أَفدي بِروحي ابنَ ابني إِنَّهُ قَمَرٌ

أَفدي بِروحي ابنَ ابني إِنَّهُ قَمَرٌ

لَهُ مِن الحُسنِ تَكوين وَتَصويرُ

لَهُ مِن الحُسنِ تَكوين وَتَصويرُ

I would ransom my son's son with my soul: he is a moon,

I sacrifice my soul for my grandson, he is a moon

formed and fashioned from beauty.

With beauty and image of creation

سَرى لَهُ الحُسنُ مِن شَمسٍ لَهُ وَلَدَت

سَرى لَهُ الحُسنُ مِن شَمسٍ لَهُ وَلَدَت

بَدراً لَهُ في سَماءِ المَجدِ تَنويرُ

بَدراً لَهُ في سَماءِ المَجدِ تَنويرُ

Beauty flowed to him from a sun that bore for him

Beauty has spread in him from a sun which gave birth

a full moon, radiant in the sky of glory.

To a full moon, illuminating the sky of glory

فيهِ حَلاوةُ أمٍّ وَاعتِزازُ أَبٍ

فيهِ حَلاوةُ أمٍّ وَاعتِزازُ أَبٍ

فَخَلقُهُ فيهِ تَيسيرٌ وَتَفسيرُ

فَخَلقُهُ فيهِ تَيسيرٌ وَتَفسيرُ

In him are a mother's sweetness and a father's pride;

In him is the sweetness of a mother and the pride of a father

thus his form holds ease and elucidation.

So his nature is facilitation and interpretation

سَمَّوهُ بِاسمِ نَبيٍّ لا نَظيرَ لَهُ

سَمَّوهُ بِاسمِ نَبيٍّ لا نَظيرَ لَهُ

في الأَنبياءِ فَمَحمودٌ وَمَشكورُ

في الأَنبياءِ فَمَحمودٌ وَمَشكورُ

They named him after a prophet who has no equal

They named him with the name of a prophet who has no equal among prophets

among the prophets; thus he is praised and thanked.

So he is praiseworthy and appreciated