أي صَوت سَمعتهُ مِن بَعيد

أي صَوت سَمعتهُ مِن بَعيد

تَتَغنى بِهِ جِهات الوُجود

تَتَغنى بِهِ جِهات الوُجود

What sound have I heard from afar?

Any voice I heard from afar

The quarters of existence sing of it.

That the horizons of existence sing with

قامَ في منبر القُلوب خَطيباً

قامَ في منبر القُلوب خَطيباً

فَسَرى نَشر سره في الجُلود

فَسَرى نَشر سره في الجُلود

It stood as an orator on the pulpit of hearts,

Stood up in the pulpits of hearts as an orator

And the fragrance of its secret coursed through the skin.

So it spread and disclosed its secret in skins

جَدد العَهد بِالسُرور فَأَضحى

جَدد العَهد بِالسُرور فَأَضحى

يَتَجلى بِكُل سَعد جَديد

يَتَجلى بِكُل سَعد جَديد

It renewed the bond with joy, and now

It renewed the covenant of joy, so it became

Shines with every new good fortune.

Manifest with all new bliss

هِيَ بُشرى لِوالد ذي فَخار

هِيَ بُشرى لِوالد ذي فَخار

بشرته بِنجله المَولود

بشرته بِنجله المَولود

It is glad tidings for a father of distinction,

It is good tidings for the proud father

Bringing him news of his newborn son.

That gave him tidings of his newborn son

كَوكَب لاحَ في سَماء كَمال

كَوكَب لاحَ في سَماء كَمال

دُرة عَلقت بِعقد فَريد

دُرة عَلقت بِعقد فَريد

A star appeared in the sky of perfection,

A star shone in the sky of perfection

A pearl hung upon a peerless necklace.

A pearl strung on a unique necklace

مُستهلاً أَتى فَكانَ هِلالاً

مُستهلاً أَتى فَكانَ هِلالاً

قَد رَأَينا كَماله يَوم عيد

قَد رَأَينا كَماله يَوم عيد

He came with his first cry, and was a crescent moon;

Coming first, it was a crescent

We saw his fullness on a feast day.

We saw its perfection on Eid

غَير بدع إِذا سَما وَهوَ طفل

غَير بدع إِذا سَما وَهوَ طفل

فَهوَ مِن عُنصر الكِرام الصيد

فَهوَ مِن عُنصر الكِرام الصيد

It is no wonder if he rises high while still a child,

Unprecedented if it grew while a child

For he is of the stock of noble, proud lords.

It is of the breed of honorable hunters

كُل يَوم فخارهم في سمو

كُل يَوم فخارهم في سمو

لِلمَعالي وَمَجدهم في صعود

لِلمَعالي وَمَجدهم في صعود

Every day their honor rises

Every day their pride is in ascent

Toward high honors, and their glory ascends.

To the heights and their glory in ascension

فَهنيئاً لَكَ البشارة عَبد اللَه

فَهنيئاً لَكَ البشارة عَبد اللَه

بِالقادم الكَريم المَجيد

بِالقادم الكَريم المَجيد

So congratulations to you, Abd Allah, on the glad tidings

Congratulations to you Abdullah

Of the noble, illustrious newcomer.

For the generous, glorious arrival

أَيد اللَه عمره وَرَعاه

أَيد اللَه عمره وَرَعاه

وَحَباه بحلة التَأييد

وَحَباه بحلة التَأييد

May God sustain his life and watch over him,

May God extend his life and protect him

And bestow on him the robe of support.

And grant him the garb of support

لَم يَزَل سَيداً حَليماً رَشيداً

لَم يَزَل سَيداً حَليماً رَشيداً

فَهوَ جُزء مِن الحَليم الرَشيد

فَهوَ جُزء مِن الحَليم الرَشيد

May he ever remain a lord, forbearing and rightly guided,

He has not ceased being a gentle, rightly-guided lord

For he is a part of the forbearing, rightly guided one.

For he is part of the Gentle, the Rightly-Guided

بَدر سَعد لأَجل ذا أَرخوه

بَدر سَعد لأَجل ذا أَرخوه

قَمر مُشرق بِنوء سَعيد

قَمر مُشرق بِنوء سَعيد

A full moon of good fortune—so record his birth-date:

A full moon of joy for the sake of He who unveiled him

“A radiant moon under an auspicious star.”

A shining moon with auspicious light