1. بِأبي يابْنَ سُلَيْما

    نَ لقد سُدتَ تَنُوخا

    May my father be your ransom, O son of Sulayman!

    You have indeed become lord of Tanukh.

  2. وَهُمُ السَّادَةُ شُبَّا

    ناً لَعَمْري وَشُيُوخا

    And they are lords in youth,

    by my life, and in old age.

  3. أدْرَكَ البُغْيَةَ مَنْ أضْ

    حَى بِناديكَ مُنيخا

    He has attained his desire who has come

    to rest at your assembly,

  4. وارِداً عندك نِيلاً

    وَفُراتاً وبَليخا

    coming to drink at your side from a Nile,

    and a Euphrates and a Balikh;

  5. واجداً منكَ متَى اسْتَصْ

    رَخَ لِلْمَجدِ صَريخا

    finding in you, whenever he cries for aid,

    a helper in the cause of glory,

  6. في زمانٍ غادَرَ الهِمْ

    مَاتِ في النَّاس مُسُوخا

    in an age that has left aspirations

    among the people as monstrosities.