1. Had I been required to offer a gift
Worthy of the eminent President,

2. I would have strung the stars together
With gems not found in others' treasures,

3. And offered this to him, acknowledging
My own inadequacy in word and deed.

4. Yet seeing your excellence has no equal,
No parallel, nor any match,

5. I ventured to offer in gift mere words,
Knowing their truth portends good fortune.

6. Consider them keys to East and West,
Vanquishing mountains, plains and valleys.

7. Test them in life's designs, in duty
And nobility and grace.

8. Celebrate with a new era's splendor
Blessings that will never fade or falter.

9. Let glory's rising light endure, as fame
Exalts the eminent President.

10. In joy and bliss that leave the envious
Maimed and severed of their members.

11. Bolstered by Saud, serenity resides,
And safety fills the nights.

12. O noble one, generous prince
Who begins with wisdom seeking knowledge,

13. Your abounding grace has shown me
How to tread the path of rhetoric.

14. You secured me from the harm of censure
And excess blaming and overburdening.

15. The rights of slaves are now required
Of masters, in each season of grace.

16. While the life of praise remains
After the life of goods has passed.