1. بِتَوفيق مَولاي في قَلعَتي

    بَنيت لِمصري بَيت الرَصَدْ

    Through my lord's aid, in my fortress,

    I built an observatory for my Egypt,

  2. لأرصدَ مِنهُ العدا في الدُجى

    وَأَرميهمُ بِشِهاب الكَمد

    To watch the foes from it in the darkness,

    And strike them with a meteor of anguish,

  3. وَأَقطَعَ دابرهم عُنوةً

    بِجَزم وَجَيش كَثير العَدد

    And cut off their last remnant by force,

    With resolve and an army vast in number,

  4. لما أَنَّ نَجميَ في دَولتي

    بِهِ اِقتَرَن السَعد طُول الأَبَد

    Since my star, in my reign,

    Has been joined by good fortune for all eternity,

  5. وَطالعُهُ في الوَغى لَم يَزَل

    سَعيداً مُقيماً بِبُرج الأَسَد

    And its ascendant in battle has ever remained

    Auspicious, abiding in the sign of Leo.