1. خَير عام للصادق المَشهورِ

    جاءَ يَسعى بخصبه المَشكورِ

    A year of bounty for the renowned al-Sadiq

    has come hastening with its praised abundance.

  2. فَتَحلَّى مِنهُ لتونس جيدٌ

    بعقود مِن درّه المَنثور

    Thus Tunis's neck took its adornment from him

    with necklaces of his scattered pearls.

  3. وَتَجلَّت عَن وَجهِها بِضِياء

    مِن محياه ظُلمةُ الديجور

    And from her face was dispelled, by a radiance

    from his countenance, the darkness of deepest night.

  4. فَهيَ بَينَ البِقاع أَشرَفُ دار

    ذات رَوض مِن جُوده مَمطور

    She is, among all lands, the noblest abode,

    with a garden showered by his generosity.

  5. وَهوَ للعالمين أَسمى مَليك

    لا يُبارَى في عَدله المَنشور

    And he is, for all the world, the loftiest sovereign,

    unrivaled in the justice he spreads abroad.

  6. وَهوَ للملك حافظ بِسَداد

    عَنهُ في دَولة العُلا مَأثور

    And he guards the kingdom with sound judgment,

    for which he is famed in the realm of glory.

  7. وَهوَ لِلدين ناصر بِحسام

    في يَد الفَتك بِالعِدا مَشهور

    And he champions the faith with a keen sword,

    drawn in slaughter's hand against the foes.

  8. وَهوَ نَعم المُجير في كُل خَطب

    لِنَزيل في قَومه مَوتور

    And what an excellent protector he is in every calamity

    for a wronged sojourner among his people.

  9. فَلَئن فازَ قاصدٌ بِذمام

    في كِتاب بِأَمره مَمهور

    For if indeed a seeker gains a pledge of protection

    in a letter sealed at his command,

  10. في كِتاب بصدق وَعد كَريم

    مِن كَريم عَلى الوَفا مَقصور

    in a letter bearing a true and generous promise,

    from a generous man devoted solely to keeping faith,

  11. نالَ ما رام في حِماه وَأَضحى

    موئلاً في الأَمان لِلمَغدور

    he attains what he desired within his protection, and becomes

    a safe refuge for the betrayed.

  12. وَغَدا النسر عِنده في اِصطِياد

    لِجَميع الطُيور كَالعصفور

    And the eagle, in his presence, has become, in its hunting

    of all the birds, like a sparrow.

  13. يا حَليف النَدى وَأَوفى مُجيب

    لِنِداء مِن آمر مَأمور

    O ally of generosity and most faithful responder

    to a call from a commander himself under command:

  14. هاكَ عاماً أَتى يَهنيك فيهِ

    بِبَقاءٍ لِبَيتك المَعمور

    Here is a year that has come to offer you congratulations

    on the continuance of your flourishing house,

  15. وَدَوام رَواه بَعض ثِقات

    في سَجلّ بخطهم مَسطور

    and on lasting continuance, reported by some trustworthy men

    in a register inscribed in their handwriting,

  16. وَخُلود إِلى النُشور بِملك

    فاقَ ملك الأقيال وَالجَمهور

    and on immortality until the Resurrection, with a reign

    surpassing the rule of princes and the multitude.

  17. حَيث أَيدته بِحَزم وَعَزم

    وَاحتِفال خال عَن المَحظور

    For you strengthened it with prudence and resolve

    and diligent care free of what is forbidden.

  18. وَلتمكينه اتخذت ليوثاً

    يَدفَعون الأَذى عَن المَقهور

    And to secure it, you enlisted lions

    who ward off harm from the oppressed

  19. وَيصدّون بِالبَسالة عَنهُ

    كُلَّ مَن يَنتَمي إِلى تَيمور

    and repel from him, with valor,

    all who are affiliated with Timur.

  20. وَبِحُسن التَدبير كُلُّ وَزير

    قامَ فيهِ مَع عامل مَأجور

    And through sound administration, every minister

    served within it alongside a salaried official.

  21. وَأَنمت الأَنام في ظل أَمن

    لِمُقيم وَراحل مَنظور

    And you lulled mankind to sleep beneath the shade of security,

    evident to resident and traveler alike.

  22. وَأَقمت الحُدود في كُل حُكمٍ

    فيهِ إِنصاف صامَت مَصدور

    And you enforced the prescribed penalties in every judgment

    in which one silent and sore at heart receives justice.

  23. وَهَديت الَّذين ضَلّوا بِنَص

    في الأَحاديث وَارد مَذكور

    And you guided those who had strayed by a text

    recorded and mentioned in the hadiths.

  24. وَبَذلت النُقود في خَفض غرّ

    مُتَعال بِجَيشه المَجرور

    And you spent money to bring low a deluded fool,

    haughty with the army he led along.

  25. وَنَصَرت الإِمام مِنكَ بفعل

    لهمام موفق مَبرور

    And you supported the Imam with a deed of your own,

    of a noble hero, granted success and blessed.

  26. وَنَدبت الرِجال وَهِيَ جِبالٌ

    لقتال المعاند المَدحور

    And you summoned men—and they are mountains—

    to fight the defiant, routed foe.

  27. وَتَحالفتما عَلى دَفع علج

    ما لَهُ ناصر مِن المَقدور

    And the two of you allied to repel a barbarian

    who has no defender against decreed fate.

  28. وَكَأني بِهِ وَقَد صارَ جاراً

    لأبيه في قَبره المَحفور

    And I seem to see him already become a neighbor

    to his father in his dug-out grave,

  29. وَنُعِي بَينَ أَهله وَبَنيه

    وَذَويه في حُصنه المَحصور

    and his death announced among his family and sons

    and his kin, within his besieged fortress.

  30. وَبخزيٍ يَبوء كُل رَئيس

    كانَ مَعْهُ بحزبه المَكسور

    And every leader comes away in disgrace

    who was with him in his shattered faction,

  31. وَيُنادي عَلَيهِ وَهوَ غَريق

    في نجيع من بَطنه المَبتور

    and cries out against him as he lies drowned

    in gore from his severed belly:

  32. لا أَقال الإله عَثرة باغ

    في قُيود مِن بَغيه مَأسور

    May God never pardon an aggressor's stumble,

    held captive in fetters of his own aggression.

  33. هَكَذا تَنقضي لَيالي سَفيه

    بِصَفاء مِن دَهره مَغرور

    Thus pass the nights of a fool

    deluded by the tranquility of his times.

  34. فَتهنأ في كُل عام جَديد

    بامتياز مِن العلا مَيسور

    So may you rejoice in every new year

    with readily attained distinction from the heights of glory,

  35. وابق في الملك لِلرَعايا مَلاذاً

    بِفُؤاد ذي رَأفة مَسرور

    and remain in kingship a refuge for your subjects,

    with a joyful heart endowed with compassion,

  36. ما المَعالي قالَت لِمجدك أَرّخ

    عام بشرى للصادق المَنصور

    as long as lofty glories say to your renown: Record the date—

    A year of glad tidings for al-Sadiq the victorious.