أشرق عباس على شعبه

كأنه المأمون في ركبه

Abbas shone upon his people

As if he were Al-Ma'mun in his procession

زار رعاياه فأغناهم

عن زورة الغيث وعن خصبه

He visited his subjects and enriched them

Saving them from the futility of rain and fertility

واستبشر القطر فأهلوه في

أمنٍ مِن العام ومِن جدبه

And the country rejoiced, greeting him in

The safety of the year and the drought

مرّبهم والأرض في جنة

ربيعها يختال من عجبه

Passing by them, while the land was in a garden

Whose spring was boastful in its beauty

فزادها طيبا على طيبها

وزادهم يسرا فأهلا به

He added goodness to its goodness

And eased their lives, so greetings to him

ماجت دمنهو بسكانها

وهزها الشوق إلى قربه

Damnah shook with its inhabitants

And yearning shook it to be near him

فأقبلت تسعى إلى حضرة

ما إن لها في البر من مشبه

So it set out, striving to reach the presence

That has no equal on land

ترجو قبولا علها ترتوى

من مورد تهفو إلى عذبه

Hoping for acceptance, so it may quench its thirst

From a freshwater source it craves

يا لابس التاجين عش سالما

ترعاك عين الله من حجبه

O wearer of the two crowns, live in peace

God's eye protects you from his veil