1. قل لنزارٍ أنت أُسُّ العلا

    وفرعها الثابت في الأُسّ

    Say to Nizar: You are the foundation of greatness,

    and its branch, firmly rooted in the foundation.

  2. يا بهجة الأيام فينا ويا

    زين سرير الملكِ والكرسي

    O delight of the days among us, and O

    ornament of the royal throne and seat!

  3. تاه بك المجد على أهلهِ

    كما يتيه الصبح بالشمسِ

    Through you, glory has vaunted itself over its own people,

    as dawn takes pride in the sun.

  4. بالرشدِ إن سِرت فِسْر ظافِراً

    بين العلا والفتحِ والقدسِ

    If you set forth, go rightly guided and victorious,

    amid greatness, victory, and holiness.

  5. وإن تخلَّفت تخلَّفت في

    نجحٍ سليمَ الملك والنفسِ

    And if you stay behind, you remain in

    success, your realm and your life secure.

  6. أنت المُوقَّى في غَدٍ مثلَ ما

    وقِّيت في اليومِ وفي أَمسِ

    You will be protected tomorrow, just as

    you were protected today and yesterday.

  7. واللهُ قد أعطاك سعدا رمى

    عن مِلكك الأعداء بالنحسِ

    And God has granted you good fortune that hurled

    the enemies away from your realm with ill fortune.

  8. لو بلغت بغدادُ أقصى المُنَى

    نادتك دون الجِنّ والإنسِ

    Were Baghdad to attain its utmost wishes,

    it would call upon you rather than jinn or humankind.

  9. ولا تكن من قتلِ أملاكها

    يا حُجَّة الرحمان في لَبْسِ

    And do not, concerning the slaying of its kings,

    O proof of the All-Merciful, be in doubt.

  10. آلُ رسولِ اللهِ جِنسٌ عَلاَ

    وأنت أعلى ذلك الجِنسِ

    The family of God's Messenger is a lineage that rose high,

    and you are the highest of that lineage.

  11. فاسلم على رَغْم أنوفِ العِدا

    لِصفْع حُسَّادِك بالقَلسِ

    So live unharmed, your foes' noses humbled,

    to slap your enviers with a stout rope.

  12. وابقَ على الأَيام فالدين والد

    نيا بأقبالك في أُنسِ

    And endure through the days, for faith and the world

    are cheered by your coming.

  13. يا غُصُنا في المجدِ سامِي الذُّرَا

    محمدِيَّ النبتِ والغَرس

    O branch, towering in the heights of glory,

    of Muhammad in growth and planting!

  14. من لم يسلِّم لك فضل العُلاَ

    ففضله في غاية البخسِ

    Whoever does not acknowledge your surpassing eminence,

    then his own merit is diminished to the utmost.

  15. أما ترى الأَيام والناس مذ

    عمَّهمُ عدلُك في عُرْسِ

    Do you not see the days and the people—since

    your justice embraced them—at a wedding feast?