يا آل بيت الشرف — Omar Onsi — Saqi

يا آل بَيت الشَرَف
آل الرَسول الأَشرَفِ
O family of the house of honor,
family of the noblest Messenger!
سَمت مَعالي مَجدكُم
مِن خَلف عَن سَلَفِ
Your glory’s lofty heights have risen,
passed down from forebears to descendants.
أَبناؤُكُم في فَضلهم
أَمسوا بُدور السَدفِ
Your sons, in their excellence,
have become full moons in the darkness.
وَالخادرات سدن في
مَناقب لَم توصفِ
And the secluded women have excelled in
virtues never described.
لي بَينَهنَّ دُرَّة
ما اِستخرجت مِن صَدفِ
Among them I have a pearl
not drawn from a shell.
أَنيسة الطَبع سَمت
بِطبعها المُستَلطفِ
Amiable in nature, she has risen high
through her charming disposition.
فاقَت على أَقرانِها
بِخَتم خَير الصُحفِ
She has surpassed her peers
by completing the recitation of the best of scriptures.
يا حسن ما قَد عَرَفت
مِنهُ وَما لَم تَعرفِ
How beautiful is what she has learned
of it, and what she has not learned!
تَلَتهُ بِالتَرتيل مِن
أَحكامه وَالأَحرُفِ
She recited it in measured cadence, observing
its rules and letters.
وَحسنت أَلحانها
بِهِ فَلَم تَختَلفِ
And her melodies grew lovely
through it, without discord.
تَخالها إِن شَرعت
تَتلو بِأَعلى الغرفِ
You would think her, when she begins
reciting in the highest chambers,
قمريّةً قَد غَرّدت
مِن فَوق غُصن أَهيَفِ
a turtledove that has warbled
from atop a slender bough.
فُز يا أباها بِالمُنى
والأمّ بِالحَظّ الوَفي
Gain your wishes, O her father,
and let her mother gain ample good fortune.
يا طيب ما فازَت بِهِ
مِن طيب خَتم المصحفِ
How sweet is what she has gained
from the sweetness of completing the Qur’an!
فَاِهنأ بِهِ أرّخ وَطب
ختامها مسك وَفي
So rejoice in it; record the date, and be glad:
“Her completion is abundant musk.”