فضْلُ المَلكِ الصَّالِحِ المُفْتَدَى

كَفى مُنى الشَّرْقِ وَمَا يَكتفِي

The grace of the virtuous free king

Suffices the East and all it can suffice

وَلَيْسَ أَدْنى الفضْلِ إِنْعَامُهُ

بِالرِّتْبَةِ العُلْيا عَلَى يُوسَفِ

Not the least grace is his conferral

Of the highest rank upon Joseph

عَلَى الفَتى المَعْدُودِ فِي جِيلِهِ

مِن الطِّرازِ الأَمْثلِ الأَحْصَفِ

Upon the youth counted among his peers

As the most exemplary and gifted

أوْلاَه مَوْلاُه يدَاً توَّجَتْ

نَدى سَخِيٍّ بِهُدَى مُنْصِفِ

His Master endowed him with a hand that was crowned

With the dew of a generous and fair one

فَاهْنَأْ بِهَا يَا خَيْرَ أَهْلٍ لَهَا

نِعْمَ جَزَاءُ الأَلْمَعِيِّ الوَفِي

So congratulations, O best suited for it

What a good reward for the brilliant and loyal one