مَنْ كَانَ قَدْ شَادَ العُلاَ فِيمَا غَبَرْ

مِنْ كُلّ قِرمٍ قَدْ تَمَيَّزَ وَاشْتَهَرَ

Whoever attained glory in the past

And became eminent and renowned

فَعَلِيُّ بَاشَا تُونِسٍ وَهُمَامُهَا

عَلاَمَّةُ العُلَمَا لَهُ فَخْرٌ بَهَرْ

Ali Pasha of Tunis is its pillar and pride

A sign of glory, his excellence dazzled

أحيَا مَعَالِمَهَا وَجَدَّدَ رَسْمَهَا

وَأبَانَ عَنْهَا مَا قَديِماً قَدْ دَثَرْ

He revived its features and renewed its image

And revealed what was ancient and forgotten

وَحَبَا العِطَاشَ بِهَا بِوَضْعِ سِقَايَةٍ

فَاقَتْ عُلىً تِلْكَ السِيَاقَاتِ الأُخَرْ

He quenched the thirsty by installing a fountain

Surpassing other conduits in height

وَكَفَى بِهَا حَرَّ الشفَاهِ منَ الظَّمَا

فَكَفَاهُ رَبِّي حَرُّ يَومٍ مُسْتَطِرْ

It sufficed the burning of lips from thirst

So may God protect him from a burning day

فِي عَامِ مَسْغَبَةٍ بَدَا في حَفرِهَا

أحْيَا بِمَصْروُفٍ عَلَيْهَا مَنْ حفَرْ

In a year of drought, it appeared in its digging

Revived by his care for those who dug

فَالنَّفْعُ مُبْتَدأٌ وَمَخْتُومٌ بِمَا

فِي فَضْلِ سَقْيِ المَاء جاء منَ الأثَرْ

Benefit is the beginning and end with what

Came in the merit of giving water from tradition

فِي كُلّ ذِي كَبِدٍ لهُ حَرٌ رُوِي

أجْرٌ عَنِ المَبْعُوثِ من غَيرِ البَشَرْ

For every one with a burning liver quenched

A reward from the One sent without human

فَأُعِيذُهُ بِجَمَالِهَا مِنَْ حَاسِدٍ

وَبِسُورَةِ الفَلَقِ المُبِينِ معَ القَمَرْ

I seek refuge for it from the envious with its beauty

And the Surat Al-Falaq, the clear, and the moon

وَحَبَاهُ خَيراً إذْ أتَى تَارِيخُهَا

يَا حُسْنَهَا جَاءَتْ بمَاءٍ منهَمِرْ

And He granted him goodness when its date came

Oh, its beauty came with pouring rain