1. The crescent moon adorns the king's horizon with its beauty
And the lion cub is raised in the thickets of Semmar

2. The lofty branch sways with the glory of its yield
And its fresh, fragrant bloom exhales perfume

3. The world competed over him and vied
For his ranks, in his person and his cradle

4. The secret of the Ayyubid dynasty is that their reign
Preserves its customs and covenants

5. When a king departs, only his person leaves
His son stands in his place afterward, and his grandson

6. What a blessed house is yours among houses
Your children follow your ways and those of their ancestors

7. Congratulations to the house of nobility whose pillar
Stands firm, and whose king remains steadfast

8. When the best successor, King Waleed, erased
People's sorrows - though none now mourn Waleed

9. In Sha'ban we heard of him, and so ended
For us and foes the sweetness and fuel of his life

10. Before his cradle, his lamp had nearly risen high
And his banners spread before his swaddling clothes

11. He shook with vigor though his cradle never shook him
As deputations and gifts flocked to him

12. The image of his father and ancestor
What a marvelous ancient succeeded by one novel!

13. May Allah water the dwelling of his ancestor with every downpour
That makes the garden bowers teem and overflow

14. And maintain his father as sovereign and supreme
So none can attain his gifts or breach his armies

15. And raise him in munificence and valor to such heights
That he annihilates all rebellion and steel

16. For the finest hands, they surely can withstand
The effort of praise however arduous the load

17. His ascendance ascended like some victorious predecessor
Whose far-reaching excess knows no limit or end

18. Resplendent, though no flash lights the horizon
Sheltering, though no fertile rain drenches the land

19. His resolves in supremacy are most valiant
Withstood forever by any resolute foe

20. No weaker soul can corrode them
Or stronger control them, thanks to his bounty

21. His swords and pens apportion
Blessings he grants, and tyrants he destroys

22. Dear to those who seek him, his aura in the prime of youth
This, his formidable manner, his essence, his being

23. If it is war, he is slaughterer of the day
If it is counsel, profound is his wisdom

24. Those who seek swift, flowing verse from him
Are met with ample, bountiful seas from him

25. Were his fortune equaled by one who resembled him
Then his Companion's and Zayd's stations would equal his own

26. His age is called happy and blessed
For it is clear to us that eras are his servants

27. Drawing to him each joy he desires
Serving him in everything he wants

28. If we approached his threshold one day
Seeking the youth of life, he could restore it

29. If the stars of heaven hid themselves
His being's radiance would suffice for the travelers of night

30. If he did not marshal armies for the fray
His dominion would suffice to drag foes

31. Behold! The sultan of glory, Muhammad
Is thanked for his blessed, praised efforts

32. Would that the Pillar of Faith could see his progeny
With his great work increased and his numbers multiplied

33. Yet it is but the house of an orderly kingdom
For which its days will be relived because of it

34. Is there any soul more pure, people more noble
Empowered against calamities as you are empowered?

35. How you have enriched my state beyond all people, and enhanced
The propriety of my words for your uniqueness

36. For what are prose but crude pearls
And what is a palace but a finely built home?