رِياض المَعالي في صَلاح بِلادِهِ

سَعى بِنَجاح فَوقَ مَتن جِيادِهِ

Oasis of virtues striving for his country’s reform

He raced successfully atop his steed’s back

فَفازَ بِنَيل السَبق وَاِزداد رفعة

عَلى كُلِّ مَن يَسمو بِفَضل سَداده

And won the lead, excelling even more

Above all those of merit and integrity

فَقُلت أَهنّي بِالتَرقي مؤرخاً

رِياض لِتَوفيق وَزير وداده

I say, congratulating this advancement, historian

Oasis, by the success of a minister beloved