حَباكَ اللَه بِالعَليا وَأَولَى
فَإِنك أَنتَ بِالتقديم أَولى
God has endowed you with the highest virtues
For you are foremost in precedence
وَأَنَّى لا تُزَفُّ لَكَ المَعالي
وَفي حلل البَهاء عَليك تُجلَى
How could honors not be presented to you
When you are clothed in robes of splendor
وَإِنَّكَ يا اِبن إسماعيل درّ
بِهِ جيد الصَدارة قَد تحلَّى
O son of Ismail, you are a precious pearl
Adorning the necklace of highest rank
وَمنصب أَكبر الوزراء أَضحى
بِذاتك سامياً قَولاً وَفعلا
You have attained the office of greatest minister
Your words and deeds sublime and lofty
وَتونس أَصبَحَت تَزهو فَخاراً
بِصادقها الَّذي ربّاك طفلا
Tunisia now prides itself on you
Who raised you from childhood as a ward
فَفقت وَأَنتَ في مَهد التَهاني
بِحوز مَعارف خدنا وَكَهلا
You grew up amid congratulations
Grasping knowledge in your youth and elder days
وَقرّبك الإِمام لَديهِ حَتّى
غَدا لَكَ عِندَ طيب الفرع أَصلا
The Imam drew you near him
So you became for that noble branch a root
فَساغَ لَنا الثَناء عَلى المفدّى
أَمير المسلمين أَجلِّ مَولى
It is meet for us to praise the Exalted One
Prince of Muslims, most eminent lord
عَلى نعم تَفيض عَلى الرَعايا
فَتملأ مِنهُم الأَرواح فَضلا
For blessings that flow upon the flock
Filling their souls with bounty
وَتَغمُر بِالذَكا مِنهُم دَواماً
بِأَشرف دَولة قَلباً وَعَقلا
And ever immersing them in his care
With the most noble state in heart and mind
وَتَجعلهم بِها في كُل وَقت
لإحراز المزايا منه أهلا
Making them, through it, at all times
Worthy of gaining favors from Him
وتحمده الملوك على سلوكٍ
كَسا أَوطانَه الغَراء عَدلا
Kings praise him for following a course
Blanketing his precious lands in justice
وَتَشكُر صُنعَ سدّته بِلادٌ
بِهِ اِزدادت مَع الإِنصاف نيلا
Lands thank his act of blocking the gap
Thereby increasing, with equity, gains
وَتَمدحه بترتيل عَلى ما
مكرّره يَكون لَديك أَحلى
They laud him, chanting of what
Oft repeated, is to you most sweet
فَعش يا أَكبر الوزرا حَليفاً
لإِقبالٍ بِهِ تَزداد وَصلا
Live long, O greatest minister, accompanied
By fortune, thereby increasing connection
وَتَأييد بِنَصر مَع ثَناء
عَلَيكَ وَفيكَ بَين الناس يُتلى
And support, with triumph, and with praise
Of you and in you, recited amongst people
فَمنك الخارجية قَد أَضاءَت
وَغَيهَب لَيلها عَنها تَجلَّى
Through you foreign affairs are illuminated
And their night has been unveiled and dispelled
وَللمالية اِنتظمت أُمور
بِكَ التَأخير عَنها قَد تَولى
The financial affairs have been ordered
By you, delay therefrom has been removed
رَعاكَ اللَه ما صامَ اِبن عَشرٍ
بإِخلاص لِمَولاه وَصلى
May God watch over you as long as Ibn Ashar
Prayed sincerely to his Lord and gave praise
وَما قالَ الصَفا لِلمَجد أَرخ
صَدارة مُصطَفى لِلنَفع أَعلى
And as long as al-Safa sang the glory
Of Mustafa's leadership for greater purpose
