهاO you النازِلُthe one dwelling فيin بَيhouse (first part)
أيُّها النازِلُ في بَي
تٍhouse (final part) منof المجدِglory رَفيعِlofty
تٍ من المجدِ رَفيعِ
O you who dwell in a hou-
O you who dwell in a house of glory sublime,
-se of glory, lofty,
Whose generous hands, like his name, are proof against decline,
والَّذيand he whose جودُthe bounty يَدَيهِof his two hands
والَّذي جودُ يَدَيهِ
كاسمِهِlike his name غيرُnot مَنيعِinaccessible
كاسمِهِ غيرُ مَنيعِ
and whose two hands' bounty
Fate’s register, by providence drawn in haste, is sealed;
is, like your name, not beyond reach,
So let what happened in Sha‘ban be again in Rabi‘.
سبقَcame early الرسمُthe customary gift بطَياthrough something headlong (first part)
سبقَ الرسمُ بطَيا
شٍheadlong (final part) منof الدَّهرِtime سَريعِswift
شٍ من الدَّهرِ سَريعِ
The customary gift came early through a head-
Then God has given you immunity for a year complete, we trust.
-long, swift stroke of time.
فليَكُنso let it be ماwhat كانَwas فيin
فليَكُن ما كانَ في
شَعبانَSha'ban فيin شَهرmonth رَبيعِRabi'
شَعبانَ في شَهر رَبيعِ
So let what used to be in
Sha'ban be in the month of Rabi'.
ثمَّthen قَدindeed أمنكَhas made you safe اللَّهGod
ثمَّ قَد أمنكَ اللَّه
إلىuntil الحولِthe year رجوعيmy return
إلى الحولِ رجوعي
Then God has made you safe
from my return until next year.
Partial English translation: 5 of 10 Arabic lines translated.