1. No wonder if the bow is given to its shooter
By one accustomed to give it and shoot with it

2. So we do not congratulate him, but congratulate it
For it has attained its wishes through him

3. A leadership which was attained by one who did not increase in honor through it
So in himself he already contained it

4. More sublime than to be told:
"Congratulations from the highest ranks and its glories"

5. A master who has a foot firmly rooted in virtue
And a hand as white as lilies greeting it

6. He sought virtues until he attained the best of them
So to him there was nothing new in it

7. Blessed of face and bright of forehead when
The nights' vicissitudes darkened, he illuminated them

8. In his heart shone the light of truth ignited
By the fires of his zeal and determination enflaming them

9. Tripoli of Syria congratulates itself for attaining
Through him a pride with which its regions are adorned

10. And Jilq attained a share of him when he dwelt
In it, so both attained their congratulations

11. Justice and fairness became his habit
And a person's habits do not transgress their courses