مِيلادbirth إقبالgood fortune لهُfor it السماءُthe heavens
مِيلاد إقبال لهُ السماءُ
مِنfrom مائِهاits water قَدindeed أَينَعblossomed الفَضاءُthe expanse
مِن مائِها قَد أَينَع الفَضاءُ
A birth of good fortune, for which the heavens
The sky gives Iqbal a fruitful birth
Have made the expanse blossom with their waters.
From its waters the expanse has ripened
وَالمَجدand glory لِلباشاfor the Pasha غَداbecame مؤرخاًa recorder of the date
وَالمَجد لِلباشا غَدا مؤرخاً
أَبهىmost splendid وَليدnewborn child مصطفىMustafa رضاءRida
أَبهى وَليد مصطفى رضاء
And glory became the Pasha’s chronicler:
And glory to Pasha who will record tomorrow
“The most splendid newborn, Mustafa Rida.”
The most splendid son of Mustafa Rida