تأمَّلْ بَديِعَ الحُسنِ من صنعةِ الأيدِ

وشَاهِدْ جَمَالَ السِّرّ في الوَضعْ مِن بَعدٍ

Observe the beauty of the craftsmanship

And witness the charm of the mystery in its structure from afar

وعَرّجْ عَلى تِلكَ المَبَاني فَإنَّهَا

دَعَتكَ الدَّواعي عن أساطينِها المُلدِ

And visit those buildings for they

Have called you, alluring you to their pillars

تَجِدْ جَنَّةً لاَ الطَّرفُ يرتَّدُ خَاسِئاً

لَدَيهَا وَلاَ وَجهُ المَلاحَةِ في ضِدّ

You will find a garden where the gaze does not return disappointed

Nor does the face of adversity appear opposite it

تَنَاسَقَ مَا فيهَا وحَسْبُكَ أنْ تَرَى

فَكُلُّ الذي حَازَته ُواسِطَةُ العِقدِ

What is in it is well-proportioned and it suffices you to see

That all it has attained is through the agency of its designer

وإنْ نَطَقَتْ قَالَتْ وأحرَى بِصِدْقِهَا

لِيَ الفَخْرُ بِالباشَا وَفُزْتُ بِه ِوَحْدِي

And if it spoke, it would truthfully say

"I take pride in al-Basha, and I alone won him"

عَلِيّ ومَنْ يَحكِيهِ عَزماً وهِمَّةً

إذا مَا تَصَدَّى بَانياً لِعُلى المَجدِ

Ali, and whoever emulates his determination and ambition

When he sets out to build the heights of glory

بَنَاهَا ويَأبَى اللهُ إلاَّ يُثَيِبَهُ

بِأحسَنَ إذْ يَلقَاهُ في جِنَّةِ الخُلدِ

He built it, and God wanted only to reward him

With the best when He meets him in the Garden of Eternity

وإذ كَمُلَتْ بِالفَتحِ واليُمنِ

أرخَتْ مَنازِلُ فَتحٍ حَلَّهَا أيْمَنُ السَّعدِ

And when it was completed with the opening and good fortune

The houses of victory, made prosperous by the right hand of fortune, were erected