أَيُّ نَجْلٍ بل أَيُّ نَجْمٍ سَعِيدٍ

أَيُّ نَجْلٍ بل أَيُّ نَجْمٍ سَعِيدٍ

أَسعد اللهُ كلَّ من يرتَجِيه

أَسعد اللهُ كلَّ من يرتَجِيه

What a son—rather, what an auspicious star!

What blessed star or auspicious youth -

May God gladden all who place their hopes in him.

May God make joyful all who hope in him.

فهو المشْتَري وإِن بذل الأُفـ

فهو المشْتَري وإِن بذل الأُفـ

ـقُ لنا مُشتَرِيه ما يَشْتريه

ـقُ لنا مُشتَرِيه ما يَشْتريه

For he is Jupiter; even if the horizon offered

For he is the Buyer, though we paid dear;

us its Jupiter, it could not buy him.

The buyer of our buyer’s merchandise.

لم أُهَنِّئْ به سِوَايَ فإِني

لم أُهَنِّئْ به سِوَايَ فإِني

أَنا أَولَى بأَن أُهَنَّأَ فِيه

أَنا أَولَى بأَن أُهَنَّأَ فِيه

I congratulated no one but myself on him, for

I alone congratulate myself therein,

I am more entitled to be congratulated on his account.

For I most merit joy in him.

وهَنانِي بِطُولِ عُمري لأَنِّي

وهَنانِي بِطُولِ عُمري لأَنِّي

كنتُ هَنَّأْت جدَّه بأَبيه

كنتُ هَنَّأْت جدَّه بأَبيه

And he congratulated me on my long life, because I

And the length of my life gladdens me, for

had congratulated his grandfather on his father's birth.

I gave congratulations to his grandsire for his sire.