1. He of generous spirit gives the fortresses of his kingdom,
When we praise him, his maids hasten to him,

2. He says - No, by God, no speaker has said
Better than what his open hands have done.

3. A brave man whom the lion fears the claws of his spear
When his hawks wheel and contend with him,

4. Strongly enamored is he of bravery and munificence,
Oh how excellent is he whom his damsels reproached and failed.

5. Mighty is he by whom the cross and its people were abased
Its latter and its former multitudes.

6. His Nile flowed in torrents to water his villages,
And flowed on until none were left to beg of it.

7. The rain is but the flashing gleams of its lightning,
And the meadow but the portresses of its weapons.