لَكَfor you السَعدgood fortune أَضحىhas become خادِماًa servant فيat ولادةa birth
لَكَ السَعد أَضحى خادِماً في ولادة
لِشَمسof a sun معالٍlofty virtues ذاتpossessing حسنbeauty وَسيمةِcomely
لِشَمس معالٍ ذات حسن وَسيمةِ
Good fortune has become your servant at the birth
Good fortune serves at your birth
Of a sun of lofty virtues, endowed with beauty, fair to behold.
Of a noble sun, comely and fair,
وَمَجديand Majdi لَدىin the presence of عَلياكyour exalted station قالsaid مُؤرِّخاًmarking the date
وَمَجدي لَدى عَلياك قال مُؤرِّخاً
عَليّAli لَهُfor him البُشرىglad tidings بِنجمof a star بَسيمةِBasima
عَليّ لَهُ البُشرى بِنجم بَسيمةِ
And Majdi, in your exalted presence, declared in a chronogram:
My glory proclaimed by your heights, said the chronicler,
“Ali has glad tidings of Basima’s star.”
Ali, yours is the joyful star of a gentle breeze.