1. God has endowed you with the highest virtues
For you are foremost in precedence

2. How could honors not be presented to you
When you are clothed in robes of splendor

3. O son of Ismail, you are a precious pearl
Adorning the necklace of highest rank

4. You have attained the office of greatest minister
Your words and deeds sublime and lofty

5. Tunisia now prides itself on you
Who raised you from childhood as a ward

6. You grew up amid congratulations
Grasping knowledge in your youth and elder days

7. The Imam drew you near him
So you became for that noble branch a root

8. It is meet for us to praise the Exalted One
Prince of Muslims, most eminent lord

9. For blessings that flow upon the flock
Filling their souls with bounty

10. And ever immersing them in his care
With the most noble state in heart and mind

11. Making them, through it, at all times
Worthy of gaining favors from Him

12. Kings praise him for following a course
Blanketing his precious lands in justice

13. Lands thank his act of blocking the gap
Thereby increasing, with equity, gains

14. They laud him, chanting of what
Oft repeated, is to you most sweet

15. Live long, O greatest minister, accompanied
By fortune, thereby increasing connection

16. And support, with triumph, and with praise
Of you and in you, recited amongst people

17. Through you foreign affairs are illuminated
And their night has been unveiled and dispelled

18. The financial affairs have been ordered
By you, delay therefrom has been removed

19. May God watch over you as long as Ibn Ashar
Prayed sincerely to his Lord and gave praise

20. And as long as al-Safa sang the glory
Of Mustafa's leadership for greater purpose