مَناقب خير الدين صدر المَكارمِ

تجلّ عَن الإحصاء في نظم ناظمِ

The virtues of Khayr al-Din, pillar of generosity

Transcend enumeration in the verse of any poet

وَآراؤه في دَفع كل ملمة

عَن الدين وَالدُنيا كَوقع الصَوارم

And his views in warding off every blemish

From religion and worldly life like the blow of swords

وَيقظته في الحكم بالعدل يَهتدي

بِها كُل مأمور لردّ المَظالم

And his vigilance in ruling justly is guided

By it every commander to redress injustices

وَطلعته الغرّا تَلوح كَأَنَّها

بِتُونس شَمسٌ في سَماء المَحاكم

And his brilliant rising star that glitters as though

In Tunis a sun in the sky of tribunals

وَتَأليفه في كل فنّ لَهُ قضى

بِسبق وَتفضيل عَلى كُل عالم

And his mastery in every art that he practiced

With precedence and superiority over every sage