اليومَtoday قدalready جاوزْتُI have gone beyond مِنfrom
اليومَ قد جاوزْتُ مِن
سبعينseventy عاماًyears فيin العَددْnumber
سبعين عاماً في العَددْ
Today I have gone beyond
Today I have passed
Seventy years in number.
Seventy years in number
والمرْءُand a man مهمَاwhenever جاوزhe passes beyond
والمرْءُ مهمَا جاوز
السنَّage الكثيرَadvanced فقدْthen indeed فَقدْhe has suffered loss
السنَّ الكثيرَ فقدْ فَقدْ
And a man, whenever he passes
And however much a person passes
Beyond advanced age, has indeed suffered loss.
Many years, he has lost
لاdo not تَعْجَبَاmarvel, you two مِنat عادَةِthe way of
لا تَعْجَبَا مِن عادَةِ
الدنياthe world إذاwhen طالgrows long الأمَدْthe span of time
الدنيا إذا طال الأمَدْ
Do not marvel, you two, at the way
Do not be surprised at the custom
Of the world when time grows long.
Of the world if the time is long
هُنِّيتُماmay you both be congratulated بالعيدon the feast لاnot
هُنِّيتُما بالعيد لا
زالَتْcease عوائِدُهits bounties تَرِدْcome
زالَتْ عوائِدُه تَرِدْ
Congratulations to you both on the feast; may
I congratulated you on the feast
Its bounties continue to come.
Its habits still come
لابدَّthere is no avoiding ليfor me منof زَوْرةٍa visit
لابدَّ لي من زَوْرةٍ
يُطْفاis extinguished بهاby it جمرُthe embers الكَمدْof grief
يُطْفا بها جمرُ الكَمدْ
I cannot do without a visit,
I must make a visit
By which the embers of grief are quenched.
With which the embers of yearning are extinguished
وعلىand upon الشيوخthe elders سَلامُناour greeting of peace
وعلى الشيوخ سَلامُنا
يَغْشاهُمُit envelops them طولَthroughout الأبَدْeternity
يَغْشاهُمُ طولَ الأبَدْ
And upon the elders be our greeting of peace,
And upon the elders our greetings
Enveloping them for all eternity.
Envelop them for all time
ثمthen الصلاةblessings علىupon النبيّthe Prophet
ثم الصلاة على النبيّ
الأرْيَحيّthe magnanimous المُعتمَدْthe one relied upon
الأرْيَحيّ المُعتمَدْ
Then blessings upon the Prophet,
Then prayers upon the prophet
The magnanimous, the trusted.
Al-Ariha the trusted