هَذا كتاب بِهِ في بابه كُشفت

لِلجُند جُملةُ أَسرار عَلَيهِ خَفت

This is a book that unveils in its chapter

For the army a whole host of secrets that were obscure

وَإِنَّهُ مَع هَذا الاختصار حَوى

ما لَيسَ في كُتُب مِن نَوعه بُسِطت

And yet with this brevity it contained

What is not found expanded in books of its kind

فَكانَ أَحرى بِتَعريبٍ وَتَرجمةٍ

تُركية أَشرَقَت أَنوارُها وَزَهَت

So it deserved to be translated and interpreted

Into Turkish whose lights have shone and flourished

وَلاحظته عُيون السَعد حَيث بِهِ

أَوامر الدَاوري بِالطَبع قَد صدرت

And the eyes of Sa’d have observed it wherein

The orders of the court with printing have gone forth

فَقُلت مُذ تَمّ تَمثيلاً مُؤرّخه

طَوالع الزَهر في أُفق الفُنون زَكت

So I said since its dating has been completed as represented

The rising of flowers on the horizon of arts have thrived