شملَت ببقائِكِم النعَمُ

وسمتِ برجائِكُمُ الهِمَمُ

Your presence has brought prosperity,

And your hopes have aimed high aspirations.

وهَمَت ديمٌ من راحَتِكُم

هيهاتَ تُساجِلُها الديَمُ

Peace yearns for your comfort,

Alas, bloodshed disputes it.

وعَنَت لعزائِمكم عربٌ

تشقى بصوارِمَها العجَمُ

The Arabs have bent to your resolves,

As the non-Arabs break before your blades.

أسدٌ تنقادُ الأسدُ لها

بهمٌ تنقادُ لها البهَمُ

A lion that lions submit to,

And a torrent that torrents comply with.

حمدت شيم الأيام بكم

ولكم ذمت منها الشيم

The qualities of time have praised you,

And for you has its honor vouched.

بهرت أنوارُ خلافتكم

وسماءُ العلم بها علمُ

The lights of your caliphate have dazzled,

And the sky of knowledge has flagged them.

فرأى من ليس له بصرٌ

ووعى من كان به صممُ

So one sightless has seen,

And one deaf has heard.

وانافَ المجدُ على زُحلٍ

وأتى بغرائبهِ الكرمُ

Glory has flocked to Saturn,

And bounty has brought its marvels.

أعيا البلغاءَ مقامكم

ولو آن مقالهم حكم

Orators falter before your eminence,

Though their words be wise.

العيد أحقُّ بتهنئةٍ

فلهُ بكم فخرٌ عممُ

Fitting most to give congratulations

On a feast day your repute has broadcast.

دمتم والكلُّ يلوذُ بكم

من صرفِ الدهرِ ويعتصِمُ

May you endure, as all take refuge in you

From fate's caprice and fortify themselves.