1. قمرٌ سرى من تونس الخضراء

    لِيَلي الصدارة باليد البيضاء

    A moon journeyed by night from green Tunisia,

    To assume leadership with a beneficent white hand.

  2. أم ذاك خير الدين والدنيا الذي

    ثنّى سناه لنا سنا ابن ذكاء

    Or is that Khayr al-Din, the good of faith and this world, whose

    Radiance doubled for us the light of Ibn Dhuka, the dawn?

  3. من ليس للإصلاح إلا رأيه ال

    وضاح يوم تكاثر الأراء

    He whose judgment alone serves reform,

    Radiant on the day when opinions multiply.

  4. أكرم به شهماً عفيفاً فاضلاً

    ما شان ريّاً شأنه برياء

    How noble he is—valiant, chaste, and virtuous!

    He never marred his well-watered standing with ostentation.

  5. شهدت لمولانا التقاة بعدله

    ونفوذه في سائر الأشياء

    The devout bore witness to our lord's justice

    And his influence in all affairs;

  6. وخليفة اللَه الغنيّ بعلمه

    وذكائه عن كثرت الشهداء

    As did God's caliph, who, with his knowledge

    And intelligence, needs no multitude of witnesses.

  7. لم يخف عنه اللَه أن خليفة ال

    زهراء معصوم من الفحشاء

    God did not conceal from him that the successor of al-

    Zahra is protected from indecency.

  8. بشر فروق بما يروق لها من ال

    فوز العظيم بأعظم الوزراء

    Bring Faruq glad tidings of what delights her: the

    Great triumph of gaining the greatest of ministers,

  9. بمزيد يمن سرورها وسرور عا

    هلها المعظم سيد الخلفاء

    With added good fortune for her joy and the joy of her

    Exalted sovereign, master of the caliphs,

  10. بفطانةٍ ورصانةٍ وأمانةٍ

    وصيانةٍ وديانةٍ وذكاء

    Through sagacity, composure, and trustworthiness,

    And integrity, piety, and intelligence.

  11. ومآثرٍ بزغت بزوغ الشمس لا

    تخفى ولا عن مقلةٍ عمياء

    And noble deeds that rose as the sun rises, never

    Hidden—not even from a blind eye.

  12. يا خير من شهد الحميد وعبده

    بصلاحه ونجاحه الوضاء

    O best of those for whom al-Hamid and His servant bore witness

    To his righteousness and his radiant success,

  13. واختاره فلقاً ليومٍ مظلمٍ

    ومهنداً لعجاجةٍ شهباء

    And chose him as daybreak for a dark day,

    And an Indian blade for an ash-gray dust cloud.

  14. أنت الأمين على البلاد فَشُدْ قَوا

    نينَ العبادِ برأيك الضوّاء

    You are entrusted with the land; strengthen the

    Laws of the people with your luminous judgment.

  15. فبك استنارت بالعلوم وأرخت

    بالشهم خير الدين دام بهائي

    So through you she shone with learning, and marked the date:

    Through the noble Khayr al-Din my splendor endures.