أسعدrejoice بمولودin a newborn أتاكcame to you مباركاblessed
أسعد بمولود أتاك مباركا
كالبدرlike the full moon أشرقshone جنحthe darkness of ليلa night مقمرmoonlit
كالبدر أشرق جنح ليل مقمر
Rejoice in a birth that came to you blessed,
Rejoice in a blessed newborn who has come to you,
like the full moon, rising radiant in the heart of night.
like a full moon shining in the darkness of a moonlit night.
سعدgood fortune لوقتat a time of سعادةhappiness جاءتshe came بهwith him
سعد لوقت سعادة جاءت به
أمa mother حصانchaste منfrom among بناتthe daughters of الأصفرal-Asfar
أم حصان من بنات الأصفر
Blessed was the hour when Saʿāda brought him forth—
A blessing at an auspicious hour, brought forth by
a chaste mother, one of al-Aṣfar’s Byzantine daughters.
a chaste mother, one of al-Asfar’s daughters.
منتبحبحcomfortably established (apparent misspelling) فيupon ذروتيthe two summits of شرفthe honor of العلاloftiness
منتبحبح في ذروتي شرف العلا
بينbetween المهلبal-Muhallab منتماهhis lineage وقيصرand Caesar
بين المهلب منتماه وقيصر
Firmly ensconced upon the twin peaks of exalted honor,
Comfortably established upon the twin summits of lofty honor,
his lineage joins al-Muhallab and Caesar.
his lineage lies between al-Muhallab and Caesar.
شمسthe sun of الضحىthe forenoon فرنتthen she gazed إلىtoward بدرthe full moon of الدجىnight’s darkness
شمس الضحى فرنت إلى بدر الدجى
حتىuntil إذاwhen اجتمعاthe two came together أتتshe came بالمشتريwith Jupiter
حتى إذا اجتمعا أتت بالمشتري
The noonday sun gazed upon the full moon of darkness,
The forenoon sun then gazed toward the full moon of night,
until, when the two had joined, she brought forth Jupiter.
until, when the two came together, she brought forth Jupiter.
