قل للسعيد بن السعيد المجتبى

صقر الخلافة وابن عين زمانه

Tell the fortunate son of the exalted one,

The falcon of the Caliphate and son of the eye of his time,

يا وارثاً عن يوسف أخلاقه

ومعيد فضلي سيفه ولسانه

O heir to the morals of Joseph,

And restorer of my superiority, his sword and his tongue,

إن الأوامر مذ أتتني لم تكن

لي همة إلا خلو مكانه

Verily the orders since they came to me have not been

For me any ambition but to vacate his place,

واعتضت بالدار الشريفة موضعاً

أخربت بعض العمر في عمرانه

And I took the noble abode as a position

Where I wasted some of life in its construction,

زادت مرمته على مائة وذا

ميدان حرب لست من فرسانه

Its height increased over one hundred and this

Is a battlefield I am not one of its horsemen.