1. My lord, your guidance in fasting

    is proof of your gentleness toward humankind.

  2. They followed you in it, as you followed

    the Imam, to champion the faith.

  3. Yours is a cause throughout the land, against whose

    strongholds the sword’s edge recoils.

  4. In war, your gain, O son of Tew-

    fik, is like your gain in peace.

  5. Your herald was answered with solemn cove-

    nants by every people, with pledges of protection.

  6. And between the two na-

    tions, concord in loving you grew strong.

  7. And security in the light is bet-

    ter than fear in darkness.

  8. You made your reign prosper through the ni-

    ghts of the month with mighty blessings.

  9. Those seeking bounty shared in your wealth,

    and in your drink and food.

  10. You clothe them in robes that share

    the festive seasons’ enduring return.

  11. Their faces grow dewy, like the blos-

    soms of a garden greeted at dawn by rain clouds.

  12. And your pleasure is to meet your sub-

    jects in delight and smiles.

  13. O reviver of the two Eids in the two

    realms, may you endure year after year.

  14. Of all kings, he has greatest claim to absolute

    rule who prays and fasts.

  15. And dearest of all they celebrated

    is that order should succeed chaos.

Sol 6.1