أَمينَةُ يا بِنتِيَ الغالِيَه

أَمينَةُ يا بِنتِيَ الغالِيَه

أُهَنّيكِ بِالسَنَةِ الثانِيَه

أُهَنّيكِ بِالسَنَةِ الثانِيَه

Amina, O my beloved daughter,

Amina, my dear daughter

I congratulate you on your second year.

I congratulate you on your second year

وَأَسأَلُ أَن تَسلَمي لي السِنينَ

وَأَسأَلُ أَن تَسلَمي لي السِنينَ

وَأَن تُرزَقي العَقلَ وَالعافِيَه

وَأَن تُرزَقي العَقلَ وَالعافِيَه

And I ask that you remain safe for me through the years,

And I ask that you live long years for me

And that you be granted good sense and health,

And that you be granted wisdom and wellness

وَأَن تُقسَمي لِأَبَرِّ الرِجالِ

وَأَن تُقسَمي لِأَبَرِّ الرِجالِ

وَأَن تَلِدي الأَنفُسَ العالِيَه

وَأَن تَلِدي الأَنفُسَ العالِيَه

And that you be destined for the most virtuous of men,

And that you are destined for the best of men

And that you bear noble souls.

And that you give birth to noble souls

وَلَكِن سَأَلتُكِ بِالوالِدَينِ

وَلَكِن سَأَلتُكِ بِالوالِدَينِ

وَناشَدتُكِ اللُعَبَ الغالِيَه

وَناشَدتُكِ اللُعَبَ الغالِيَه

But I ask you, by your parents,

But I asked you for the sake of your parents

And beseech you, by your precious toys:

And implored you for the sake of your precious toys

أَتَدرينَ ما مَرَّ مِن حادِثٍ

أَتَدرينَ ما مَرَّ مِن حادِثٍ

وَما كانَ في السَنَةِ الماضِيَه

وَما كانَ في السَنَةِ الماضِيَه

Do you know what events have come to pass,

Do you know what has happened of events

And what happened in the past year?

And what was in the past year

وَكَم بُلتِ في حُلَلٍ مِن حَريرٍ

وَكَم بُلتِ في حُلَلٍ مِن حَريرٍ

وَكَم قَد كَسَرتِ مِنَ الآنِيَه

وَكَم قَد كَسَرتِ مِنَ الآنِيَه

And how often you peed in silken garments,

And how many silk dresses were worn out on you

And how many vessels you have broken,

And how many pots you have broken

وَكَم سَهَرَت في رِضاكِ الجُفونُ

وَكَم سَهَرَت في رِضاكِ الجُفونُ

وَأَنتِ عَلى غَضَبٍ غافِيَه

وَأَنتِ عَلى غَضَبٍ غافِيَه

And how often eyelids kept vigil to please you,

And how many nights the eyelids were sleepless for your consent

While you slept in anger,

While you were sleeping angrily

وَكَم قَد خَلَت مِن أَبيكِ الجُيوبُ

وَكَم قَد خَلَت مِن أَبيكِ الجُيوبُ

وَلَيسَت جُيوبُكِ بِالخالِيَه

وَلَيسَت جُيوبُكِ بِالخالِيَه

And how often your father's pockets grew empty,

And how empty your father's pockets have become

While your pockets were not empty,

While yours are not empty

وَكَم قَد شَكا المُرَّ مِن عَيشِهِ

وَكَم قَد شَكا المُرَّ مِن عَيشِهِ

وَأَنتِ وَحَلواكِ في ناحِيَه

وَأَنتِ وَحَلواكِ في ناحِيَه

And how often he lamented the bitterness of his life,

And how many sick have complained of their living

While you and your sweets were off to one side,

While you and your sweets are in a corner

وَكَم قَد مَرِضتِ فَأَسقَمتِهِ

وَكَم قَد مَرِضتِ فَأَسقَمتِهِ

وَقُمتِ فَكُنتِ لَهُ شافِيَه

وَقُمتِ فَكُنتِ لَهُ شافِيَه

And how often you fell ill and so made him ill,

And how often you fell ill and made him ill

And you recovered, becoming his healer.

And you stood up and were a healer for him

وَيَضحَكُ إِن جِئتِهِ تَضحَكينَ

وَيَضحَكُ إِن جِئتِهِ تَضحَكينَ

وَيَبكي إِذا جِئتِهِ باكِيَه

وَيَبكي إِذا جِئتِهِ باكِيَه

And he laughs if you come to him laughing,

He laughs if you come to him laughing

And he weeps when you come to him weeping.

And cries if you come to him crying

وَمِن عَجَبٍ مَرَّتِ الحادِثاتُ

وَمِن عَجَبٍ مَرَّتِ الحادِثاتُ

وَأَنتِ لِأَحدَثِها ناسِيَه

وَأَنتِ لِأَحدَثِها ناسِيَه

And, strange to say, the events have passed,

And it is amazing how events have passed

While you have forgotten the latest of them.

While you are oblivious to the latest of them

فَلَو حَسَدَت مُهجَةٌ وُلدَها

فَلَو حَسَدَت مُهجَةٌ وُلدَها

حَسَدتُكِ مِن طِفلَةٍ لاهِيَه

حَسَدتُكِ مِن طِفلَةٍ لاهِيَه

So if a soul could envy its offspring,

If a mother envied her child

I would envy you, carefree little girl that you are.

She would envy you, a carefree toddler