عَبَّاسُ يا خَيْرَ المُلُوكِ عَدَالَةً

وَأَجَلَّ مَنْ نَطَقَ امْرُؤٌ بِثَنَائِهِ

Abbas, O best of kings in justice

And most eloquent of those who praised him

أَوْلَيْتَنِي مِنْكَ الرِّضَا وجَلَوْتَ لِي

وَجْهاً قَرَأْتُ البِشْرَ في أَثْنَائِهِ

You have given me your approval and revealed

A face in which I read glad tidings

فاسْلَمْ لِمُلْكٍ أَنْتَ بَدْرُ سَرِيرِهِ

وَعِمَادُ قُوَّتِهِ ونَصْرُ لِوائِهِ

So submit to a kingdom of which you are the full moon of its throne

And pillar of its strength and aid of its banner

يأَيُّها الصَّادِي إِلى نَيْلِ الْمُنَى

رِدْ بَحْرَ سُدَّتِهِ تَفُزْ بِوَلائِهِ

O you who leads to the attainment of wishes

Repel the sea of its flood and you will win its allegiance

هُوَ ذَلِكَ الْمَلِكُ الَّذِي وَرِث الْعُلا

عَنْ نَفْسِهِ شَرَفا وعَن آبائِهِ

He is that king who inherited glory

From himself and from his forefathers

الْعَدْلُ مِنْ أَخْلاقِهِ والْعِلْمُ مِنْ

أَوْصافِهِ والْحِلْمُ مِنْ أَسْمَائِهِ

Justice is of his morals, knowledge is of

His attributes, and clemency is of his names

لا غَرْوَ أَنْ جَمَعَ المَحَامِدَ يافِعاً

وَسَمَا بِهِمَّتِهِ عَلَى نُظَرائِهِ

It is no wonder that he gathered all praise as heir

And aimed with his resolve above his peers

فالْعَينُ وَهْيَ صَغِيرَةٌ في حَجْمِها

تَسَعُ الفَضَاءَ بِأَرْضِهِ وسَمائِهِ

For the eye, though small in its size

Can encompass the heavens with its earth and skies