يا مَن تَحلّى بِالمَعارف وَاِشتَهرْ

يا مَن تَحلّى بِالمَعارف وَاِشتَهرْ

وَعَلى بَني الآداب في مَصر اِفتَخرْ

وَعَلى بَني الآداب في مَصر اِفتَخرْ

O you who adorned yourself with learning and won renown,

O you who donned knowledge and gained fame

and boasted of your eminence over Egypt's men of letters.

And prided yourself among the literati of Egypt

نعم المَصونة إِذ حبتك بِأَغيد

نعم المَصونة إِذ حبتك بِأَغيد

يا فاضِلاً أَربى عَلى البَدر الأَغر

يا فاضِلاً أَربى عَلى البَدر الأَغر

How excellent the chaste lady, who granted you a graceful boy!

Well guarded, for your love has brought ecstasy

O worthy man, he outshone the radiant full moon!

O exceptional one nurtured by the full moon

وَبَدا بِثاني عَشر خامس أَشهر ال

وَبَدا بِثاني عَشر خامس أَشهر ال

عام المبارك وَالسَنا مِنهُ اِنتَشَر

عام المبارك وَالسَنا مِنهُ اِنتَشَر

And he appeared on the twelfth of the fifth month of the

Who appeared on the twelfth of Sha'ban

blessed year, and radiance spread from him.

In the blessed year whose goodness spread

وَبوضعه في الجيزة الغَرّا سَمَت

وَبوضعه في الجيزة الغَرّا سَمَت

أَمس الخَميس بِهِ وَساعدها القَدر

أَمس الخَميس بِهِ وَساعدها القَدر

And by bearing him in radiant Giza, she rose high

And by his birth in Cairo the splendid

yesterday, Thursday, through him, and destiny aided her.

On Thursday night, aided by destiny

فَلذاك قُلت مُبَشِّراً وَمؤرّخاً

فَلذاك قُلت مُبَشِّراً وَمؤرّخاً

بُشرى بِأَحمَدٍ الفَريد هُوَ القَمَر

بُشرى بِأَحمَدٍ الفَريد هُوَ القَمَر

So I said, bearing glad tidings and recording the date:

Thus I say, giving glad tidings and dating

Glad tidings of peerless Ahmad—he is the moon!

Good news! Ahmad the unique, he is the moon