1. لَكُمُ التهاني فالزَواجُ جميلُ

    لكنَّما ثوبُ العَفافِ جليلُ

    Congratulations to you, for marriage is beautiful;

    yet the robe of chastity is noble.

  2. هذا لَعَمرُكَ جيّدٌ ومبارَكٌ

    ان لم يكن للإِحتمالِ سبيلُ

    This, by your life, is good and blessed,

    if one has no strength to endure.

  3. قد كُنتُ أَهوَى ان أَرَى كُلَّ الورى

    مِثلي فهل لذَوِي الجِهادِ مثيلُ

    I had wished to see all mankind

    like me—but have those who strive any equal?

  4. فالأَرضُ يملأُها النِتاجُ ويملأُ ال

    ملكوتَ رهطٌ عاشَ وَهوَ بَتُولُ

    For offspring fill the earth, while the

    kingdom of heaven is filled by a company who lived in virginity.

  5. التابعُ الحَمَلَ الذبيحَ وشأنُهُ

    لطُهورهِ التقديسُ والترتيلُ

    Following the slaughtered Lamb, its vocation

    in its purity is consecration and hymn-singing.

  6. سِرٌّ تشرَّفَ في وِلادةِ مريمٍ

    قد زان هام أُهَيلهِ الإِكليلُ

    A mystery honored in Mary's childbearing:

    the crown has adorned the heads of its people.

  7. ان الزَواجَ مكرَّمٌ ومطهَّرٌ

    فاعظِم بسرٍّ شادهُ الإِنجيلُ

    Indeed, marriage is honored and purified;

    how great a sacrament the Gospel has exalted!

  8. أَمَرَ الالهُ بهِ لآدَمَ وَهوَ في

    عَدنٍ وليسَ بأَمرهِ تبديلُ

    God commanded it for Adam while he was in

    Eden, and there is no alteration in His command.

  9. من جِسمهِ قامت لديهِ قرينةٌ

    ولذاكُمُ طبعاً اليهِ تميلُ

    From his body a partner arose beside him,

    and thus she naturally inclines toward him.

  10. قال انمِيا وتكاثَرا كي تُملأَ ال

    أَرَضُونَ منكم عَرضُها والطُولُ

    He said: Grow and multiply, so that the

    lands may be filled by you, in breadth and length.

  11. فالمرءُ اجدرُ أن يلُوذَ بمرأَةٍ

    يُحيي عَفاءَ الذِكرِ منهُ سليلُ

    It is therefore fitting for a man to take refuge in a wife;

    a descendant of his revives his effaced remembrance.

  12. فتهنَّ في عُرسٍ وعِرس انها

    بالخِصب ليَّا والبَها راحيلُ

    Rejoice, then, in wedding and wife: she is

    Leah in fruitfulness and Rachel in beauty.

  13. ماذا القرانُ إذا الثُرَيَّا قارَنت

    بدراً سَناهُ ما شَناهُ أُفولُ

    What a union, when the Pleiades are joined

    to a full moon whose radiance no setting has marred!

  14. ما شانَ شانَ بَهائِها شانٍ فقد

    جاءَتك في ثوبِ العَفاف تَذِيلُ

    No blemisher has marred her beauty's dignity, for

    she has come to you, trailing the robe of chastity.

  15. تنجابُ في حُلَل الفَخارِ بكُم كما

    جُرَّت لها بأُولي الوَقارِ ذُيولُ

    She appears through you in robes of glory, just as

    trains were drawn for her by men of dignity.

  16. وقَّاكما مَلَكُ السَلام كما وَقَى

    سارا وطوبيَّاسَ رافائيلُ

    May the angel of peace guard you both, as

    Raphael guarded Sarah and Tobias.

  17. كُن مثلَ ذي الأَسباط ليسَ وكونُهُ

    يعقوبَ لكن وَهوَ إِسرائيلُ

    Be like the father of the tribes—not in his being

    Jacob, but in his being Israel.

