بُشرى الحَبيبِ بِما قَد حازَ مِن شَرَفِ

بُشرى الحَبيبِ بِما قَد حازَ مِن شَرَفِ

وافاه كَالغَيثِ فَوقَ الرَوضةِ الأُنُفِ

وافاه كَالغَيثِ فَوقَ الرَوضةِ الأُنُفِ

Glad tidings to the beloved for the honor he has attained,

Good tidings to the beloved for what he has attained of honor

which came to him like rain upon a fresh, ungrazed meadow.

It came to him like rain over the most fragrant meadow

قَد نالَ ما لَم يَنلْهُ في عشائِرنا

قَد نالَ ما لَم يَنلْهُ في عشائِرنا

سِواهُ مِن سَلَفٍ ماضٍ وَمِن خَلَفِ

سِواهُ مِن سَلَفٍ ماضٍ وَمِن خَلَفِ

He has attained what no one in our clans has attained

He obtained what none among our tribes had obtained

except him, among forebears past or successors.

Of predecessors past and successors to come

أَمرٌ عَرَفناهُ بِهِ فينا تَفرُّدُهُ

أَمرٌ عَرَفناهُ بِهِ فينا تَفرُّدُهُ

وَإِن يَكن فَضله كَالصُبحِ غَير خَفِي

وَإِن يَكن فَضله كَالصُبحِ غَير خَفِي

His singular distinction among us is something we have known him for,

A matter we recognize him by, his uniqueness among us

though his excellence, like dawn, is plain to see.

Though his superiority is clear like the dawn

فليَهنَ بِالرُتبةِ العَلياء مُرتَقياً

فليَهنَ بِالرُتبةِ العَلياء مُرتَقياً

لِكُلِّ أَوجٍ رَفيعِ العزِّ مُؤتَنفِ

لِكُلِّ أَوجٍ رَفيعِ العزِّ مُؤتَنفِ

So may he rejoice in his exalted rank, ascending

So let him rejoice in the highest rank, ascending

to every new summit of lofty glory.

To every high summit of glorious ambition

وَمَن حَوى مِثل ما يَحويهِ مِن هِمَمٍ

وَمَن حَوى مِثل ما يَحويهِ مِن هِمَمٍ

لا غَروَ أَرَّخَتُ أَن يَرقى ذُرى الشَرَفِ

لا غَروَ أَرَّخَتُ أَن يَرقى ذُرى الشَرَفِ

And whoever possesses lofty aspirations such as his,

And he who contains what he contains of resolves

no wonder—I marked the date—that he should ascend the heights of honor.

It is no wonder he has risen to the heights of nobility