1. The president led the way with his precedence,
As if the world flowed in his paths.

2. Its mountains are of his forbearance, its seas
Of his generosity, its meadows of his ethics.

3. As if the planets obeyed his right hand
Like a slave controlled by his master's leash.

4. Its stars shared with him their good fortunes
And bad fortunes for his enemy on his horizon.

5. I have continued longing for the light of his forehead,
Like the yearning of the meadows for the clouds and their drizzle.

6. Until he appeared above a smooth swimmer
If he said the wind blew, it was with his truthfulness.

7. His sunrise describes the clouds, his neighing
Of his thunder, his march of his lightning.

8. So I composed praise without the like of its fulfillment,
And I prostrated in thanks without rising to his right.