جَدَّدَ هَذا البَابَ بَابَ الجَدِيِدْ

عَلِيُّ بَاشَا ابنُ الحُسَينِ السَّعيدْ

He renewed this gate, the gate of the new,

Ali Pasha, son of the fortunate Hussein.

أقامَهُ مِن بَعدِ مَا قَد هَوَى

في فِتنَةٍ يَشِيبُ مِنهَا الوَلِيد

He established it after it had fallen

In a sedition that would make the weaned child turn gray.

فَاللهُ يَحمِيهِ وأنْجَالَهُ

مِنْ مِثلِها في طِيبِ دهرٍ حميد

May God protect him and his progeny

From the like of it in the goodness of an auspicious age,

ويَبْتَنِي لَهُمْ كَمَا بَنَى

هَذا هُنَا في الخُلدِ قَصرَ مشيد

And build for them as he built

And when it was complete I dated it:

وعِندَما قَد تَمَّ أرَّختُهُ

مَدخَلُ إرفَاقٍ ونَيل يَزيد

“An entrance of kindness and a Nile ever rising.”