1. جَمَعَ الكِفَاءُ إِمَارَةَ الأَنْسَابِ

    فِي خُطْبَةِ وإِمَارَةَ الأَحْسَابِ

    A match of equals has united nobility of lineage

    In betrothal, with nobility of ancestral merit.

  2. أَرَأَيْتَ كَيْفَ تَوَاشُجُ الأَعْرَاقِ فِي

    رَوْضِ العُلَى وَتَوَاثُقُ الأَسْبَابِ

    Have you seen how ancestral roots intertwine in

    The garden of glory, and bonds grow firm?

  3. هَذَا مَقَامُ التَّهنئَآتِ فَقِفْ لَدَى

    أَسْمَى أَميرٍ فِي أَجَلِّ جَنَابِ

    This is the occasion for congratulations; stand before

    The most exalted prince in the most august court.

  4. وَابرُزْ إِليْهِ مِنَ الزِّحَامِ وَحَيِّهِ

    بِتَحِيَّة الإِكْبَارِ وَالإِعْجَابِ

    Step forward toward him from the crowd and greet him

    With a greeting of reverence and admiration.

  5. عُمَرٌ وَيَدْرِي الشَّرْقُ مَنْ عُمَر وَمَا

    هُوَ فِي أَعِزَّتِهِ وَفِي الأَقْطَابِ

    Omar—the East knows who Omar is, and what

    He is among its mighty men and leading figures.

  6. تَاهَتْ عَلَى الأَمْصَارِ مِصْرُ بِجَاهِهِ

    وَالحُقْبُ تَاهَ بِهِ عَلَى الأَحْقَابِ

    Egypt has gloried over other cities through his prestige;

    And the age has gloried through him over other ages.

  7. قَيْلٌ لَهُ التَّبرِيزُ فِي أَهْلِ النَّدَى

    وَلَهُ التَّقدُّمُ فِي أُولي الأَلْبَابِ

    A prince, preeminent among the generous,

    And foremost among men of understanding.

  8. وَلَهُ مَواهِبُهُ العِدَادُ فَجَلَّ مَنْ

    أَعْطَاهُ مَا أعْطَى بِغَيْرِ حِسَابِ

    His gifts are many; exalted is He who

    Gave him what He gave without reckoning.

  9. زِيدَتْ بِهِ شَرَفاً مَكَانَةُ آلِهِ

    وَمَكَانَةُ العُلَمَاءِ وَالكُتَّابِ

    Through him his family's standing gained in honor,

    As did the standing of scholars and writers.

  10. فِي نَجْلِهِ لاَحَتْ مَخَايِلُ نُبْلِهِ

    مَوْسُومَةً بِوِسَامِهِ الخَلاَّبِ

    In his son appeared the signs of his nobility,

    Marked with his captivating beauty.

  11. أخَذَ الفَضَائِلَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ فَجِئْنَ فِي

    صُوَرٍ مُجدَّدَةِ وَحُسْنٍ رَابِي

    He took his virtues from his father, and they came in

    Renewed forms and ever-growing beauty.

  12. يَا ابنَ الَّذي تَنْمِي عُلاَهُ أُسْرَةٌ

    هِيَ مَحْتِدُ الأَمْجَادِ وَالصُّيابِ

    O son of him whose glory is nurtured by a family

    That is the wellspring of glories and noble men:

  13. أقْرَرْتَ عَينَ العَصْرِ حِينَ أَرَيْتَهُ

    حِلمَ الكُهُولِ وَأَنْتَ غَضُّ إِهَابِ

    You gladdened the eye of the age when you showed it

    The sound judgment of mature men, though still tender-skinned with youth.

  14. للهِ في الخَفِرَاتِ مَنْ آثَرْتَهَا

    فَظَفِرْتَ بالأَسْنَى مِنَ الآرَابِ

    How splendid among modest maidens is she whom you chose!

    Thus you attained the loftiest of desires.

  15. وَجَلاَ الهَوَى وَالرَّأْيُ في إِيثَارِهَا

    عَنْ صَبْوَةٍ لَمْ تَعْدُ حَدَّ صَوَابِ

    And love and judgment, in choosing her, disclosed

    A youthful passion that never overstepped the bounds of right.

  16. بَرَزَتْ وَلَمْ يَكُ نَائِياً عَن بَابِهَا

    في مَدْرَجِ العَلْيَاءِ أَرْفَعُ بَابِ

    She came forth, and not far from her door stood

    The loftiest doorway on the ascent to glory.

  17. وَمِنَ العَنَايَةِ فَارَقَتْ خَدْراً إلى

    خِدْرِ الرِّعَايَةِ في أَعَزِّ رِحَابِ

    And through providence she left one secluded chamber for

    A chamber of care in the most honored precincts.

  18. سِبْطٌ لِشِيْرِينَ الكَبِير وَلَمْ يَزَلْ

    مُتَمَثِّلاً بِحِلاَهُ في الأَعْقَابِ

    A grandchild of Shirin the Great, who has never ceased

    To be embodied, with his virtues, in his descendants.

  19. رَبُّوا كَما رَبَّى وصَانُوا وُلْدَهُمْ

    أدَباً كَمَا هُو صَانَهُمْ مِنْ عَابِ

    They reared as he reared, and guarded their children

    Through good breeding, as he himself had guarded them from reproach.

  20. فِي الإِخْوَةِ الغُرِّ الثَّلاَثَةِ هَلْ تَرَى

    إِلاَّ جَمَالَ خَلاَئِقٍ أَتْرَابِ

    In the three illustrious brothers, do you see

    Anything but the beauty of these peers' characters?

  21. سِرُّ السَّعادَةِ في تَعَدُّدِ مُنْجِبٍ

    بِصِفَاتِهِ في وُلْدِهِ الأَنْجَابِ

    The secret of happiness lies in a good father's multiplying himself

    Through his qualities in his noble children.

  22. فَلْتَهْنِيءِ البَيْتَيْنِ آَصِرَةٌ زَكَتْ

    بِطَرَائِفِ الأَخْلاَقِ وَالآدَابِ

    So may both houses rejoice in a bond that has flourished

    With the choicest virtues and refinements.

  23. عُقِدَتْ بِهَا صِلَةُ المَفَاخِرِ وَالعُلَى

    للأُسْرَتَيْنِ وَخُلِّدَتْ بِكِتَابِ

    Through it a bond of honor and glory was tied

    For both families, and immortalized in writing.