  18. وكُفِيتَ مولوداً يَشِينك مثلما

    قد شان يعقوبَ ابنُهُ رُوبِيلُ

    And may you be spared a child who shames you, as

    Reuben, his son, once shamed Jacob.

  19. يا كوكباً ان شامهُ البدرُ التَما

    مُ غدا هلالاً منهُ وَهوَ ضئيلُ

    O star, if the full moon beheld you,

    it would become a crescent beside you, small and slight.

  20. يا نعمةَ اللَه التي جلَّت بكم

    إذ كُلُّ ما يَهَبُ الالهُ جليلُ

    O grace of God, made glorious through you,

    for everything God gives is sublime.

  21. يا نعمةَ اللَه الذي سادَ الوَرَى

    بمضاءِ عزمٍ ما عراهُ فُلولُ

    O Ni‘mat Allah, who has surpassed mankind

    through a keen resolve untouched by blunting.

  22. يا نعمةَ اللَه التي من دُونها

    كلٌّ سيفنى حالُهُ ويحولُ

    O grace of God, without which

    everyone's condition will perish and change.

  23. يا نعمةَ اللَه ارقَ في أَوجِ العَلا

    لازِلتَ في أُفُق البَهاءِ تجولُ

    O Ni‘mat Allah, ascend to the summit of glory;

    may you ever roam the horizon of splendor.

  24. قد جئتنا متقلداً عِقدَ السَنَى

    والفَخرُ بُرهانٌ لنا ودليلُ

    You have come to us wearing a necklace of radiance,

    and glory is our proof and guide.

  25. أَنتيجةَ الفخرِ المؤَثَّل انت مو

    ضوع الثَناءِ ومدحُنا المحمولُ

    O offspring of deep-rooted glory, you are the

    subject of praise, and our eulogy is the predicate.

  26. فالمجدُ انت وكلُّنا لك طالبٌ

    والفضلُ انت وما عداك فُضولُ

    You are glory, and all of us seek you;

    you are excellence, and all besides you is excess.

  27. أَخَذَت صِفاتك بالقلوبِ كأنما

    شَمِلَت عُقولَ العاشقينَ شَمُولُ

    Your qualities have seized our hearts, as though

    wine had enveloped lovers' minds.

  28. مالت بنا تلكَ المعاني عَنوةً

    فكأَنَّما كُلٌّ لديك ثَمُولُ

    Those qualities have drawn us by force,

    as though everyone in your presence were drunk.

  29. قد زان لَفظُك رِقَّةَ المَعنى كما

    قد زان أَبياتَ العَرُوض فَعولُ

    Your wording has adorned the delicacy of meaning, just as

    the metrical foot fa‘ūl has adorned lines of verse.

  30. فعلى الوفاءِ التام انت مكوَّنٌ

    وعلى الوِداد فُؤَادُنا مجبولُ

    You are fashioned for perfect fidelity,

    and our heart is molded for affection.

  31. مَن قالَ ان المستحيلَ المعدم ال

    عَنقاءُ والخِلُّ الوفي والغُولُ

    Who said that the impossible, nonexistent things are the

    ‘anqa bird, the faithful friend, and the ghoul?

  32. والحالُ انك بالوفاءِ سَمَو أَلٌ

    ووليدهُ دُونَ الدُروعِ قتيلُ

    Yet you are a Samaw'al in faithfulness,

    and his son was slain in defense of the armor.

  33. يا أيها الخِلُّ الوفيُّ بوعدهِ

    ما راقَني الاك قَطُّ خليلُ

    O friend faithful to his promise,

    no friend but you has ever delighted me.

  34. لو كانَ دهرُكَ ذا لِسانٍ ناطقٍ

    ما زال يُثني عنكمُ ويقولُ

    If your age had a speaking tongue,

    it would never cease to praise you and say:

  35. كم في الموارد مَورِدٌ مُستعذَبٌ

    لكنما شَتَّانَ اينَ النِيلُ

    How many sweet springs there are among watering places,

    yet what a difference—what can compare with the Nile!

