1. ما الفخر بالأهرام عندي حجة

    فالنيل في سودانهم جرار

    To me, pride in the pyramids is no proof.

    For the Nile flows mightily in their Sudan.

  2. ومنارة المرآة ميديها مضى

    والآن ما بعمود تلك فخار

    And the mirror lighthouse—its maker [reading uncertain] has passed away.

    And now there is no glory in that pillar.

  3. فمدار عمران البلاد وفخرها

    وصلاحها عدل عليه تدار

    For the basis of a country's prosperity and glory

    And its well-being is justice, by which it is governed.

  4. يا روضة الازهار والانوار ما

    في الخصب مثلك والعدالة دار

    O garden of flowers and lights, no

    Abode rivals you in fertility and justice.

  5. تيهي دلالا بل وعجبا في رضا

    محيي المعارف من له الامصار

    Strut in coy grace—nay, in self-admiration—in the favor

    Of the reviver of learning, to whom the cities belong.

  6. سيف العدا نجم الهدى بدر الدنا

    والدين من تاقت له الانظار

    The sword against foes, the star of guidance, the full moon of the worlds

    And of the faith, he whom eyes have yearned to behold.

  7. ذاك الذي عم الورى انعامه

    فتنافسوا في مدحه وتماروا

    That is he whose bounty has embraced all humankind.

    So they competed in praising him and contended with one another.

  8. سلطاننا وولي نعمتنا الذي

    ذكر اسمه في العالمين شعار

    Our sultan and our benefactor, whose

    Name is invoked as a watchword throughout the worlds.

  9. غازي العدا عبد الحميد المرتضى

    من سيفه لذوي الخيانة نار

    The warrior against foes, Abd al-Hamid, the chosen one,

    Whose sword is fire to those given to treachery.

  10. أسد الملوك قلوبهم ملئت به

    رعبا له لبد له أظفار

    The lion among kings, who has filled their hearts

    With terror; he has a mane, he has claws.

  11. انصر الهي جنده نصرا عزيز

    الا يشوب زلاله الاكدار

    My God, grant his army a mighty victory,

    Whose clear waters no troubles shall taint.

  12. وأدم لواء النصر يصحب جيشه

    عزاً لدين المصطفى المختار

    And let the banner of victory ever accompany his army,

    As glory for the faith of the Chosen One, the Elect.

  13. صلى عليه الله ما قد سبحت

    خضراء أو ما أورقت أشجار

    May God bless him as long as praise is sung

    By a green thing, or as long as trees put forth leaves,

  14. أو ما سليمان البروني اعتنى

    بالشعر في سجن له أسوار

    Or as long as Sulayman al-Baruni devotes himself

    To poetry in a prison enclosed by walls.