أَيَا سَبُعَ الْميدَانِ غَيْرَ مُدَافعٍ

إِذَا بَرَقَتْ تَحْتَ الْعَجَاجِ الْمَنَاصِل

O lion of the battlefield, unrelenting,

When swords flash beneath armor,

وَمَنْ شَأْنُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَرْفَعُ شَأْنَهُ

عَفَافٌ وَإِقْدَامٌ وَحَزْمٌ وَنَائِلُ

He whose affair is raised by Allah,

Chastity, valor, wisdom, and attainment.

أُهنِّيكَ أَمْ تُهْنَى الْوَزَارَةُ إِنَّهَا

أَنَافَ عَلَيْهَا مِنْكَ كَافٍ وَكَافٍلُ

I congratulate you, or is the ministry made fortunate?

It is ennobled by you, abundantly sufficient.

لَئِنْ صَغَّرُوا مِنْكَ السُّبَيْعَ فَإِنَّهُ

لَتَصْغِيرُ تَعْظِيمٍ بِهِ الْفَخرُ حَاصِلُ

If they belittled you as meager, yet it

Is belittlement of esteem, pride its result.

كَمَا فَعَلُوا فِي الْمَوْتِ وَالْخَطْبُ خَطْبُهُ

دُوَيْهِيَّةٌ تَصْفرُّ مِنْهَا الأَنَامِلُ

As they did with death, though its affair

Is momentous, from it hands tremble.