1. Your right hand grants protection, though fate frowns.
In it my dreams of old are now fulfilled.

2. Your angry blade forever in its sheath abides;
Else would it strike the ruthless with death.

3. Who would risk your lion's wrath? Yours is the bow
That finds its mark when arrows fly amain.

4. Who dons your harness as protection
Scatters the ranks in feat and headlong flight.

5. In the peace your rule has built, nations slumber
Trusting your aid, submitting to your reign.

6. Happy the guest of a generous kingdom,
True to its word and the covenant it keeps.

7. Oh you who spread justice with unbending will
To which both Arab and non-Arab yield,

8. Defender of God's faith against the hordes
Who fear the valour of Dhiraar's sons,

9. Vanquisher of tyrants who oppressed and claimed
Lands, like the lords of Persia long ago,

10. Commander of legions whose courage sings
Of glory, heedless of the battle's flow,

11. Builder of awe's foundations in all climes
Without reversal or the pact's demise.

12. Tunisia by your grace is envied for
Her prosperity by all Islamic lands.

13. The common folk confess you are the son
Of chiefs, just protector, upright guardian.

14. Your vigilance brings justice that endures
When you arbitrate the law's complexities.

15. If you must choose between disputants, you know
To favour justice with wisdom's piercing eye.

16. Without request, you grant to every slave
Kindness and favour generously.

17. The Chosen One declared you the best vizier; you
Guide with wisdom, spreading faith's emblems.

18. Thus you excel in governance, relying on
Your wisdom to dispel all doubts.

19. Through prudent care, your people's streams run pure
Thanks to your strong, ever-growing wisdom.

20. Good news! The feast day comes to glad your heart
With triumphs over every foe.

21. Nobles still long to kiss your hand on days
Of feast, in years and eras without end.

22. Historians date our age from the feast that shone
With your sincerity's glorious light.