كثُرَتْ فتوحُ أميرِنا وتتابعتْ

فجزاهُ ربُّ الناسِ دارَ كرامتِهْ

Our emir’s conquests have grown many and followed one another;

so may the Lord of humankind reward him with the abode of His honor.

ما إن يزال مُعزِّياً خلفاءنا

عن كُورةٍ ومهنئاً بسلامَتِهْ

He never ceases consoling our caliphs

for a province lost, while congratulating them on his safety.

لا فتح إلا هكذا ولمثله

فتح الفتوح ببأسه وصرامتِهْ

There is no conquest but one like this—and for one like him,

the conquest of conquests, through his might and inviolable dignity:

ضرْطٌ كتشقيق الحرير وسلحةٌ

في عارضيه وفي مفارق هامتِهْ

I farted—like silk being torn—and deposited my excrement

upon his two side-whiskers and in the partings of his crown.