الروض باكرها الغمام وهزها

روح النسيم فغنت الأطيار

The garden was blessed by the clouds in the morning,

And the breeze of the spirit made the birds sing.

وتعانقت أغصانها وتبسمت

منها الزهور وفاحت الأنوار

Its branches embraced and its flowers smiled,

Radiating lights and fragrance.

وبدا للألحان الحمام ترنم

باسم الجليل المجتبي المختار

The doves began cooing melodies

In the name of the Praiseworthy and Chosen One.

والي الولاية حافظ باشا الذي

من حسن سيرته المجالس حاروا

And to the governor, Hafiz Pasha, whose

Good conduct made the councils feel passionate,

بالحق والعدل المنير علاله

صيت له فوق السماك منار

With truth and brilliant justice, his

Fame rose high above the skies like a minaret.

فالحلم فيه سجية مشهورة

ولذا بدا من عفوه الاكثار

Dreaming in him is a well-known trait,

And so generosity flowed freely from him.

خدمته أيام السعادة والرضا

فاموره وفق القضا تختار

He served in the days of happiness and consent,

So his affairs were decreed as per fate’s choices.

ما هم بأمر قط الا ناله

ما للصعوبة في مناه مدار

In any matter, he attained

What had no trace of hardship in its pursuits.

فيمينه من كفها نبع الهنا

وشماله للمجرمين قرار

From his right palm flowed bliss,

While his left was home to criminals.

ذو فكرة وقادة وفراسة

وجسارة منه الليوث تواروا

Of insight, leadership and perception,

Before whom even lions retreated.

يبدي بثاقب فكره ما لم يكن

في طوق انس لم يشنه عواز

He expressed with his piercing intellect what

No human mind had ever perceived.

ضبط الامور وصان سبل نجاحها

في طوعه كل العباد تجاروا

He managed affairs and paved the way to success,

To obey him, all people hastened.

فازت طرابلس به وتزينت

وتباشرت بقدومه الاسوار

Tripoli triumphed through him and adorned itself,

Its walls thrilled at his arrival.

بسط الهنا والأمن في أرجائها

فغدت تشد لقطرها الاوقار

He spread prosperity and security in its corners,

It gained glory and became a beacon.

نادى منادي العز في اكنافها

فتهللت لندائه الاقطار

The caller of might proclaimed in its midst,

So its lands resonated in rapture.

ولذا الورى من كل أقليم انو

فكأن مكة بالحجيج تزار

And so the world, from every region came

As if to Mecca, pilgrims flocked from afar.

وكأن مغناطيس أفئدة الورى

قطب بمركزها اليه يشار

As if he were a magnet attracting all hearts,

The central pole to which they’re drawn.

يا من أردت سلامة ونزاهة

ورياضة تزهو بها الانظار

O you who desired safety, integrity,

And joyousness that dazzles sights!

فاقبل على الزهر طرابلساً وعش

في ظل والٍ نعم ذاك الجار

Turn to Tripoli, live in the shade of a fair governor,

And be merry, find rest, bid Egypt and India farewell!

واشرب هنيئا وساترح فيها ودع

مصراً وقل ما الهند ما البلغار