1. سلامٌ على الحزبين يأتلفانِ

    سلام على الجمعين يلتقيانِ

    Peace upon the two parties as they unite;

    peace upon the two assemblies as they meet.

  2. وطوبى لأبطال الحمى يدركونه

    بكل يد ميمونة ولسان

    Blessed are the heroes of the homeland who attain it

    with every auspicious hand and every eloquent tongue,

  3. سراعاً إلى الدار التي عاهدتهمُ

    على خير ميعاد وخير أوان

    hastening to the house that pledged them

    the finest appointed day and the finest hour.

  4. يعدون للعقبى التي في حفاظهم

    أبر مكان في أحب زمان

    They prepare for the happy end which, through their guardianship,

    will find the most righteous place in the most beloved age.

  5. ويبنون للشعب الكريم اتحاده

    وسلطانه في راحة وأمان

    For the noble people they build its unity

    and its sovereignty, in ease and security.

  6. ويعطونه شورى الثقات وحكمهم

    ضماناً على الأيام أي ضمان

    They grant it the counsel and rule of trusted men—

    a safeguard against the days: what a safeguard!

  7. فما للعصاة الثائرين تخلَّفوا

    وكانوا سراع اللفِّ والدوران

    What ails the rebellious insurgents, that they held back

    when they were so swift to twist and turn?

  8. غضاب على عدل السماء وإنهم

    جناة العوادي أمس والحدثان

    They rage against the justice of Heaven, though they

    were the authors of yesterday's calamities and ravages of time.

  9. معاذير من خاف الهوان إذا هوت

    أراجيفهم أم حجة المتفاني

    Are these the excuses of one who feared disgrace when

    their false rumors collapsed—or the fanatic's argument?

  10. يعيبون ما دبرتموه وإنه

    علاج أذاهم في سنين ثمان

    They fault what you have devised, although it is

    the cure for the harm they wrought over eight years.

  11. فقم يا علي القوم في القوم شارحاً

    نصيبك مما يصنع الأَخَوان

    Rise, O foremost of the people, and explain among the people

    your share in what the two brothers are accomplishing.

  12. فإن الذين اليوم أنت خطيبهم

    شهود عيانٍ لا شهود بيان

    For those whose spokesman you are today

    are eyewitnesses, not witnesses won by words.

  13. قطعت على الواشي المريب طريقه

    وما كان للواشي سوى الهذيان

    You have barred the suspect talebearer's path,

    and the talebearer had nothing but delirious babble.

  14. ولم تبق للمفتون في الأمر حيلةً

    ولا أجلاً في الشر للمتفاني

    You have left the deluded no stratagem in this affair,

    nor any time for the fanatic to persist in evil.

  15. وإن مصير الملك رغد وعزة

    وقد مكَّنت أركانَه الفئتان

    The kingdom's destiny is indeed prosperity and glory,

    now that the two factions have firmly secured its pillars.