1. مآثِرُ جَلَّت لا تُقَيَّدُ بالعَدِّ

    تَجَلَّت بإفريقية عِندَ ذا العَهدِ

    Glorious deeds, so great they cannot be numbered,

    Shone forth in Ifriqiya in this age.

  2. فَتاهَ بِها واِهتَز شكرا مُقيمُها

    وَباهى بِها سُكّانُها قاصيَ الوَفد

    Its residents gloried in them and thrilled with gratitude,

    And its people boasted of them before visitors from afar.

  3. حَبانا بِهِ شَهمُ أَبيّ سمَيذَعٌ

    يَرى هِمَّةَ الأَملاك في خالِد الحَمد

    A noble, unbowed, generous lord bestowed it upon us,

    Who sees the ambition of kings in praise that endures.

  4. هوَ الصادِق الباشا المُشيرُ مُحَمَّدٌ

    أَخو الحَسَنات الشَفع وَالسؤدَد الفَترد

    He is Muhammad al-Sadiq, the Pasha and Marshal,

    Possessor of good deeds in pairs and peerless nobility,

  5. كَأَمثال هَذا الجِسر حُسناً وَبَهجَةً

    وَإِحكام رَصفٍ لا يَبيدُ مَدى الخُلد

    Such as this bridge, in beauty and splendor,

    And masonry so firmly laid it will never perish throughout eternity.

  6. تَجَلّى بِهِ الوادي وَجاءَ كأَنَّهُ

    نَطاقٌ بِخَصرِ أَو سوارٌ عَلى زَند

    The valley shone through it, and it appeared as though it were

    A girdle about a waist, or a bracelet upon a forearm.

  7. يَمُرُّ عَلَيهِ المَرءُ جَذلانَ آمناً

    وَقَد كانَ مِن تَيّاره دائمَ الكَدِّ

    A person crosses over it, joyful and safe,

    Though its current had once kept him in ceaseless toil.

  8. فَيا وادي الزَرقاء سِر تَحتَ أَمرِهِ

    رُوَيداً كَما قَد مَرَّ غَيرُكَ مِن بَعد

    So, O Wadi al-Zarqa, flow under his command,

    Gently, as others besides you have already passed thereafter.

  9. أَطِع ساجِداً شُكراً مُنيباً مُسَبِحاً

    بِحَصباء تُزري بِالنَفيس مِنَ العقد

    Obey, prostrate in gratitude, penitent and glorifying God,

    With pebbles that put precious necklace-jewels to shame.

  10. وَيا أَيُّها المُجتازُ قُل رَبِّ جازه

    بِأَجزَل ما تُهدي مِنَ العِزِّ وَالسَعد

    And you who cross, say: My Lord, reward him

    With the richest honor and good fortune You bestow.

  11. وَصُن مُلكَهُ واحرُس أسودَ جُنوده

    وَعَسكَرَهُ الجَرّارَ في البَرِّ وَالبَحرِ

    And safeguard his sovereignty and guard the lions of his troops,

    And his vast army, on land and sea.

  12. وَحُطهُ لِهَذا القُطر يُحيي رُسومَهُ

    وَآثارُهُ تاجٌ عَلى هامَة المَجدِ

    And protect him for this land, that he may revive its landmarks;

    And his works are a crown upon glory's head.

  13. تَمامٌ كَبَداءٍ حازَ حَمداً مُؤَرّخاً

    كَبَدءٍ أَتَمّ الصادِقُ الجِسرَ بِالحَمدِ

    Its completion, like its beginning, won praise that records its date:

    As at the beginning, al-Sadiq completed the bridge with praise.