كفاك سرورا بالحسين قدومه

عليك بسعد طالعات نجومه

Al-Husayn's arrival is joy enough for you,

as his stars rise auspiciously over you.

تنزل والأملاك والروح حوله

تردده في مهده وتنيمه

He descended, with the angels and the Spirit around him,

rocking him in his cradle and lulling him to sleep.

أتى وأتاك النصر والفتح بعده

وفاجا بما تهوى النفوس هجومه

He came, and victory and conquest came to you after him;

his coming took you by surprise with what souls desire.

واقبلت الخيرات من كل وجهة

دراكا كسلك قد تداعى نظيمه

And blessings came from every direction,

in swift succession, like a string whose beads have tumbled loose.

لقد صدق الله المعالي وعده

به فلتصلي نذرها وتصومه

God has indeed kept His promise to greatness

through him; let it fulfill its vow in prayer and fasting.

وقد حكم الميلاد والله قد قضى

بأنك فيها بالغ ما ترومه

The birth has pronounced judgment, and God has decreed

that therein you will attain whatever you seek.

تقابل منه كلما شئت طلعة

إذا قابلت شخصا تجلت همومه

Whenever you wish, you behold in him a countenance

that makes a person's worries vanish when it meets him.

لقد ملأ الدنيا سرورا وغبطة

قدوم نجيب كان خيرا قدومه

Indeed, the world was filled with joy and delight

by a noble child's arrival—a coming that was a blessing.

وأصبح كل في ابتهاج يهزه

فتقعده أفراحه وتقيمه

And everyone is now in a delight that shakes him,

so his joys make him sit and rise.

فمن فاته مما يسر خصوصه

فما فاته مما يسر عمومه

Whoever missed a personal share of gladness

has not missed the gladness shared by all.

تعطر هذا الجو من طيب نشره

ورق له ظل ورق نسيمه

This air grew fragrant from his sweet scent;

the shade grew soft for him, and his breeze grew gentle.

وفاضت على الأيام من بركاته

شآبيب مزن ما انقشعن غيومه

And from his blessings there poured over the days

showers of rain whose clouds have not dispersed.

نهنيك بالمولد يسمو به العلى

ويسمو له من كل أمر جسيمة

We congratulate you on the birth: through him glory rises,

and every momentous undertaking rises high for his sake,

بأكرم مولود لأكرم والد

وأنجب فرع شف منه أرومه

on the noblest newborn of the noblest father,

and the finest branch, through whom his roots shine.

به أبدت الدنيا ذخائر حسنها

فلا عيش إلا اخضر فيها هشيمه

Through him the world displayed the treasures of its beauty,

so every life has seen its dry stalks turn green within it.

فأهلا وسهلا بالحسين فإنه

حسام صقيل في يديك تشيمه

Welcome, then, to al-Husayn, for he is

a polished sword in your hands, which you draw.

إلا أنه فرع وإنك اصله

وما طاب حتى طاب من قبل خيمه

Only, he is a branch, and you are his root,

and he became noble only after his native stock had first been noble.

وأوله في المكرمات أخيره

وحادثه في الصالحات قديمه

His first and last are alike in deeds of honor,

and his new and old are alike in good deeds.

ومن يكن الملك الممهد عنصرا

لجوهره يطلع بسعد نجومه

And he who has the firmly established king as the source

of his essence sees his stars rise in good fortune.

أتم لك الله المنى فشكرته

وبالشكر للمولى يدوم نعيمه

God fulfilled your wishes for you, and you thanked Him;

through gratitude to the Lord, His bounty endures.

ولما تلقيت السرور بحقه

علمنا بأن الله سوف يديمه

And when you welcomed joy as was its due,

we knew that God would make it endure.

لقد طال باع الملك واشتد عوده

بابلج من بيت المليك صميمة

The kingdom's reach has indeed lengthened, and its stem grown strong

through a bright-faced scion, trueborn of the king's house.

مجائله تشفى القلوب من الصدا

وآثاره محمودة ورسومه

His movements cure hearts of rust,

and his deeds are praised, as are his traces.

فلا تعجبوا من خارقات سعوده

فان له عرفاً نماه كريمه

So do not marvel at the wonders of his good fortune,

for his kindness was nurtured by his noble sire.

وإن عليه من أبيه لشاهدا

وإن له شأنا ستبدو علومه

And surely he bears a sign of his father,

and surely he has a stature whose nature will yet become known.

سيضرب أعناق الكماة بسيفه

ويحمى لديك الدين ممن يضيمه

He will strike the necks of armored warriors with his sword,

and at your side protect the faith from those who wrong it.

ويسعى لما تهواه جهرا وخفية

وتسمو إلى اقصاه ذاك همومه

He will strive for what you desire, openly and in secret,

and his ambitions soar to that goal's furthest reach.

ويكفيك في الأمر الذي لا يرده

سواك وتلقى مثله فتقيمه

He will suffice you in the matter that none can confront

but you; you will find his like and raise him up.

وتنظر من أبنائه وبنيهم

شبابا تسامى دهرها وتسيمه

And you will see, among his sons and their sons,

young men who rival their age in glory and shepherd it.

إذا قلت أصفو في رضاك وإن يقل

فيا ويل من هم في رضاك خصومه

If I say, 'I am sincere in pleasing you,' and he says the same,

then woe to those who rival him in pleasing you!

بقيت بقاء النيرين مخلداً

يقيك الردى من كل قطر عليمه

May you endure, immortal, as long as the two luminaries last,

may He who knows death shield you from it on every side.