1. مَرحَباً بِالبَدر يَسرِي

    مِن نُجُومٍ فِي وُفُودِ

    Welcome to the full moon journeying by night,

    Among delegations of stars,

  2. فِي بُرُوجٍ مِن سُرُوجٍ

    وَظِلاَلٍ مِن بُنُودِ

    In towers made of saddles,

    And shadows cast by banners,

  3. وَخُيُولٍ كَسُيُولٍ

    وَجُنُودٍ كَالأُسُودِ

    And horses like torrents,

    And soldiers like lions,

  4. بَعدَ لأيٍ وَتَنَاءٍ

    وَظُنُونٍ مِن حَسُودِ

    After hardship and separation,

    And an envious person's suspicions.

  5. يَا سُلَيمَانَ أبنَ عَبدِ

    اللهِ هَذَا يَومُ عِيدٍ

    O Sulayman, son of Abd

    Allah, this is a festival day!

  6. فأَنَا أُنشِدُ فِيهِ

    بَعضَ غَصب مِن قَصِيدِ

    So on it I recite

    Some forcibly appropriated verse.

  7. مَرحَباً بِالمَلِكِ

    القَادِمِ بِالجَدِّ السَّعِيدِ

    Welcome to the king,

    Arriving with auspicious fortune.

  8. دُم وَعِش فِي ظِلِّ أَمنٍ

    خَالِدٍ بَاقٍ جَدِيدِ

    Endure and live in the shade of safety,

    Everlasting, enduring, ever new.

  9. فَلَقَد أَصبَحَ أَعدَاؤُكَ

    كالزَّرعِ الحَصِيدِ

    For indeed your enemies have become

    Like a harvested crop;

  10. ثُمَّ قَد عَادُوا حَدِيثاً

    مِثلَ عَادٍ وَثَمُودِ

    Then they have become a tale,

    Like ʿAd and Thamud.