روحي فداء مهفهفٍ ميَّاد

روحي فداء مهفهفٍ ميَّاد

حلو قد استعذبت فيه سهادي

حلو قد استعذبت فيه سهادي

My soul be ransom for a slender-waisted, swaying beloved.

My soul is a sacrifice for one who smiles gently

A sweet one, for whose sake I have found my sleeplessness sweet.

Sweet it is, I found tranquility in it

قالت محاسنه لكلِّ متيمٍ

قالت محاسنه لكلِّ متيمٍ

للحلو زاويةٌ بكلِّ فؤاد

للحلو زاويةٌ بكلِّ فؤاد

His charms said to every love-stricken soul:

Its beauty said to every admirer

The sweet one has a corner in every heart.

Sweetness has a corner in every heart

هنئت بالعيد الرضى يا عيده

هنئت بالعيد الرضى يا عيده

يا واحدَ العلماء والزُّهاد

يا واحدَ العلماء والزُّهاد

May you be congratulated on the feast, al-Rida, you who are its feast!

Congratulations on Eid, O contentment of Eid

O peerless one among scholars and ascetics!

O singular scholar and devout worshipper

في ريِّ صاد بالندى لك فكرةٌ

في ريِّ صاد بالندى لك فكرةٌ

وسرى لا فصح ناطق بالضاد

وسرى لا فصح ناطق بالضاد

You have a thought for quenching the thirsty with bounty,

For you is an idea flowing with dew

And a night journey for the most eloquent speaker of the tongue of ḍād.

And a mystery beyond articulate expression

والعبدُ قد وافى الشتاء وجسمه

والعبدُ قد وافى الشتاء وجسمه

قد سابق الإبراقَ بالإرعاد

قد سابق الإبراقَ بالإرعاد

And your servant has encountered winter, and his body

The servant has endured winter and his body

Has raced the lightning with its thunderous shivering.

Has outrun lightning with its thunder

إن أخرت بيروت عود جوادها

إن أخرت بيروت عود جوادها

فنداك يدعونا لخيرِ جواد

فنداك يدعونا لخيرِ جواد

If Beirut has delayed the return of its generous giver,

If Beirut delays the return of its steed

Then your bounty calls us to the finest of givers.

Your Nadak calls us to mount a generous steed