1. هَذي مَناقِبُهُ في عَهدِ دَولَتِهِ

    لِلشاهِدينَ وَلِلأَعقابِ أَحكيها

    These are his noble deeds during his reign;

    I recount them to those present and to posterity.

  2. في كُلِّ واحِدَةٍ مِنهُنَّ نابِلَةٌ

    مِنَ الطَبائِعِ تَغذو نَفسَ واعيها

    In each of them lies a noble quality

    Of character, nourishing the soul of whoever understands it.

  3. لَعَلَّ في أُمَّةِ الإِسلامِ نابِتَةً

    تَجلو لِحاضِرِها مِرآةَ ماضيها

    Perhaps a budding generation within the nation of Islam

    Will polish for its present the mirror of its past,

  4. حَتّى تَرى بَعضَ ما شادَت أَوائِلُها

    مِنَ الصُروحِ وَما عاناهُ بانيها

    So that it may see some of what its forebears raised—

    Lofty edifices—and what their builder endured.

  5. وَحَسبُها أَن تَرى ما كانَ مِن عُمَرٍ

    حَتّى يُنَبِّهَ مِنها عَينَ غافيها

    And it need only see what Umar did

    For this to awaken the eye of the sleeper in its midst.