سَما بِسَعيد العَز خَير المَوالدِ

سَما بِسَعيد العَز خَير المَوالدِ

وَهنّا بِهِ الإقبالُ أَكرمَ وَالدِ

وَهنّا بِهِ الإقبالُ أَكرمَ وَالدِ

The finest of births rose high through glorious Sa‘id,

The skies celebrate Sa'id's noble birth

and good fortune congratulated the noblest father on it.

Its season adorned with the king's bounty

وَمَوسمه حلّى مِن الملك جيدَه

وَمَوسمه حلّى مِن الملك جيدَه

وَكلّل مِنهُ تاجَه بِالفَرائد

وَكلّل مِنهُ تاجَه بِالفَرائد

And his festival adorned the neck of kingship,

And crowned his diadem with treasures

and wreathed its crown with peerless jewels,

He is described among kings as

وَيَنعته بَينَ المُلوك بِأَنَّهُ

وَيَنعته بَينَ المُلوك بِأَنَّهُ

إِمامٌ أَثيل المَجد عَذب المَوارد

إِمامٌ أَثيل المَجد عَذب المَوارد

and describes him among kings as

The peerless leader of glory, sweet of gifts

a leader of deep-rooted glory, with sweet wellsprings.

His loyalists extol his supremacy in him

وَيُثني عَلى عَليائه فيهِ مُخلص

وَيُثني عَلى عَليائه فيهِ مُخلص

بِما يَزدَري في نَظمه بِالقَلائد

بِما يَزدَري في نَظمه بِالقَلائد

And a sincere admirer praises his eminence on this occasion,

With what they spurn in their compositions of necklaces

with verse whose stringing puts necklaces to shame,

And decree for him in his time advancement

وَيَقضي لَهُ في عَصره بِتقدّمٍ

وَيَقضي لَهُ في عَصره بِتقدّمٍ

عَلى من عداه مِن طَريف وَتالد

عَلى من عداه مِن طَريف وَتالد

and declares him foremost in his age

Over all besides him, of fine pedigree and ancestry

over all others, new and old.

And how could it not when he has raised his armies

وَكَيفَ وَقَد رَبّى عَساكره الَّتي

وَكَيفَ وَقَد رَبّى عَساكره الَّتي

لَها في الوَغى إِقدام عمرو وَخالد

لَها في الوَغى إِقدام عمرو وَخالد

And how could it be otherwise, when he has trained his armies, which

With in battle the audacity of Amr and Khalid

have in battle the boldness of ‘Amr and Khalid?

And built in the lands to guard a fortress

وَشَيّد في الأَوطان للحفظ قلعةً

وَشَيّد في الأَوطان للحفظ قلعةً

مَدافعها تودي بِكُل مُعاند

مَدافعها تودي بِكُل مُعاند

And he built a fortress in the lands for protection;

Whose cannons destroy every opponent

its cannons destroy every defiant foe.

And immortalized in it the memory of his birth

وَخلّد فيها ذكر مَولده الَّذي

وَخلّد فيها ذكر مَولده الَّذي

إِلى صلة الأَعوام يُومي بِعائد

إِلى صلة الأَعوام يُومي بِعائد

And there he immortalized the memory of his birth, which

To the joining years it daily brings prosperity

points, through its return, to the linking of the years.

The flags of joy and clarity wave for it

وَتَنشر أَعلام المَسَرَّة وَالصَفا

وَتَنشر أَعلام المَسَرَّة وَالصَفا

بِهِ في جَمادى فَوق رَأس الفَراقد

بِهِ في جَمادى فَوق رَأس الفَراقد

And the banners of joy and serenity unfurl

Above him in Jumada atop the tombs

in its honor, in Jumada, above the heads of the Farqad stars.

And on the feast of this birth ever remaining

وَفي عيد ذا المِيلاد لازالَ باقياً

وَفي عيد ذا المِيلاد لازالَ باقياً

مَدى الدَهر يَحظى بِالمُنى كُلُّ وافد

مَدى الدَهر يَحظى بِالمُنى كُلُّ وافد

And at this birthday feast—may it endure

For the length of time frequented by every comer with wishes

throughout eternity—every visitor attains his wishes,

And spreads out the palms of prayer beseeching

وَيَبسط راحات الدعا متضرعاً

وَيَبسط راحات الدعا متضرعاً

لَهُ ببقا ملك وَشبل مُجاهد

لَهُ ببقا ملك وَشبل مُجاهد

and stretches out his palms in prayer, humbly pleading

For the survival of the king and warrior cub

for him, that his rule and his warrior lion-cub may endure,

And recites to him on the day of congratulations dating

وَيَنشده يَوم التَهاني مؤرّخاً

وَيَنشده يَوم التَهاني مؤرّخاً

سَما بِسَعيد العزّ خَير المَوالد

سَما بِسَعيد العزّ خَير المَوالد

and recites to him on the day of congratulations, giving a chronogram:

The skies celebrate Sa'id's noble birth

The finest of births rose high through glorious Sa‘id.