ليهنِكَmay it gladden you ماwhat وافاكَreached you مِنfrom فَيضِan outpouring of نعمةٍfavor
ليهنِكَ ما وافاكَ مِن فَيضِ نعمةٍ
أَتَتكَcame to you فَحَلَّتand so settled مِنكَin you خَيرthe best مَكانِplace
أَتَتكَ فَحَلَّت مِنكَ خَير مَكانِ
May the outpouring of favor that has reached you bring you joy;
it came to you and found in you the finest home.
وِسامٌa medal هُوَit الحليُthe adornment البَديعُthe wondrous بَداappeared عَلىupon
وِسامٌ هُوَ الحليُ البَديعُ بَدا عَلى
عَقائلَnoblewomen فضلٍmerit فيin عُلاكَyour eminence حِسانِbeautiful
عَقائلَ فضلٍ في عُلاكَ حِسانِ
A medal—the wondrous adornment—has appeared upon
the fair noblewomen of merit in your exalted station.
حَباكَbestowed upon you بِهِwith it عَبدُAbd (servant) الحَميدِal-Hamid (the Praiseworthy) وَإِنَّهُand indeed it is
حَباكَ بِهِ عَبدُ الحَميدِ وَإِنَّهُ
أَجلُّthe noblest حَباءًa gift مِنfrom أَجلِّthe noblest بَنانِfingers
أَجلُّ حَباءً مِن أَجلِّ بَنانِ
Abd al-Hamid bestowed it on you, and it is indeed
the noblest gift from the noblest fingers.
جَزاكَrepaid you جَميلاًa kindness عَنin return for جَميلِfine صَنائعٌgood deeds
جَزاكَ جَميلاً عَن جَميلِ صَنائعٌ
عَلىfor حُسنِهاtheir beauty يُثنيoffers praise بِكُلِّin every لِسانِtongue
عَلى حُسنِها يُثني بِكُلِّ لِسانِ
He repaid you with kindness for your fine deeds,
whose beauty is praised in every tongue.
فَقَدfor indeed طالَماfor long رُضتَyou cultivated الفَضائلَthe virtues وَاِنَبرتand came forward
فَقَد طالَما رُضتَ الفَضائلَ وَاِنَبرت
لَتَعزيزِto enhance شَأنِthe standing of العلمِlearning مِنكَof yours يَدانِtwo hands
لَتَعزيزِ شَأنِ العلمِ مِنكَ يَدانِ
For long have you cultivated virtues, and forth have come
your two hands to enhance the standing of learning.
لذاthus نِلتَyou earned بالاحسانِthrough good deeds تاريخَthe chronogram of بِرِّهِhis favor
لذا نِلتَ بالاحسانِ تاريخَ بِرِّهِ
فَأَولاكَand so he granted you بِالنيشانِwith the decoration رفعةَelevation of شانِstanding
فَأَولاكَ بِالنيشانِ رفعةَ شانِ
Thus, through good deeds, you earned this chronogram of his favor:
and so, with the decoration, he granted you exalted standing.