أَرى الدَهر بِالإِقبال جادَت يَمينُهُ

أَرى الدَهر بِالإِقبال جادَت يَمينُهُ

كَما لِسَعيد المَجد برّت يَمينُهُ

كَما لِسَعيد المَجد برّت يَمينُهُ

I see that Time's right hand has lavished good fortune,

I see fate smiling upon him,

just as glory has fulfilled its oath to Sa'id.

As it did for Sa'eed and glory caressed his right hand,

وَوَافاه مَولودٌ لَهُ السَعد خادِمٌ

وَوَافاه مَولودٌ لَهُ السَعد خادِمٌ

فَلا بَرحَت فيهِ تقرُّ عُيونهُ

فَلا بَرحَت فيهِ تقرُّ عُيونهُ

And a newborn has come to him, with good fortune as the child's servant;

He was blessed with a son whose happiness served him,

so may his eyes never cease to find delight in him.

So his eyes never stopped finding comfort in him,

وَحَيّا أُناس الحَيِّ بِاليمن وَالمُنى

وَحَيّا أُناس الحَيِّ بِاليمن وَالمُنى

وَلا رَيب أنّ الضدّ خابَت ظُنونهُ

وَلا رَيب أنّ الضدّ خابَت ظُنونهُ

And he greeted the people of the quarter with blessings and hopes,

And he greeted people of dignity with blessings and wishes

and doubtless the adversary's expectations have been disappointed.

Without doubt, adversity had failed its conjectures,

فَلا زالَت الأَقدار تَحرُس ذاتهُ

فَلا زالَت الأَقدار تَحرُس ذاتهُ

وَبِالحفظ مِن عَين الحَسود تَصونهُ

وَبِالحفظ مِن عَين الحَسود تَصونهُ

So may the fates never cease to guard his person,

So destiny persisted in protecting his being,

and shield him with their protection from the envious one's eye,

And safeguarding him from the envious eyes,

إِلى أَن نَراه في حلى المَجد رافِلاً

إِلى أَن نَراه في حلى المَجد رافِلاً

أَباً ثُمَّ جدّاً وَالكَمال يزينهُ

أَباً ثُمَّ جدّاً وَالكَمال يزينهُ

until we see him resplendent in the adornments of glory,

Until we see him adorned in the jewelry of glory,

a father, then a grandfather, with perfection adorning him,

A father and then grandfather with perfection gracing him,

مَدى الدَهر ما روض التَهاني تَمايَلَت

مَدى الدَهر ما روض التَهاني تَمايَلَت

بِأَيدي صِبا الخَير العَميم غُصونهُ

بِأَيدي صِبا الخَير العَميم غُصونهُ

for all time, as long as the garden of congratulations sways,

For as long as time allows, the meadows of congratulations swayed,

its branches in the hands of the east wind of abundant goodness;

With the hands of youth's goodwill holding their branches,

وَما صادح الأَفراح غَنّى فَأَطرَبَت

وَما صادح الأَفراح غَنّى فَأَطرَبَت

أَغاريدُهُ صَباً تَوالَت شُجونهُ

أَغاريدُهُ صَباً تَوالَت شُجونهُ

and as long as joy's songbird sings, delighting

And wherever joy resounded with songs that enchanted,

with its melodies a lover whose sorrows follow one another;

Their tunes followed one another in passionate odes,

وَما جادَ غَيث أَرّخوا بِسَحابه

وَما جادَ غَيث أَرّخوا بِسَحابه

بِخَير نَجيب لِلسَعيد أَمينهُ

بِخَير نَجيب لِلسَعيد أَمينهُ

and as long as rain gives freely—record the date by its cloud:

And whenever plentiful rain poured its clouds,

“With the finest noble son for Sa'id—his Amin.”

To the auspicious one, its goodness vouched as faithful,