1. مَملوكُ مَولانا وَممَلوكُ اِبنِهِ

    وَأَخيهِ وَاِبنُ أَخيهِ وَالجيرانِ

    Our lord's bondservant, and his son's bondservant,

    and his brother's, his brother's son's, and the neighbors',

  2. طَيَّ الكِتابِ إِلَيهِ مِنهُ إِجابَةً

    لِسَلامِ مَولانا اِبنِهِ عُثمانِ

    within the folds of the letter to him from him, in reply

    to the greeting of our lord—his son Uthman.

  3. وَاللَهُ قَد ذَكَرَ السَلامَ وَأَنَّهُ

    يَجزي بِأَحسَنَ مِنهُ في القُرآنِ

    And God has mentioned greeting, and that He

    repays it with something better in the Qur'an.

  4. بِتَحِيَّةٍ قَد جِئتُ فيها أَوَّلا

    وَمَن اِقتَفاها كانَ بَعدي الثاني

    With a greeting in which I have come first,

    and whoever follows it comes second after me.

  5. تُهدي لِذي النورَينِ ما بَقِيَ الضُحا

    تَسري رَكائِبُها إِلى عُثمانِ

    It offers greetings to the Possessor of the Two Lights as long as morning light endures;

    its mounts travel by night to Uthman.

  6. وَرَسولي السُلطانُ في إِبلاغِها

    وَالناسُ رُسلُهُمُ إِلى السُلطانِ

    And the sultan is my messenger in conveying it,

    while the people's messengers go to the sultan.