1. لما اِرتَقى داودُ أَوحد عَصرِهِ

    في دَولة المَولى خديوي مَصرهِ

    When Dawud, peerless in his age, rose in rank

    In the reign of the lord, the Khedive of his Egypt,

  2. وَاِزداد في شَعبان تَشريفاً كَما

    نَرجو وَأَيده العَزيز بِنَصره

    And gained further honor in Sha‘ban, as

    We hope, and the Mighty One supported him with His aid,

  3. هنّاه مجدي عِندَ ذاكَ مؤرخاً

    داود قَد نُشر اللواء لشكره

    Majdi congratulated him then, composing a chronogram:

    “Dawud—the banner has been unfurled in gratitude to him.”