1. هَنيئاً فَإِن الدَهر يَزهو وَيزهر

    بعرس علي وَالعَوالم تفخر

    Congratulations! For time is resplendent and blossoms

    At Ali's wedding, and the worlds take pride.

  2. بِناء بنى فَوق المَجرة مَنزِلاً

    إِلى قَصره بهرام يَرنو وَيَنظر

    A marital union has built a dwelling above the Milky Way,

    Toward his palace Bahram gazes and looks.

  3. وَعُرس بِهِ طابَ الوجود كَأَنَّما

    عَلى أَنفه مِن طيب نَشرك عَنبر

    And a wedding through which existence grew sweet, as though

    Upon its nose lay ambergris from your sweet fragrance.

  4. وَمظهر بُشرى في الوَرى طابَ نَشرها

    وَفي طَيها يَبدو السُرور وَينشر

    And a display of good news among humankind, whose fragrance was sweet;

    And within its folds joy appears and spreads.

  5. مَعالم سَعد طالَ بِالعُرس عَهدها

    فَعادَ لَها عُرس جَديد مُكرر

    Signs of good fortune, long since their last wedding,

    So a new wedding has returned to them once more.

  6. فَيا أَحمَد الأَفعال بُشراك لَم تَزل

    مَدى الدَهر بِالسَعد الجَديد تبشر

    So, O Ahmad, most praiseworthy in deeds, your good news has never ceased

    Throughout time to herald fresh good fortune.

  7. كَريمة بيت زفها رائد الهَنا

    لأكرم بيت بِالفَضائل يذكر

    A noble daughter of a house, led as a bride by the guide of bliss,

    To the noblest house, celebrated for its virtues.

  8. أَتَت وَهلال اليمن فَوق جَبينها

    يَلوح وَعَنها كَوكَب السَعد يظهر

    She came, with the crescent of good fortune above her brow,

    Gleaming, while from her the star of good fortune appears.

  9. فَأَبدَت لَدى الإِقبال وجهاً مورخاً

    وَجيهاً بِهِ بَدر السَعادات مسفر

    So, on her approach, she revealed a face bearing a chronogram,

    A noble one, in which the full moon of joys shines forth.