ما أَجْدَرَ الصَّالِحَ بِالوَاجِبِ

وَمَا أَحَقَّ السَّيْفَ بالضَّارِبِ

How worthy is the virtuous of his duty,

And how right is the sword for the striker,

يَخْدُمُ سَعْدُ المُشتَرِي قَوسَهُ

في طَالِعٍ منها ومِن غَارِبِ

Saad's bow serves its purchaser,

Rising with it from dusk to dawn.

تَرِنُّ إذْ تَرْنُو بِعَيْنٍ لَهَا

مَا دُونَها لِلشّمْسِ مِن حَاجِبِ

It rings when it is drawn with an eye,

Nothing under it screens the sun.

هذا وسَعْدُ الذَّابِحُ المُقتفِي

لأمرهِ فى البُنْدُقِ الصَّائِبِ

And Saad the slaughterer pursues

His command in the hitting crossbow,

فَازَ وَليُّ العَهْدِ بالمَطْلَب ال

أسْنَى وحَقِّ الطَّالِبِ الغَالِبِ

The heir won his unattainable want,

And the seeker's right to overcome.

رَقى وَلَوْ حَاوَلَ نَسْرُ السّما

لَمَا نَجا مِن طِينةِ اللاَّزِبِ

He rose high, and if the eagle of the sky

Tried, it would not escape the clay's grasp.

جَدَّ إلى أَنْ جَدَّلَ الطَّائِرَ ال

هاوِي هَوًى كَالكَوكَبِ الثَّاقِبِ

He persisted until he downed the bird

Which plunged like a piercing star,

حَتَّى إذا مَسَّ الثَّرى وَاجِباً

قَامَ بِلالٌ فِيهِ بِالوَاجِبِ

Until it hit the ground out of duty,

Bilal rose in it to do his duty,

والمَلِكُ الصَّالِحُ قَدْ جَدَّ في

المُلْكِ وَما من جَدَّ كاللاعِبِ

And the righteous king has persisted

In the kingdom - none persist like the player,

قَدْ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَلِيّاً فَما

تَرَى لَهُ في الأرْضِ مِن نَاصِبِ

God raised Ali high, so you see

No hostile on earth can harm him.