1. إذا غدت سعد على شبيبها

    على فتاها وعلى خطيبها

    When Saʿd sets out in the morning to its Shabīb,

    to its young champion and its orator,

  2. من مطلع الشمس إلى مغيبها

    عجبتَ من كثرتها وطيبها

    from the sun’s rising to its setting,

    you marvel at its numbers and its excellence.