1. أَيُّها السالب أنسا كُلَّ غاد

    أَي مَتى تَترُكُ أَكبادَ العِباد

    O you who rob each morning wayfarer of solace,

    Ah, when will you leave people's hearts alone?

  2. ما لِأَلطافكَ شُغلٌ في المَلا

    غَير جَذبِ العَينِ أَو نَهب الفُؤاد

    Your charms have no task among the people

    But drawing the eye or plundering the heart.

  3. جَذبت قَلبي عَلى بُعد المَدى

    وَاِزدِيادُ الحُبِّ في طَيِّ البِعاد

    You drew my heart despite the vast distance,

    And love grows in the folds of separation.

  4. لِلمَلا في حُبّ عَلياكَ الَّتي

    بِهَرت سكرٌ بِهِ عَينُ الرَشاد

    The people, in loving your eminence, which

    Has dazzled them, find an intoxication containing wisdom's very essence.

  5. رقَّةُ الخَلق الَّتي فيكَ اِزدَهَت

    لَوهَمَت رقَّ بِها قَلبُ الجَماد

    The delicacy of form that shines in you—

    Were it to rain down, even lifeless matter's heart would soften.

  6. يا أَميراً في مَيادينِ العُلى

    شادَ بِالجِدِّ إِلى المَجد عِماد

    O prince in the arenas of eminence,

    Who raised through diligence a pillar toward glory.

  7. لَكَ في اليُمنى حسامٌ كَالقَضا

    وَيراعٌ كَالحُسامِ المُستَجاد

    In your right hand is a sword like fate,

    And a reed pen like the finest sword.

  8. قلمٌ يَسبَحُ في كَفِّ الهُدى

    رَشفَ الرُشدَ وَأَجراهُ مِداد

    A pen that swims in guidance's palm,

    It sipped wisdom and made it flow as ink.

  9. كُلُّ فَضلٍ في البَرايا شائِعٍ

    هُوَ مِن رُستم مَعنىً مُستَفاد

    Every virtue widespread among humankind

    Is a quality derived from Rustam.

  10. إِنَّ أَفكارَكَ تَهدينا السَنى

    عَن مَنار الفهم عَن روحِ السَّداد

    Indeed, your thoughts guide us to radiance

    From understanding's beacon, from the spirit of sound judgment.

  11. أَنتَ لِلآدابِ ذُخرٌ وَحِماً

    أَنتَ لِلأَعرابِ فَخرٌ وَعِتاد

    You are a treasure and a sanctuary for literature;

    You are the Bedouin Arabs' pride and arsenal.

  12. تنشرُ العلمَ عَلى راسِ المَلا

    وَتَرى خَيرَهُم أَقصى مُراد

    You spread knowledge before the assembled people,

    And deem their welfare your highest aim.

  13. لَكَ في العَلياءِ أَسمى هِمَّةٍ

    تَدفَعُ الخَطبَ بِحَزمٍ وَاجتِهاد

    In the heights, yours is the loftiest aspiration;

    You repel calamity with resolve and diligence.

  14. قُمتَ في أَعباء أَبهى دَولَةٍ

    أَنت في أَرجائِها رُكنٌ مشاد

    You have shouldered the burdens of the most splendid state;

    Within its bounds, you are a towering pillar.

  15. تونسُ الخَضراءُ قَد زادَت سَنىً

    بِكَ وَالإِسعادُ قَد عَمَّ البِلاد

    Tunis the Green has grown more radiant

    Through you, and happiness has filled the land.