أَمَولايَO my lord هذاthis اليَومday يَومa day مُبارَكblessed
أَمَولايَ هذا اليَوم يَوم مُبارَك
وَعيدand a feast سَعيدhappy بِالهَناwith joy يَتَهَلَّلbeams
وَعيد سَعيد بِالهَنا يَتَهَلَّل
O my lord, this day is a blessed day,
My Master, this day is blessed
And a happy feast, beaming with joy.
A joyous feast with glory manifest
أَمَولايَO my lord أَحياكَmay He grant you life الالهGod لِمِثلِهِfor another like it
أَمَولايَ أَحياكَ الاله لِمِثلِهِ
وَعَزَّكَand your honor مَوفورundiminished وَسَعدكand your good fortune مُقبِلapproaching
وَعَزَّكَ مَوفور وَسَعدك مُقبِل
O my lord, may God grant you life to see its like,
My Master, may God grant you life immortal
With your honor undiminished and good fortune coming your way.
With abundant honor and fortune excel
وَعادَand may it return اِلَيكَto you العَيدthe feast وَالعودand the return أَحمدmore praiseworthy
وَعادَ اِلَيكَ العَيد وَالعود أَحمد
وَأَنتَand you عَلىupon ماwhat أَنتَyou فيin العزglory ترفلyou walk proudly
وَأَنتَ عَلى ما أَنتَ في العز ترفل
And may the feast return to you, its return more welcome,
The feast returns, and with it blessings renewed
While you, as you are now, walk proudly in glory.
While you in glory and splendor are clothed
أَتىcame العيدthe feast يَسعىhastens نحوtoward ساحَتِكyour courtyard الَّتيwhich
أَتى العيد يَسعى نحو ساحَتِك الَّتي
بِهاin it نالَattained ذاكَthat العيدfeast ماwhat كانَwas يَأملhoping for
بِها نالَ ذاكَ العيد ما كانَ يَأمل
The feast came hastening toward your courtyard, where
The feast comes seeking your abode
That feast attained what it had hoped for.
Where once that feast its hopes had fufilled
وَهَيهاتand never يَلقىfinds العيدthe feast مثلكyour like سيداa lord
وَهَيهات يَلقى العيد مثلك سيدا
لَهُhe has رُتبَةa rank فوقَabove الثرياthe Pleiades وَمنزلand a station
لَهُ رُتبَة فوقَ الثريا وَمنزل
And never could the feast find a lord like you,
Alas, no feast shall find one like you, my lord
Whose rank and station are above the Pleiades.
Whose station is above the stars, sublime
لَكyours is المَجدglory ياO صَنوالعَتيقpeer of al-ʿAtīq حيقيقَةin truth
لَك المَجد يا صَنوالعَتيق حيقيقَة
وَمَجدand the glory سِواكَof others besides you الاِمرthe matter فيهِconcerning it مُؤوّلsubject to interpretation
وَمَجد سِواكَ الاِمر فيهِ مُؤوّل
Glory is truly yours, O peer of al-ʿAtīq,
Yours is the glory, O Keeper of Tradition
Whereas the glory of others is a matter of interpretation.
None other shares it, such is the decree
وَلماand when أَتاكَcame to you العيدthe feast أَرّختI composed a chronogram اِنكمindeed you (plural)
وَلما أَتاكَ العيد أَرّخت اِنكم
لَكُمyours (plural) ياO بَنيsons of الصَدّيقal-Ṣiddīq مَجدglory مُؤثلfirmly rooted
لَكُم يا بَني الصَدّيق مَجد مُؤثل
And when the feast came to you, I composed a chronogram: “Indeed, you
And when the feast came to you, you inscribed
Have, O sons of al-Ṣiddīq, firmly rooted glory.”
For you, O True Kin, is glory complete