1. الحَمد لِلّه جاءَ الحَق

    قَواعد في القدم

    Praise be to God: truth has come.

    Foundations in antiquity.

  2. عَن الأَوطان وَاِنقطعت

    آثاره وَرَماه العَدل بِالعدم

    From the homelands, and cut off were

    Its traces; justice cast it into nothingness.

  3. وَصادق الوَعد صدر العالمين بِما

    أَسداه أَحيا رُسوم المَجد وَالكَرَم

    And the chief of the worlds, true to his promise, through what

    He bestowed, revived the traces of glory and generosity.

  4. وَقَد دَعاك عَلى رَغم الحَسود إِلى

    مَجالس شادَها بِالحُكم في الأُمم

    And he has indeed called you, despite the envious one, to

    Assemblies he established through governance among the nations.

  5. فَاصفح عَن الدَهر مُذ وافاك مُعتَذِراً

    يَرجو رضاك وَلا تسخط وَلا تلم

    So pardon Time, since it has come to you apologizing,

    Hoping for your favor; do not be angry, nor blame it.

  6. وَانشر عَلى هامة الجوزا لِواك وَقُل

    قَبلت يا دَهر مِنكَ العُذر فاستقم

    And unfurl your banner upon al-Jawza's head, and say:

    I have accepted your apology, O Time; so be upright.

  7. وَانس الَّذي كانَ مِنهُ يا أَمير بِما

    أَبداه في هَذِهِ الأَيام مِن هِمَم

    And forget what came from it, O prince, in light of what

    It has shown these days by way of lofty resolve.

  8. وَاغفر لَهُ يا حَليف العَفو حَيث صَفا

    بَعد الجَفا ما مَضى مِن زلة القدم

    And forgive it, O ally of pardon—now that it has grown kind

    After harshness—for its past slip of the foot.

  9. وَاركض بمضمار أَفراح بَشائرها

    تَدوم بِالداوري مَنشورة العلم

    And gallop in a racecourse of joys whose glad tidings

    Endure through al-Dawari, with their banner unfurled.

  10. لا زلت تَرفل طُول الدَهر في حلل

    مِن المَسَرّة وَالتَبجيل وَالنعم

    May you ever walk in splendor, throughout time, in robes

    Of joy, veneration, and blessings.