إِن شِئتَ أَن تَخبُرُ ما عِندي

إِن شِئتَ أَن تَخبُرُ ما عِندي

فَأَسعَدُ الناسَ أَبو سَعدِ

فَأَسعَدُ الناسَ أَبو سَعدِ

If you wish to know what I think,

If you wish to know what I have

Then the most fortunate of people is Abu Saʿd.

Then the happiest of men is Abu Sa‘d

مُهَذَّبٌ أَورَقَ عودُ العُلا

مُهَذَّبٌ أَورَقَ عودُ العُلا

بِهِ وَريضَت رَوضَةُ المَجدِ

بِهِ وَريضَت رَوضَةُ المَجدِ

A refined man: the bough of eminence has put forth leaves

Refined is the slender branch of glory

Through him, and the meadow of glory has been cultivated.

Through him the garden of glory flourished

إِذا جَلَت أَلسُنُنا ذِكرُهُ

إِذا جَلَت أَلسُنُنا ذِكرُهُ

جَلَتهُ في خَليٍ مِنَ الحَمدِ

جَلَتهُ في خَليٍ مِنَ الحَمدِ

When our tongues unveil his name,

When our tongues move to praise him

They unveil it in [perhaps adornments] of praise.

They move in a stream of praise