يَارَغْبَةً لَمْ أَزَلْ أُرَدِّدُهَا

أَخُصُّهَا بِالْهَوَى وَأُفْرِدُهَا

O desire that I have ceaselessly repeated,

Singling it out with affection and setting it apart,

عَوْنٌ مِنَ اللهِ جَلَّ يَتْبَعُهُ

سَعْدُ السُّعُودِ لِمَنْ يُسَدِّدُهَا

Aid from Allah, the Exalted, followed by

The greatest of fortunes for the one who fulfills it.

وَمَنْ يُسَدِّدُهَا سِوَى سَنَدِي

سَنَدِ سَادَاتِنَا وَسَيِّدُهَا

And who could fulfill it other than my patron,

The support of our masters and their sovereign,

أَرْفَعُهَا رُتَباً وَأَعْظَمُهَا

جَاهاً وَأَصْعَدُهَا وَأَسْعَدُهَا

The highest of them in rank and the greatest of them

In prestige, the most exalted and most fortunate of them,

أَقَلُّهَا ضَرَراً وَأَكْثَرُهَا

نَفْعاً وَأَحْلَمُهَا وَأَجْوَدُهَا

The least of them in harm and the most of them

In benefit, the most forbearing and most generous of them,

أَقْصَرُهَا أَمَلاً وَأَطْوَلُهَا

بَاعاً وَأَصْوَلُهَا وَأَمْجَدُهَا

The shortest of them in worldly ambition, and the longest of them

In reach, the most formidable and most glorious of them.

عَبْدُ الإِلَهِ الْمًرِيحُ سَائِرَهَا

إذَا بَدَتْ مِنْ مُلِمَّةٍ يَدُهَا

Abd al-Ilah, who brings comfort to all others

Whenever the hand of calamity reveals itself.

حَلْيُ الْوِزَارَةِ تَاجُ هَامَتِهَا

بَلْ كُحْلُ مُقْلَتِهَا وَمِرْوَدِهَا

The ornament of the vizierate, the crown upon its head,

Nay, the kohl of its eye and the wand that applies it.

دَامَ كَذَلِكَ وَالدَّوَامُ لَهُ

يُدِيمُ أَفَْراحَنَا وَيُوجِدُهَا

May he remain thus, for his permanence

Perpetuates our joys and brings them into being.

دَامَ قَرِيرَ الْعُيُونِ مُغْتَبِطاً

بِمَا يَحُوطُ الْعُلاَ وَيُنْجِدُهَا

May he remain with comforted eyes, delighted

By that which guards greatness and comes to its aid,

يَلْبَسُ مِنْ نَسْجِ حَمْدِهِ حُلَلاً

إِنْ بَلِيَتْ حُلَّةٌ يُجَدِّدُهَا

Wearing garments woven from his own praise;

Should one garment wear out, he renews it.