1. The king, in you his people find equal;
And time, through you, competes its days.

2. You who brought the land wellness with your peace,
After the one who brought the land harm with his feud.

3. At night you do not sleep in your judgment,
And without your opinion, its darkness is not illuminated.

4. Honor your subjects with justice and blessing,
Making rules flow through their classes.

5. You who revived holy war when it departed,
And gentleness and fine justice have their abode.

6. Be as you wish, rising and setting,
For the matter is submitted to you in its entirety.

7. In the horizon you ascend with minarets, and you see
Nothing but its pegs are your planets.

8. Your ship sailed the seas as though it were
An army for you with banners unfurled.

9. The cities and villages were ennobled by your rebuilding,
And the desolate places by your ruins were adorned.

10. Your resolve in the wilds while you are in
The wings of night, set loose and valiant.

11. If your journey takes its time with steady pace
The place prefers that it establish its clouds.

12. The oases will become gardens when
Your steam runs through them and its system prevails.

13. And you will populate them with a plentiful throng
Whose flowing and crowding you facilitate.

14. If an unguided one had come upon them but you,
He would have left no trace of his steps in their sands.

15. Oh, that caravan wearied me back
To the desert’s age, with its Jesus and tents.

16. I wished the heart was its range
Or that it was kohl for the eyes in their darkness.

17. You ennobled that time and so it took pride,
Its Bedouins emulated its non-Arabs.

18. I recalled Tunis and Algiers, what passed
Of each master dignified by his Islam.

19. Days that gathered them, and what ruled them,
In one, the religion of guidance and harmony.

20. Days that called eastern Egypt and its west,
Surging between its Iraq and Greater Syria.

21. Tripoli stretched out to you, and it only
Greeted the most noble, chosen as imam.

22. It yearned for you as its sultan had yearned,
Knowing you are its fortress and sword.

23. It welcomed you, sublime in its whisper, as
The thirsty snake welcomes the water it longed for.

24. Why do you not esteem your high worth, when
You have overcome its surroundings with your wisdom?

25. Thus you see the faces of visitors as though they are
Garden blossoms unfolding their petals.

26. No valley hopes but in you, for you alone
Are its zealous protector.

27. You who are most deserving of lasting health and wellness,
More than one with purposes or daring.

28. Your treasures testify to your safekeeping, just as
The pyramids testify to the might of those passed.

29. Let not the embellishments of palaces from bridges
Distract you from your holy war and duty.

30. For you are Moses, except if you reproach
The Pharaoh of your time, his sins are forgiven.

31. You pardoned him by being pleased with him after
His agonies lasted for years.

32. Do not test me with expectations, for I
Am infatuated, encompassing your abode with glances.

33. Remaining thirsty, so do not slumber,
Offer him riches, and do not deprive.

34. I spent nights enamored with advice for
One who does not comprehend, so his love was ruin.

35. If men claim glory, then surely
In poetry are the signs of his glory and medal.

36. Do you want him as a poet for your new reign?
And when do dreams revert to realities?

37. Were it not for certainty, gallantry, and zeal
Illusions would have ended his hopes.

38. Ordain for your people to honor all who
Support the protectors, so their lives are in your bounty.

39. And most deserving of honor and nearness is one
Whose tidings and inspirations are these.