زِدْتَ فِيها زادَكَ اللَّهُ عُلاً

زِدْتَ فِيها زادَكَ اللَّهُ عُلاً

عُمْرَ بَدْرَ التِّمِّ لمَّا كَمَلا

عُمْرَ بَدْرَ التِّمِّ لمَّا كَمَلا

You have added to her—may God increase your eminence—

You increased in it, may Allah increase your provision

the age of the full moon when it reached fullness.

The full moon lived long when it became full

وَهْيَ في السَّبْعِينَ مِثلي وَلَها

وَهْيَ في السَّبْعِينَ مِثلي وَلَها

بَهْجَةُ البِكْرِ إذا ما تُجتَلَى

بَهْجَةُ البِكْرِ إذا ما تُجتَلَى

And she is seventy, like me, yet she has

She is in her seventies like me, yet still

the radiance of a maiden when she is unveiled.

Has the radiance of a maiden when unveiled