تُونس الأنسِ بلدةٌ ميمونه
وهيَ باللّطفِ في القضاءِ مَصونه
Tunis, the city of felicity, is blessed
In its governance it is protected by kindness
عادَة اللّه أنّ مَن رامها بالس
سوءِ تُرديه نعيهُ المَسنونه
It is the way of God that whoever intends it harm
Will be brought low, as is well known
وَالّذي أمّها بخيرٍ توافي
هِ مِنَ اللّه نصرةٌ وَمَعونه
And whoever wishes it good is granted
By God support and aid
كَالملوكِ الكرامِ آلِ حسينٍ
إِذ تباروا لِقُطرها يعمرونه
Like the noble kings, the family of Hussein
Who strove to populate its realm
فَغدا مُلكهم بِها في قرارٍ
حَيثُ ما حولهُ تخطّف دونَه
Thus their kingdom in it became established
Where none can grasp what is around it
وَتَوالَوا بِها جواهرَ عقدٍ
أَوسطته الفَريدةُ المَكنونه
And they succeeded one another, jewels of a necklace
With the unique hidden pearl as its center
دَولةُ الصادِقِ المليك الذي أي
يَدهُ اللّه وَاِرتَضى تَمكينه
The state of the Truthful King, whom God
Strengthened and approved his authority
عَلمَ النيّة الجَميلةَ منهُ
لِجميعِ الوَرى فَكان مُعينَه
He knew the good intentions toward
All creation, so he aided them
شَدّ بالمُصطفى الأمينِ لَه أز
راً فَأَضحى وَزيره وَأَمينه
He held fast to the Trustworthy, the Faithful one, and made him
His minister and confidant
حارساً ملكَه برأيٍ وجدٍّ
لَو دَعا النجمَ صارَ فوراً قَطينه
Guarding his kingdom with wisdom and effort
If he called on a star it became his obedient slave
طَبعَ اللّه فيهِ ما أَعجز الخل
قَ فَلَم يَبلغوا دُناهُ ودينَه
God imprinted in him what overwhelmed
Mortals, who never attained his qualities
في مُحيّاه للسعادَةِ عنوا
نٌ مِنَ النور قَد أضاءِ جبينه
In his smile for happiness is a title
Of light that illuminated his forehead
فَلتطُل تونسُ بِدولة صدقٍ
غرّ آثارِها بِهِ مُستبنه
So may Tunis last forever with the state of Truth
Its vestiges through him clearly visible
إنّ مِنها إن عُدّدت سَلسبيلاً
عَمل المُستقي به مَنجَنونه
If enumerated, from it would flow
The work of the diligent, copious as a torrent
سيقَ يَجري به ثلاثينَ ميلاً
في قناةٍ مِنَ الحديدِ حَصينه
It would flow thirty miles
In an iron-clad canal, impregnable
فَاِنبرى طائعاً وَمِن عهدِ عادٍ
لَم يُطاوِع إلّا الحَنايا الرّصينه
Volunteering in obedience from the era of the ancients
None complied except the firm pillars
أَصبَحَت تونس بِه رَوضةً خض
راء مثلَ اِسمها بهاءً وزينه
Tunis through it became a verdant garden
Its beauty and adornment like its name
بَردى جلّق حَوت لا رداها
وَروا النيلِ لا حماهُ ونونَه
It clothed the coasts that none can match
And irrigated the Nile with no protector or ally
فَالرساتينُ وَالبساتينُ منها
مُفعماتٌ من سيبِهِ مسنونَه
The orchards and gardens became laden
With its fruits, abundant and sweet
أُبهِجَت تونس بِما أرّخوه
طَودُ زغوان قَد حَباها معينَه
Tunis was gladdened by what they recorded
The waters of Zaghouan endowed it with bounty
جالَ فيها فمن رَآها يؤرّخ
ماءُ زغوان جائلٌ في المدينَه
It flowed through the city, so whoever saw it dating
The waters of Zaghouan flowing through the city
عَمّر اللّه قُطرها ووقاهُ
كلَّ سوءٍ مضاعفاً تحسبينه
May God make its realm endure and protect it
From all evil, doubling its security
وَرَعاهُ بِصادقِ الوعدِ ملكاً
وَالوزير الّذي اِصطفاه خدينه
And guard it with the Truthful in his promise as King
And the minister whom He chose as his confidant
ذا دعاءٌ جارى المؤرّخ نفعاً
فَليبن كلّ سامعٍ تَأمينَه
This is a prayer of the chronicler, may it be beneficial
So let each listener conclude with an Amen