  36. ان كُنتَ غِبتَ من الوَرى عن مُقلتي

    فبمُهجتي والقلبِ أَنتَ نزيلُ

    If, among mankind, you are absent from my sight,

    you dwell in my soul and heart.

  37. ها أَنتَ في قلبي ولكن ناظري

    يبغي لِقاكَ فهل اليكَ وُصولُ

    Here you are in my heart, yet my gaze

    seeks to meet you—is there a way to reach you?

  38. أَنَّي السبيلُ إلى اللِقاءِ بكم وقد

    حالت سُهولٌ بينَنا وتُلولُ

    How can I find the way to meet you, when

    plains and hills have intervened between us?

  39. لكِنَّما سَهلٌ لَدَيَّ حُزونُها

    فحُزونُ ارباب الغَرام سُهولُ

    Yet their rugged stretches are easy for me,

    for lovers' rugged ground is level plain.

  40. مَيلي لنِعمةَ لا إلى النَعماءِ فاف

    طَن إِنَّ هذا في الصِحابِ قليلُ

    My love is for Ni‘ma, not prosperity—take

    heed: this is rare among companions.

  41. فأُهَيلُ هذا الدهرِ اكثرُهم إلى

    ما مالت النَعماءُ فَهوَ يميلُ

    For most of this age's people incline toward

    whatever way prosperity inclines.

  42. قلَّ الذي يَهوى الصِفاتِ لِذاتِها

    والمُبتغِي لَذَّاتِها فجزيلُ

    Few love qualities for their own sake;

    those who seek their pleasures are many.

  43. هذا ذِمامي فيك غيرُ مذمَّمٍ

    يا ذِمَّةً عنها الشُروحُ تطولُ

    This is my pledge concerning you, free of blame,

    O covenant whose explanations grow lengthy.

  44. يا وارثَ الأَمجادِ عن آبائِهِ

    أنت الذي بالمَكرُماتِ اصيلُ

    O inheritor of glories from his forefathers,

    you are deeply rooted in noble deeds.

  45. لستَ الدخيلَ بذي المواريث التي

    حقَّت لكم وسِواكَ فَهوَ دخيلُ

    You are no intruder in these inheritances, which

    are rightfully yours; anyone besides you is an intruder.

  46. فالغيرُ يَفخَرُ بالأُصولِ وانت تَفخَرُ

    بالفَعالِ وبالأُصولِ تَصُولُ

    Others boast of ancestry, while you boast

    of deeds, and through your ancestry you prevail.

  47. لك فليَدُم عُمرٌ مديدٌ وافرٌ

    وسَنىً بسيطٌ كاملٌ وطويلُ

    May a long, abundant life endure for you,

    and radiance, expansive, complete, and lasting.

  48. يا عاذلي لا تعذُلَنِّي بالذي

    ما إِن ثَناني قَطُّ عنهُ عَذُولُ

    O my reproacher, do not reproach me over that

    from which no reproacher has ever turned me.

  49. وبذا شُهودي مِدحتي ومَوَدَّتي

    هل تُنكِرَنّي والشُهودُ عُدُولُ

    My witnesses in this are my praise and affection;

    will you deny me, though the witnesses are upright?

  50. مولى حَوى شَرَفاً اثيراً باذخاً

    قد زانهُ فضلٌ لديهِ اثيلُ

    A lord who possesses treasured, towering honor,

    adorned by excellence deeply rooted within him.

  51. جاءَت تُبشِّرُنا مَخايِلُ خِيمِهِ

    أَنَّ المَفاخِرَ في حِماهُ نُزُولُ

    The signs of his character came bringing us good news

    that glories are guests within his sanctuary.

  52. شَهِدَت لهُ تلكَ الخِلالُ بأَنَّهُ

    ما للفضائل عن ذِراهُ حُؤُولُ

    Those qualities bore witness for him that

    virtues never turn away from his heights.

