أَتَيتَكَ عَن بُعدِ المَدى أَنشِدُ الحَمدا

فَبُشرايَ إِن خَصصتني في المَلا عَبدا

I came to you from afar, singing praises

So rejoice, if you have singled me out among men as a servant

فَدَيتَكَ مِن مَولىً يَعِزُّ رِجالُهُ

فَمِثلي مِن يُفدي وَمِثلُكَ مَن يَفدى

You have ransomed me from a Lord who honors His men

The likes of me ransom, and the likes of you are ransomed

رَأَيتُكَ جِسماً لِلفَطانَةِ وَالذَكا

تَكَلل بِالإِجلال وَاِتشَحَ المَجدا

I saw you as a body of wisdom and intellect

Adorned with reverence, cloaked in glory

يُناديكَ هَذا الكَون رُشدي لِأَنَّهُ

تَلَقَّنَ مِن أَسرار حِكمَتِكَ الرُشدا

This universe calls you righteous, for it

Has learned the essence of your wisdom and righteousness

طَلَعت عَلى دار السَعادَةِ كَوكَباً

بَدا لامِعاً في أُفقِها يَمنَحُ السَعدا

You rose over the abode of prosperity like a shining star

Radiant on its horizon, bestowing happiness

سَرى اللُطفُ في الدُنيا يُريدُ لَهُ حِماً

فَلاحَت لَهُ أَنوار ذاتِكَ فَاِستَهدى

Kindness flowed in the world, wanting protection for it

So your light shone for it, and it found guidance

بِعُلياكَ لاذَ الفَخر أَنكَ طالَما

بَذَلتَ عَلى تَشييد أَركانِهِ الجُهدا

In your loftiness, pride found refuge, for you have long

Exerted yourself to establish its pillars

أَلَستَ الَّذي أَهدى بِأَقلامِهِ الهُدى

وَعَظَّمَ في أَقدامِهِ السَيفَ وَالجُندا

Are you not the one who guided with his pens of guidance

And exalted by his feet the sword and the army?

حُسامَكَ نور المَجد يَسطَعُ في العُلى

يراعكَ سَيف الحَق يَستَأسِرُ الإِعدا

The light of glory gleams in the heights in your sword

The sword of truth watches over you, making prisoners of enemies

حَلا يُسكِرُ الأَلباب في حَرَكاتِهِ

كانَّ عَلى فيهِ السَلافَةَ وَالشَهدا

A state intoxicating minds in its motions

As if, in it, were youth and nectar

دَعاكَ مَليك الأَرض في أُفق مُلكِهِ

فَقُلتُ دَعا في حَزمِهِ الجَوهَرُ الفَردا

The King of the Earth called you in the expanse of his realm

So I said: The unique essence called in His resolve

فَعادَت لِعُلياكَ الصَدارة تَنجَلي

فَقُلتُ أَتَت ذات الوَفا تُذكِرُ العَهدا

Thus sovereignty returned to your loftiness, unveiled

So I said: Loyal company has come to recall the pact

فَقالَ لَنا السُلطان بُشرى لَكُم بِما

تَرونَ مِن العَدلِ الَّذي طالَما أَجدى

The Sultan gave us good tidings: "Rejoice in what

You see of the justice that has long brought goodness"

فَحِلمي يَرويكُم وَظِلي عَلَيكُم

يَظَلُّ وَإِحساني يَفيضُ لَكُم رَغدا

"My forbearance quenches you, and my shade covers you

It covers, and my benevolence overflows, providing you tranquility

وَرُشدي بِأُفقِ المُلكِ أَرختهُ بِهِ

أَناديهِ لي صَدراً وَصَدري حَوى الرُشدا

And my integrity, I have unfurled it in the expanse of the realm

I call it to myself as a bosom, and my bosom contains integrity"