سَخَّرَ اللَهُ لِلأَمينِ مَطايا

لَم تُسَخَّر لِصاحِبِ المِحرابِ

God has subjected mounts for Al-Amin,

Such as were not subjected even for the Master of the Sanctuary;

فَإِذا ما رِكابُهُ سِرنَ بَرّاً

سارَ في الماءِ راكِباً لَيثَ غابِ

So while his riding party travels upon the land,

He travels upon the water, riding the lion of the thicket.

أَسَداً باسِطاً ذِراعَيهِ يَعدو

أَهرَتَ الشِدقِ كالِحَ الأَنيابِ

A lion stretching out its forelegs as it gallops,

With a gaping jaw and fangs bared in a grimace.

لا يُعانيهِ بِاللِجامِ وَلا السَو

طِ وَلا غَمزِ رِجلِهِ في الرِكابِ

He does not control it with a bridle, nor with a whip,

Nor by the nudge of his leg in the stirrup.

عَجِبَ الناسُ إِذ رَأَوهُ عَلى صو

رَةِ لَيثٍ يَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَحابِ

People marveled when they beheld it in the

Form of a lion, passing by like the drifting clouds.

سَبَّحوا إِذ رَأَوكَ سِرتَ عَلَيهِ

كَيفَ لَو أَبصَروكَ فَوقَ العُقابِ

They glorified God when they saw you journeying upon it;

How then, had they seen you atop the Eagle?

ذاتُ زَورٍ وَمِنسَرٍ وَجَناحَي

نِ تَشُقُّ العُبابَ بَعدَ العُبابِ

Possessed of a high chest, a beak, and two wings,

Cleaving the swelling billows, wave after wave.

تَسبِقُ الطَيرَ في السَماءِ إِذا ما اِس

تَعجَلوها بِجيأَةٍ وَذِهابِ

It outstrips the birds of the sky, even when

They are urged to speed in their coming and going.

بارَكَ اللَهُ لِلأَمينِ وَأَبقا

هُ وَأَبقى لَهُ رِداءَ الشَبابِ

May God bless Al-Amin and grant him long life,

And preserve for him the raiment of youth.

مَلِكٌ تَقصُرُ المَدائِحُ عَنهُ

هاشِمِيٌّ مُوَفَّقٌ لِلصَوابِ

A king whom all eulogies fall short of describing,

A Hashemite, divinely guided to the right path.