إِهنَأْ بِرُتْبَتِكَ العُلْيَا وَيَهْنِئُهَا

مَا أَحْرَزَتْ بِكَ مِنْ جَاهٍ وَمِنْ شَرَف

I congratulate you on your high rank, which is also congratulated,

For what you have achieved with it of glory and honor,

بِبَعْضِ مَا لَكَ مِنْ فضْلٍ رَفَعْتَ بِهِ

مَكَانَ قَوْمِكَ أَيُّ التَّكْرِمَاتِ يَفِي

With some of your excellence you have raised

The status of your people - which honor is more perfect?

يا أَنْبَهَ الخَلْقِ فِي عِلْمٍ وَفِي عَمَلٍ

وَأَنْزَهَ الخَلْقِ عَنْ زَهْوٍ وَعَنْ صَلَفِ

O most perceptive of creation in knowledge and in action,

And most detached from vanity and arrogance,

ثَأَرْتَ لِلشَّرْقِ مِنْ دَهْرٍ قَضَاهُ وَلاَ

ذِكْرَى لَهُ غَيْرُ مَا يُحْكَى عَنِ السَّلَفِ

You have avenged the East for an era that passed it by

With no memory of it except what is told of past generations.

وَجَانِبُ المجدِ مِنْهُ قَدْ أَلَمَّ بِهِ

دَاءٌ تَدَارَكْتَهُ مُسْتَعصِياً فَشُفِي

And the aspect of glory - it was afflicted

With an illness you strove to remedy though difficult, and it was healed,

حَصَّلْتَ مَا لَمْ يُحَصِّلْهُ النَّوَابغُ فِي

قَوْمٍ فَجاوَزْتَهُمْ سَبْقاً وَلَمْ تَقِفِ

You accomplished what the eminent could not accomplish

Among a people you surpassed in excellence and did not stop,

وَمَا تَخَيَّرْتَ بَعْدَ الكَدِّ تَلْهِيَةً

إِلاَّ بِبَعْثِ بَقَايَا الْفَنِّ وَالتُّحَفِ

And after enduring hardship you chose no diversion

Except by reviving remnants of art and masterpieces

مِنْ كُلِّ مفْخَرَةٍ لَوْ لَمْ تُتِحْكَ لَها

يَدُ الْعِنَايَةِ لَمْ تَسْلَمْ مِنَ التَّلَفِ

Of every source of pride - had the hand of Providence

Not strengthened them, they would not have escaped ruin.

أَمَّا السَّجَايَا فَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ زِينَتَهَا

مِنْ كُلِّ مُخْتَلفٍ حُسْناً وَمُؤْتَلِفِ

As for virtues, you were granted their adornment

From every type, beautifully harmonious and well-proportioned.

يَا لُطْفَهَا فِي نِظَامٍ لاَ يُنَافِسُهُ

عِقْدٌ بِهِ نُظِمَتْ شَتَّى مِنَ الطُّرَف

O their subtlety in a system none can rival,

An arrangement in which various charms are strung!

أَلْبَأْسُ وَالحَزْمُ وَالإِقْدَامُ فِي طَرَف

وَالجُودُ وَالْظَّرْفُ وَالإحْسَانُ فِي طرَفِ

Valor, discretion, daring on one side

Generosity, finesse, and beneficence on the other!