1. عَلى كُل القرى سادَت رَشيدُ

    وَفازَت حَيث أَحمدُها رَشيدُ

    Rashid has surpassed all the towns,

    And triumphed, for her Ahmad is Rashid.

  2. وَإِن قَوامه العسّال عَنها

    بِطَعنٍ في حَشا الأَعدا يَذود

    And indeed his swaying, spear-like form, on her behalf,

    Repels foes with thrusts into their entrails.

  3. وَينصرها بِفَضل اللَه رَأيٌ

    لَهُ في كُل حادِثَة سَديد

    And, by God's grace, she is aided by counsel

    Of his, sound in every circumstance.

  4. وَتَرضى أَهلُها عَنهُ وَيَحظى

    سَريعاً بِالَّذي مِنها يُريد

    And her people are pleased with him, and he gains

    Swiftly what he desires from her.

  5. وَيَبني لِلمَعالي بَيتَ مَجدٍ

    بِها مِن حَوله سُور مشيد

    And he builds for noble aims a house of glory,

    With a lofty wall around it there.

  6. وَيَمحو في القَضا آثارَ ظُلمٍ

    بِعَدل ظلُّه فيها مَديد

    And in judgment he erases the traces of injustice,

    With justice whose shade stretches far within her.

  7. وَتِلكَ بشارة حملت إِلَيهِ

    مِن الإِقبال وَاقترب البَعيد

    And that is good news borne to him

    From good fortune—and what was distant has drawn near.