يُعجبُكَ البَحرُ وأمواجُهُ

واللَّيلُ والخلوةُ في اللَّيلِ

The sea and its waves delight you

And the night and seclusion at night

وَالبحرُ من جُودِكَ تَيّارُه

واللَّيلُ من نَقعِكَ في الخَيلِ

The sea from your generosity its current

And the night from your brooding in imagination

فعِش أبا الجَيش لِهذا وَذا

عالي المَعالي ساحِب الذَّيلِ

So live, O father of the army, for this and that

Exalted in sublimity, dragging the train