قَد أَصبَحَ المُلكُ بِالمُنى ظَفِرا

كَأَنَّما كانَ عاشِقاً قَدِرا

The king has achieved his wish through perseverance

The Realm has triumphed, attaining its desire,

As if he had been a lover, determined.

As though it were a lover, destined to prevail.

قيدَ بِأَشطانِهِ إِلى مَلِكٍ

ما عَشِقَ المُلكُ قَبلَهُ بَشَرا

He has chained his kingdom to a king

Led by its tethers to a sovereign King,

No king before him has loved the people so.

For Kingship never loved a mortal man before.

حَسبُكَ وَجهُ الأَمينِ مِن قَمَرٍ

إِذا طَوى اللَيلُ دونَكَ القَمَرا

It is enough that the face of the faithful king is like the moon

Suffice you the face of Al-Amin as a moon,

When the night hides the moon from you.

When night conceals the celestial moon from view.

خَليفَةٌ يَعتَني بِأُمَّتِهِ

وَإِن أَتَتهُ ذُنوبُها غَفَرا

A Caliph who takes care of his nation

A Caliph who keeps watch over his nation,

And forgives their sins if they commit them

And when their sins come before him, grants forgiveness.

حَتّى لَوِ اِستَطاعَ مِن تَحَنُّنِهِ

دافَعَ عَنها القَضاءَ وَالقَدَرا

To the extent that if he could - out of his compassion

Such that, were he able, out of his tenderness,

Repel destiny and divine decree from it.

He would ward off from them both Fate and Destiny.