هنيئاً كمال الدين فضلا حبيته

هنيئاً كمال الدين فضلا حبيته

ونعماء لم يخصص بها أحد قبل

ونعماء لم يخصص بها أحد قبل

Congratulations, Kamal al-Din, on the distinction bestowed upon you,

Congratulations, Kamal al-Din, for your excellence and loveableness

and on a blessing with which no one has been favored before.

And blessings no one before has been endowed with

لداتك في شغل بداعية الصبا

لداتك في شغل بداعية الصبا

وأنت بتحصيل المعالي لك الشغل

وأنت بتحصيل المعالي لك الشغل

Your peers are preoccupied with the call of youth,

Your talents engaged from the passion of youth

while you are occupied with attaining lofty honors.

And you busied with attaining the heights - such is your occupation

بلغت لعشر من سنينك رتبة

بلغت لعشر من سنينك رتبة

من المجد لا يسطيعها الكامل الكهل

من المجد لا يسطيعها الكامل الكهل

At ten years of age, you have attained a rank

You have attained by your tenth year a rank

of glory that even an accomplished middle-aged man cannot attain.

Of glory even the accomplished elder cannot achieve

ولما أتاكم الحكم والفهم ناشئا

ولما أتاكم الحكم والفهم ناشئا

أشابك طفلا كي يتم لك الفضل

أشابك طفلا كي يتم لك الفضل

And when wisdom and understanding came to you while still young,

And when judgment and understanding came to you as a youth

you were made gray-haired as a child, so that your excellence might be complete.

A child engaged, that your merit be complete