1. بِطاعَةِ اللَهِ طُلتَ الناسَ كُلَّهُمُ

    وَنُصحِ هادٍ أَمينِ المُلكِ مَأمونِ

    Through obedience to God you have surpassed all people,

    And loyal counsel to Ma'mun, a guide trusted with the realm.

  2. حُمَيدُ يا قاسِمَ الدُنيا بِنائِلِهِ

    وَسَيفِهِ بَينَ أَهلَ النُكث وَالدينِ

    Humayd, O divider of the world with his bounty

    And his sword, between oath-breakers and the faithful.

  3. أَنتَ الزَمانُ الَّذي يَجري تَصَرُّفُهُ

    عَلى الأَنامِ بِتَشديدٍ وَتَليينِ

    You are Time, whose sway extends

    Over humankind with severity and gentleness.

  4. لَو لَم تَكُن كانَتِ الأَيّام قَد فَنِيَت

    وَالمَكرُماتُ وَماتَ المَجدُ مُذحينِ

    Had you not existed, the days would have perished,

    And noble deeds too, and glory would long since have died.

  5. لَقَد مَنَنتَ عَلى الدُنيا وَساكِنِها

    بِظِلِّ أَمنٍ بَسيطٍ غَير مَمنونِ

    You have indeed bestowed a favor upon the world and its inhabitants

    With a spreading shade of security, never curtailed.

  6. طَوَيتَ كُلَّ حَشاً مِنها عَلى أَمَلٍ

    إلى قَرينَةِ خَوفٍ مِنكَ مَقرونِ

    You have folded every heart within it around a hope,

    Coupled with its companion, fear of you.

  7. مَن لَم يَكن مِنكَ مَوصولاً إِلى سَبَب

    لَم يَنزِلُ الأَرضَ إِلّا مَنزِلَ الهونِ

    Whoever is not linked to you by a bond

    Dwells on earth only in an abode of humiliation.

  8. صَوَّرَكَ اللَهُ مِن مَجدٍ وَمِن كَرَمٍ

    وَصَوَّرَ الناسَ مِن ماءٍ وَمٍن طينِ

    God fashioned you from glory and from generosity,

    And fashioned humankind from water and from clay.

  9. أَصبَحتَ لِلمُلكِ عِرنيناً تَقومُ بِهِ

    يَومَ الكَريهَةِ جَدّاعَ العَرانينِ

    You have become the nose of kingship, upholding it,

    On the day of battle, a severer of noses.

  10. نُهدى لَكَ المَدحَ مَوزوناً مُحَبَّرُهُ

    وَتُكسِبنا عَطاءً غَيرَ مَوزونِ

    We offer you praise in finely wrought, measured verse,

    And you grant us bounty beyond measure.