للصيد قبلك سنة مأثورة

للصيد قبلك سنة مأثورة

لكنها بك أعجب الأشياء

لكنها بك أعجب الأشياء

Before you, hunting was a time-honored custom;

Hunting before you was a well-known tradition,

but with you it is the most wondrous of things.

But with you it became the most wondrous thing.

تمضي البزاة وكلما أمضيتها

تمضي البزاة وكلما أمضيتها

عارضتها بخواطر الشعراء

عارضتها بخواطر الشعراء

The hawks fly forth, and whenever you send them out,

The guns pass, and whenever you use them,

you rival them with the thoughts of poets.

You match them with the thoughts of poets.