1. بجدِّ عزمِكَ نالَ الدِّينُ ما طَلَبا

    وأحجمَ الشركُ عن إقدامِهِ رَهبا

    Through the firmness of your resolve, the faith attained what it sought.

    And polytheism drew back from its advance in fear.

  2. وأيقنت مِلَّةُ الإسلامِ أنَّ لها

    بِكَ الظُّهورِ على الأعداءِ والغلبا

    And the faith of Islam became certain it would have

    Through you, ascendancy over its enemies and victory;

  3. وأنَّ كُلَّ بعيدٍ عندَها كَثَبٌ

    ولو تُطالِبُ في أفلاكِها الشُّهيا

    And that all distant things were near at hand for it,

    Even if it sought the bright stars within their spheres;

  4. وأن أمركَ مستولٍ على أمدٍ

    من السعادةِ فاتَ العجمَ والعَرَبا

    And that your rule commands a measure

    Of good fortune beyond non-Arabs and Arabs alike.

  5. إن الخلافةَ نالَت من محاسِنِكُم

    أوفى الحُظوظِ فأبدت منظراً عَجَبَاً

    The caliphate has indeed gained from your virtues

    The fullest share, and displayed a wondrous sight.

  6. أعلى المراتب من بعدِ النُبوَّةِ قَد

    حَبابِهَا اللَه أعلى الخلقِ وانتخبا

    The highest of ranks after prophethood—

    God has graced the noblest of creation with it, and chosen him.

  7. سينظمُ السعدُ مِصراً في ممالِكِه

    حتى تُدَوِّخَ مِنها خَيلُهُ حَلَبا

    Fortune will string Egypt among his kingdoms,

    Until, from there, his cavalry subdues Aleppo.

  8. إلى العراقِ إلى أقصى الحجازِ إلى

    أقصى خُراسانَ يلقى جَيشُهُ الرُّعبا

    To Iraq, to the farthest reaches of the Hijaz, to

    The farthest reaches of Khurasan, his army will spread terror.

  9. هُوَ الذي كانتِ الدُنيا تُؤمِّلُهُ

    وكلُّ عصرٍ لهُ ما زالَ مُرتَقَبا

    He is the one the world had hoped for,

    And every age has waited for him unceasingly.

  10. هَلِ ابنُ إسحاقِ إلا كالذين جَرَوا

    إلى مصارِعِهم من قبلِهِ خَبَبَا

    Is Ibn Ishaq anything but like those who ran

    At a trot to their deaths before him?

  11. عن شرِّ مُنقَلَبٍ تُجلى عواقِبُهُ

    وقلَّما حُمِدَ المغرورُ مُنقلبا

    His fate unfolds to reveal the worst of ends;

    And seldom does the deluded man meet a praiseworthy end.

  12. راقَ النضارُ عُيونَ الناظرينَ وقَد

    غُدا اسمُكَ المُعتلي أعلاهُ مُكتتبا

    The pure gold delighted the eyes of onlookers, with

    Your exalted name now inscribed upon its surface.

  13. قد حارَ في وصفِهَا تبريّةً جُدداً

    رُب ناظِماً شِعراً وُمختَطِبا

    Describing them—new and of pure gold—has bewildered

    Many a composer of verse and many an orator.

  14. ما ارتباَ مُبصِرُها في كَفِّ ذاكَ وذا

    أن النجومَ استحالت للورى ذهبا

    No one seeing them in that man's palm or this one's has doubted

    That the stars have turned into gold for humankind.

  15. نداكَ عمَّ بني الدُنيا وألبسهُمك

    في الشرقِ والغربِ أثوابَ الغنى القُشُبا

    Your bounty embraced the world's children and clothed them

    In East and West, in new robes of wealth.

  16. خليفةَ اللَهِ رحماكُم لمغترِبٍ

    ناءٍ وما إن نأى داراً ولا اعترَبا

    O Caliph of God, grant your mercy to an exile,

    Far away, though he has neither moved away from home nor gone abroad.