1. The house of jihad, the protected domain of lions
Its foundations have become pillars of victory

2. It was completed in the best form I have seen
Wearing the garb of solid construction and skillful perfection

3. In it the wise scholar says: I do not see
A place here to surpass what was possible before

4. Why not, when forms were designed for it beforehand
That left geometry and perfection behind

5. And from among them our supporter, provider chose
What you see, by the counsel of our patron and master

6. Ahmed Pasha built it as a resort
Only to fill it with whites and chestnuts

7. So the lions of valor may take refuge
On a day of hardship, gathering their hawks

8. They train each day with their trainer
In the service of war, trying and striving

9. Our master the general still raises it
As a source of pride through eras and times

10. It will remain protected in his state’s shadow
Rivaling time itself, like Bahram and Kai Ka'us

11. It will remain recorded as it became
The house of jihad, the protected domain of lions