إذا نِمْتَ نَمْ للأمْنِ فوْقَ مِهادٍ

وإنْ قُمْتَ قُمْ للعِزِّ تحْتَ عِمادِ

If you sleep, sleep safely upon your bed

And if you rise, rise with honor, supported by pillars

وجُلْ فوْقَ سَرْجي واجْعَلِ الوَصْلَ

غايَتي فإنّي للّذّاتِ خيْرُ جَوادِ

Urge my steed on, and let attaining you

Be my goal, for with you I am the best rider

حُجِبْتُ بحُجْبِ الصّوْنِ عنْ كلِّ ناظِرٍ

وأُسْكِنْتُ للتّرْحيبِ أرْفَعَ نادي

I am veiled in modesty from every onlooker

And I dwell in the highest abode to receive guests

وحَفَّ بيَ الغيدُ الحِسانُ لخِدْمَتي

فسِرّيَ مكْتومٌ وحُسْنيَ بادي

Youth has surrounded me, for my service

My hidden secret is delightful, and my beauty manifest

ويُسِّرَ للتّوْفيقِ والسّعْدِ مرْكَبي

وذُلِّلَ للوَصْلِ الهَنيِّ قِيادي

Good fortune and happiness prepare my ship

And the gentle path to union is smoothed for my guide

أوَصِّلُ في حالِ الإقامَةِ للمُنى

وأضْمَنُ للرُّكّابِ كلَّ مُرادِ

I arrive my goal in this abode

And for all riders, I ensure every wish

إذا قلْتُ روْضاً فالوُجوهُ أزاهِرٌ

سَقاها الصِّبا والدّلُّ صوْب غَوادي

When I say a garden, the faces are flowers

Watered by the breeze and the rain towards the valleys

وإنْ قلْتُ للأقْمارِ أسْعَدُ مَطْلَعٍ

صَدَعْتُ بمَحْضِ الحقِّ دونَ عِنادِ

And if I say to the moons you have the happiest rising

I speak with sheer truth, without stubbornness

تُقِرُّ مُلوكُ الصّينِ بالفَخْرِ كلّما

فخَرْتُ بفَضْلٍ حُزْتُهُ لتِلادِ

The kings of China admit pride whenever

I take pride in merit I have gained for my country

وثامِنُ أمْلاكِ الجِهادِ أقامَني

مطيَّةَ سِلْمٍ في مَحَلِّ جِهادِ

And the eighth domain of holy war established me

As a docile steed in the station of holy war

وأبْرَزَني كرْسيَّ سعْدٍ ومُلْتَقى

بُدورٍ ومَيْداناً لكُلِّ وِدادِ

And it brought me out to the throne of good fortune and the meeting place

Of periods, and an arena for all affection

وكمْ حِكْمَةٍ أبْدى وكمْ ظُلْمَةٍ جَلا

بنُورِ هُدىً منْ رأيِهِ ورَشادِ

And how much wisdom I have shown and how much darkness

I have illuminated with the light of his opinion and guidance

فدامَ عَزيزَ الأمْرِ مُنْفَسِحَ المَدى

يُسالِمُ في ذاتِ الهُدَى ويُعادي

May the mighty ruler live long, with vast horizons

Making peace with the essence of guidance yet opposing

ويَبْلُغُ غاياتِ المُنى وهْوَ وادِعٌ

ويعْقِدُ في الأعْناقِ بيضَ أيادي

And reaching the limits of wishes calmly

And binding white hands about necks

مَحاسِنُهُ كُحْلٌ الى كلِّ ناظِرٍ

وطاعَتُهُ نورٌ بكلِّ فؤادِ

His virtues are kohl to every beholder’s eye

And obeying him is light within every heart