1. زادكَ الله جلالا

    وبهاءً وكمالا

    May God increase your majesty,

    and your splendor and perfection.

  2. فلقد فاضَتْ يمينا

    ك على العافي نوالا

    For indeed, your two right hands overflowed

    with bounty upon the supplicant.

  3. ولقد قابلَ جدوى

    كفِّك العُدْمَ فزالا

    And indeed, the bounty of

    your palm confronted destitution, and it vanished.

  4. ولقد لُحْتَ لنا في

    أفقِ المجدِ هِلالا

    And indeed, you appeared to us on

    the horizon of glory, a crescent moon.

  5. أيها الحافظُ لم تُلْ

    فِ لك العينُ مِثالا

    O guardian, the eye has not

    found your equal.

  6. رُكنُ عزّي بعد تشيي

    دٍ لعمرو الله مالا

    The pillar of my honor, after being raised,

    has tilted—by God's life.

  7. وأرى حاليَ عمّا

    كنتَ ترضى لي حالا

    And I see my condition, from what

    you once approved for me, has changed.

  8. وأجِرْني وابقَ في عزٍّ

    رفيعٍ لن يُنالا

    And grant me refuge, and remain in honor

    so lofty that it will never be attained.