1. قد طلع البدر مع الزُّهرهْ

    في دولة مونقةِ الزّهرهْ

    The full moon has risen alongside Venus,

    in a reign whose bloom is lovely.

  2. فأمست الدنيا لها بهجةٌ

    وأصبح الملك له نضرهْ

    So the world has taken on splendor,

    and the realm has gained fresh radiance.

  3. وأضحت الحرة مقرونةً

    بالحر في دولته الحرهْ

    And the noblewoman has become united

    with the nobleman in his noble reign.

  4. أعني أبا النجم فتى أحمدٍ

    إمام أهل البدو والحضرهْ

    I mean Abu al-Najm, the retainer of Ahmad,

    the imam of nomads and townsfolk.

  5. سيدة زُفت إلى سيدٍ

    بدلنا اليسرَ من العسرهْ

    A lady was led as a bride to a lord

    who gave us ease in place of hardship.

  6. ألِّف بالتوفيق شملاهما

    في نعمةٍ تمت وفي حبرهْ

    Unite them through divine favor,

    in blessing made complete, and in delight.

  7. فأسندتْ ظهراً إلى شاهقٍ

    وضم كفيه على دُرَّهْ

    Thus she leaned her back against a lofty peak,

    and he clasped his two hands around a pearl.

  8. لا أعقبا من فرحةٍ تَرْحة

    كلّا ولا من حَبرة عبرهْ

    May their joy never be followed by sorrow,

    no indeed, nor their delight by a tear.

  9. ولا أرانا اللَّه يوميهما

    لكن أرانا منهما الكثرهْ

    And may God never show us their days of death,

    but may He show us a multitude of their offspring.

  10. عمَّره اللَّه وأبقى لهُ

    رُكنيه من عز ومن قدرهْ

    May God grant him long life and preserve for him

    his two pillars of glory and power,

  11. وسَرَّ مولانا بمولاتهِ

    وزاد حسادهما حسره

    and gladden our lord with his lady,

    and increase the anguish of those who envy them both.