1. قد أَضاءَ الزّمانُ بالمستضيء

    وارث البُردِ وابن عمّ النّبْيْ

    The age has indeed brightened with al-Mustadi,

    heir to the mantle and cousin of the Prophet.

  2. جاءَ بالحقَّ والشّريعة والعد

    لِ فيا مرحباً بهذا المجيْ

    He came with truth, the sacred law, and justice—

    so welcome to this arrival!

  3. رتعَ العالمونَ من عدله الشّا

    ملِ في المرتعِ الهنيْ المريْ

    All people have grazed through his all-embracing justice,

    in pleasant, wholesome pasture.

  4. ورعوا منه في مرادٍ خصيب

    لا وخيم ولا وبيل وبيْ

    And through him they grazed in a fertile pasture,

    neither unwholesome, nor harmful or pestilent.

  5. رقدوا بعدَ طول خوف مقضٍ

    في ذَرا الأمنِ والمهادِ الوطيْ

    They slept after long, sleep-disturbing fear,

    in safety's shelter and on a soft bed.

  6. فهنيئاً لأهل بغدادَ فازوا

    بعد بؤس بكلِّ عيش هنيْ

    So congratulations to Baghdad's people, who have gained,

    after misery, all the pleasures of life.

  7. سأوافي فِناءهُ عن قريب

    مسرعاً كي أَفوزَ غيرَ بطي

    I shall soon arrive at his courtyard,

    hastening to attain success, without delay.

  8. وأُحلِّي عيشي بجدٍ جديدٍ

    وأُهني فضلي بحظّ طريْ

    And I shall adorn my life with new good fortune,

    and congratulate my merit on fresh good fortune.

  9. وتريني الأيامُ نقداً من الآ

    مال ما كان َقبله في النّسيْ

    And the days will show me, as ready cash, those hopes

    that, before him, lay deferred on credit.

  10. وأَماني سوفَ يظهرُ منها

    عند قصدي ذَراه كلُّ خبيْ

    And among my wishes there shall come to light,

    when I seek his shelter, every hidden one.

  11. عادَ حظّي من النُّحوس بريئاً

    وغدا السّعدِ منه غير بريْ

    My lot has returned free of ill omens,

    and good fortune has become inseparable from it.

  12. ولقيتُ الدَّهرَ العبوسَ وقد عا

    دَ بوجهٍ طَلْقٍ إليَّ وضيْ

    And I met frowning Time, which had returned

    to me with a cheerful, radiant face.

  13. ومُضيْ إن كان في الزَّمنِ المظ

    لمِ فالعَودُ في الزَّمانِ المُضيْ

    And if my departure was in the dark age,

    then my return is in the radiant age.