قَد أَتاني مِن صَديقٍ كَلامٌ

قَد أَتاني مِن صَديقٍ كَلامٌ

كَلآلٍ زانَهُنَّ نِظامُ

كَلآلٍ زانَهُنَّ نِظامُ

Words have reached me from a friend,

A message came to me from a friend

Like pearls adorned by their string.

Words adorned with beautiful rhyme

فَسَرى في القَلبِ مِني سُرورٌ

فَسَرى في القَلبِ مِني سُرورٌ

مُطرِبٌ يَعجِز عَنهُ المُدامُ

مُطرِبٌ يَعجِز عَنهُ المُدامُ

So joy coursed through my heart,

It brought joy to my heart

So rapturous that wine cannot match it.

A happiness beyond wine's power

مِثلَ ما يَرتاحُ شَيخُ بَناتٍ

مِثلَ ما يَرتاحُ شَيخُ بَناتٍ

حَولَهُ مِن جَمعِهنَّ زِحامُ

حَولَهُ مِن جَمعِهنَّ زِحامُ

Like the joy of an old father of daughters,

Like an old man's delight

With their gathered throng crowding around him.

Surrounded by his many daughters

فَدَعا اللَهَ طَويلاً يُرجّى

فَدَعا اللَهَ طَويلاً يُرجّى

خَلَفاً مِن نَسلِهِ لا يُذامُ

خَلَفاً مِن نَسلِهِ لا يُذامُ

He prayed long to God, hoping for

He prays to God expectantly

An heir from his own line, beyond reproach.

For descendants from his line

فَأَتاهُ بَعدَ يَأسٍ بَشيرٌ

فَأَتاهُ بَعدَ يَأسٍ بَشيرٌ

قالَ يا بُشراي هَذا غُلامُ

قالَ يا بُشراي هَذا غُلامُ

Then, after despair, a bearer of good news came to him.

Then after losing hope a bringer of good news arrived

He said, 'Oh, my joy! This is a boy!'

And said "Rejoice, here is a boy!"