هِلالٌ نَماهُ المجدُ واختارَهُ الفخرُ

تلقَّتْ به شمسٌ وأنجبَهُ بدرُ

A crescent whose glory grew and whom nobility chose,

A sun conceived him and a full moon gave birth.

على وجههِ سِيما المكارِم والعُلا

فضاءَتْ به الآمالُ وابتهجَ الشِّعرُ

On his face are the marks of generosity and sublimity,

Hopes shone through him and poetry rejoiced.

سلالةُ أملاكٍ ربيبُ خَلائفٍ

أكفُّهمُ بحرٌ ونائلُهمْ غَمرُ

A scion of sovereigns, a foster child of caliphs,

With hands like a sea and attainments like a deluge.

بدا لصلاةِ الظُّهرِ نجمَ مَكارمٍ

تحفُّ به العَليا ويكنفُه الفخرُ

For the noon prayer appeared a star of virtues

With which the heights are adorned and which glory surrounds.

نَماهُ إلى العلياءِ خيرُ خليفةٍ

تَتيهُ به الدنيا ويزهَى به القَصْرُ

A excellent caliph raised him to the heights,

The world goes astray through him and the palace takes pride in him.

كذاك يَطيبُ الفْرعُ إنْ طاب نَجْرُهُ

وما طابَ فرعٌ لا يطيبُ له نَجْرُ

Thus the branch is fragrant if its source is fragrant,

No branch can be fragrant unless its source is fragrant.

فلا زال محفوفاً بأكنافِ نعمةٍ

يطيرُ له ذِكرٌ ويسمو بهِ قَدْرُ

He remains surrounded by the wings of favor,

Remembrance takes flight for him and status rises through him.

هنيئاً إمامَ المسلمين عطيّةً

حباكَ بها ربٌّ له الحمدُ والشّكرُ

Congratulations leader of the Muslims, gifted one

Whom his Lord loved, to Him be praise and thanks.

فيا من كساهُ اللَّهُ تاجَ خلافةٍ

ومَن جُودُهُ قَطرٌ إذا أُعدمَ القطرُ

O you whom God crowned with the crown of caliphate,

Whose generosity is a rainfall when rain fails.

ومَن كان يَنْدَى الخيزُرانُ بكفِّهِ

ويَنبُتُ في أطرافهِ الورقُ الخُضْرُ

Whose palm makes the basil fragrant

And on whose fingers green leaves grow.