1. لَكِ البُشرى بقربك مِن مَليكٍ

    أَضاءَ بِنُوره أُفق التَهاني

    Glad tidings to you for your nearness to a king

    Who illumined with his light the horizon of felicitations,

  2. وَمدَّ عَلى الأَنام ظَلالَ عَدلٍ

    بِتَوفيق يَدوم مَدى الزَمان

    And spread the shades of justice over humankind,

    With success enduring for all time.

  3. وَقلَّد مِنكَ جيدَك دُون سؤلٍ

    برتبتك الَّتي مِن صنف ثاني

    And adorned your neck without a request from you,

    With your rank, which is of the second class.

  4. فَقم بِالواجبات لَهُ عَلى ما

    حَباك مِن الوَلاء كَما حَباني

    So fulfill your duties to him in return for what

    He has bestowed on you of his affection, as he bestowed on me.

  5. وَقُل مَجدي عَليك الدَهر يُثني

    بِما يَحلو بِهِ نغم المَثاني

    And say: "Majdi praises you for all time

    With what sweetens the melody of the lute strings."