دارُ الجهادِ حِمى الآسادِ فُرسانا

أَضحَت قَواعِدُها للنصرِ أركانا

The house of jihad, the protected domain of lions

Its foundations have become pillars of victory

تَمّت كَأحسنِ ما عاينت لابسةً

مِن مُحكم الصنعِ وَالإتقانِ أَلوانا

It was completed in the best form I have seen

Wearing the garb of solid construction and skillful perfection

فيها يقولُ الحكيمُ الحبرُ لَستُ أرى

هُنا لأبدع ممّا كانَ إِمكانا

In it the wise scholar says: I do not see

A place here to surpass what was possible before

لِم لا وَقد رُسِمَت قبلاً لها صورٌ

لَم يولِ هندسةً فيها وإتقانا

Why not, when forms were designed for it beforehand

That left geometry and perfection behind

وَاِختارَ مِن بَينها ما أنت ناظرهُ

رأيُ المؤيّد مُولينا وَمَولانا

And from among them our supporter, provider chose

What you see, by the counsel of our patron and master

ما شادَها أحمدُ الباشا لمنتزهٍ

إلّا لِيَشحَنها بيضاً وَخُرصانا

Ahmed Pasha built it as a resort

Only to fill it with whites and chestnuts

أَلا لِيأوي آسادُ الكماةِ لها

يومَ الكريهةِ مُستَمطين عقبانا

So the lions of valor may take refuge

On a day of hardship, gathering their hawks

تَرى لَهم كلّ يومٍ مِن مدرّبهم

بِخدمةِ الحربِ تَجريباً وإمعانا

They train each day with their trainer

In the service of war, trying and striving

لا زالَ يرفعُ مَولانا المشيرُ بها

لِوا المَفاخرِ أَعصاراً وأزمانا

Our master the general still raises it

As a source of pride through eras and times

وَلا تزالُ حِمىً في ظلّ دولتهِ

تُطاولُ الدهرَ بَهراماً وكيوانا

It will remain protected in his state’s shadow

Rivaling time itself, like Bahram and Kai Ka'us

وَلا تَزالُ كَما أَمست مؤرّخةً

دارُ الجهادِ حِمى الآساد فرسانا

It will remain recorded as it became

The house of jihad, the protected domain of lions