1. The abode of beauties has changed its verses
The houri’s of Eden and the gazelles of passion played with it until its verses were erased

2. The scents of basil, two fragrances of early morning
Oh how skilled are your hands and your craft

3. They have spread, so thanks be to them, the heavy and the light
Were it not for your firmness towards al-Walid and his horses

4. Two successive caliphs would have lived to see the ruin of the lands
Generosity and magnanimity have been brought together for your heart

5. Their burden has weakened the strength of bodies
And whenever the kings see you one day contending

6. They make their necks the target of spears
Your right hand has gone with generosity, so what can it do

7. Except your tongue or your conscience again
Were it not for God's swords from Shayban, indeed

8. The swords of the caliph of the Merciful would have been defeated