1. Tunis, the city of felicity, is blessed
In its governance it is protected by kindness

2. It is the way of God that whoever intends it harm
Will be brought low, as is well known

3. And whoever wishes it good is granted
By God support and aid

4. Like the noble kings, the family of Hussein
Who strove to populate its realm

5. Thus their kingdom in it became established
Where none can grasp what is around it

6. And they succeeded one another, jewels of a necklace
With the unique hidden pearl as its center

7. The state of the Truthful King, whom God
Strengthened and approved his authority

8. He knew the good intentions toward
All creation, so he aided them

9. He held fast to the Trustworthy, the Faithful one, and made him
His minister and confidant

10. Guarding his kingdom with wisdom and effort
If he called on a star it became his obedient slave

11. God imprinted in him what overwhelmed
Mortals, who never attained his qualities

12. In his smile for happiness is a title
Of light that illuminated his forehead

13. So may Tunis last forever with the state of Truth
Its vestiges through him clearly visible

14. If enumerated, from it would flow
The work of the diligent, copious as a torrent

15. It would flow thirty miles
In an iron-clad canal, impregnable

16. Volunteering in obedience from the era of the ancients
None complied except the firm pillars

17. Tunis through it became a verdant garden
Its beauty and adornment like its name

18. It clothed the coasts that none can match
And irrigated the Nile with no protector or ally

19. The orchards and gardens became laden
With its fruits, abundant and sweet

20. Tunis was gladdened by what they recorded
The waters of Zaghouan endowed it with bounty

21. It flowed through the city, so whoever saw it dating
The waters of Zaghouan flowing through the city

22. May God make its realm endure and protect it
From all evil, doubling its security

23. And guard it with the Truthful in his promise as King
And the minister whom He chose as his confidant

24. This is a prayer of the chronicler, may it be beneficial
So let each listener conclude with an Amen