  53. وتأَصَّلَت منهُ الأُصولُ بفعلِهِ

    ان الأُصولَ لها الفَعال أُصولُ

    From him, through his deeds, ancestral roots took hold;

    for deeds are the roots of ancestry.

  54. أَفعالُهُ دَلَّت على أَنسابِهِ

    والفعلُ للنَسَب العريق دليلُ

    His deeds pointed to his lineage,

    and deeds are a guide to deep-rooted ancestry.

  55. حُسناهُ ثُمَّ الحُسنُ منهُ تَبارَيا

    صِنوان كُلٌّ في الجميل جميلُ

    His goodness and his beauty have vied with one another:

    twins, each beautiful in beauty.

  56. يا أَيُّهذا الأَلمعيُّ المنتمي

    لجَنابِهِ التوقيرُ والتبجيلُ

    O brilliant one, to whose

    presence reverence and veneration belong,

  57. سُد وارقَ وابقَ وفُق وطِب واعظُم ودُم

    عدلاً ومالك في الأَنامُ عديلُ

    Lead, rise, endure, excel, flourish, grow great, and remain

    just, with no equal among mankind.

  58. واستلئِمَن بَملاذِ مريمَ في الوَرَى

    فمَلاذُها المأمول والمسؤُولُ

    And armor yourself in Mary's refuge among mankind,

    for her refuge is what we hope for and seek.

  59. خُصَّت بأَفضلِ نِعمةٍ اذ جاءَها

    في خِدمة البَشراءِ جِبرائيلُ

    She was favored with the finest grace when

    Gabriel came to her in the service of glad tidings.

  60. نَسَخَت بَمولِدِها رُسوماً قامَ في

    تحقيقها للناس ميخائيلُ

    Through her birth she annulled ordinances that

    Michael had undertaken to carry out for mankind.

  61. عَزَّت مَنالاً في الكَمالِ وعِزُّها

    يَرتَدُّ عنهُ الضِدُّ وَهوَ ذليلُ

    She was beyond reach in perfection, and from her might

    the adversary recoils, humiliated.

  62. وعلت إلى أَوج العُلى بتواضُعٍ

    قِدَماً تَنَكَّبَ عنهُ ساطانيلُ

    She rose to the summit of sublimity through humility,

    which Sataniel long ago forsook.

  63. بَحرُ الجَدى لو رامَ حَدَّ صِفاتها

    عَضبُ اللِسانِ لَعادَ وَهوَ كليلُ

    A sea of bounty—should anyone seek her qualities' bounds,

    keen-tongued though he be, he would return blunted.

  64. فَضُلَت فضائلها بافضلِ صِيغةٍ

    فلها يحقُّ الفضلُ والتفضيلُ

    Her virtues excelled in the most excellent form;

    so excellence and precedence are rightly hers.

  65. قد نِلتَ ما أَمَّلت من إِحسانها

    حَسَنٌ بها وبفضلها التأميلُ

    You have attained what you hoped for of her beneficence;

    it is good to place hope in her and in her grace.

  66. بُرِئَت فكانت عِلَّةً لخَلاصنا

    حقّاً وكان فِداؤُنا المعلولُ

    She was created and became the cause of our salvation,

    truly, and our redemption was the effect.

  67. يا ذُخرَنا المأمولَ في يومٍ بهِ

    يشدو ببُوقِ اللَه إِسرافيلُ

    O our hoped-for treasure on the day when

    Israfil sounds the trumpet of God,

  68. انِّي رَجَوتُكِ حين جلَّ مُساعدٌ

    في مُعظَم الجُلَّى وعزَّ قبيلُ

    I placed my hope in you when a helper was of great moment,

    amid the greatest calamity, and allies were scarce.

  69. حُزتِ الشَفاعةَ فاشفَعي بخَلاصنا

    كَرَماً فانتِ الشافعُ المقبولُ

    You have gained intercession; intercede for our salvation

    in generosity, for you are the accepted intercessor.