1. بُشرى الحسين الماجد ابن الماجدِ

    بِوليدةٍ سادَت بِأَكرَم محتدِ

    Glad tidings to Husayn, the noble son of a noble man,

    of a newborn girl, preeminent through the noblest lineage;

  2. بِوليدة مِن دُونِها شَمس الضُحى

    في رفعة وَضِياء حُسن مُفرَد

    of a newborn girl who surpasses the midmorning sun

    in loftiness and the radiance of peerless beauty.

  3. هِيَ زِينة الدُنيا حَفيدة جَعفَر

    أَسمى وَزير قامع لِلملحد

    She is the world's adornment, Ja‘far's granddaughter,

    the most exalted minister, subduer of the heretic.

  4. يا صادق الوَعد الَّذي نالَت بِهِ

    تِلكَ الحَفيدة ما تشا مِن سؤدد

    O you true to your promise, through whom she has attained—

    that granddaughter—whatever eminence she desires.

  5. لا زالَ فَخري في حَياتك فائِزاً

    بِدَوام إِقبال وَعز سرمدي

    May Fakhri, throughout your life, continue to prosper,

    with lasting good fortune and everlasting glory,

  6. وَصَفاء أَوقات وَأَهنأ عَيشة

    وَتقدُّم بِمَعارف وَتَفرُّد

    and serene days and the most blissful life,

    and advancement in learning and distinction,

  7. وَسَعادة يَحيا بِها طُول المَدى

    في دَولة شَرفت بِآل محمد

    and happiness by which he lives for all time,

    in a state ennobled by the House of Muhammad,

  8. ما أَشرَقَت في مَصر طَلعتها الَّتي

    تَزهو بِطالعه المُنيف الأَسعَد

    as long as in Egypt shines her countenance, which

    glories in his lofty, most auspicious rising star;

  9. أَو جاءَ مَجدي في الثَناء عَلَيكُمُ

    مِن نَظمه بِقَلائد مِن عَسجد

    or Majdi brings, in praise of you all,

    from his verse, necklaces of pure gold;

  10. أَو قالَ في يَوم الولاد مُؤرِّخاً

    لِبهية شَرَفٌ بِأَصفى مَولد

    or says on the day of birth, recording its date:

    “Bahiyya is honored by the purest birth.”