1. إنَّ مليكَ العصر من قد عَلا

    على ملوكِ الأرض طُرًّا وَفاقْ

    Indeed, the monarch of the age is he who has risen

    above all the kings of the earth and surpassed them.

  2. أَطْلَعَ في أُفْق العُلى مجدُه

    بَدْرَ سماءٍ ما له من محاق

    His glory has raised, on the horizon of exalted rank,

    a full moon in the sky that never wanes to darkness.

  3. أَيَّده الله بتأييده

    وزاد تفريجاً لضيق الخناق

    God has strengthened him with His support

    and brought further relief from the noose's tightness.

  4. فالملأُ الأَعلى إلى نصره

    مُنَزَّلٌ من فوقَ سبعٍ طباق

    So the heavenly host, to aid him,

    is sent down from above the seven heavens, layer upon layer.

  5. عبد العزيز الملك المرتضى

    وصفوة العالم بالاتفاق

    Abd al-Aziz, the favored king,

    and the world's choicest, by common accord,

  6. أهدى إلى النامق أَنْفِيَّةً

    أعَدَّها السلطان للانتشاق

    gave Namiq a snuffbox,

    which the Sultan prepared for taking snuff.

  7. فأَصبح النامق من فضله

    يرقى من العزِّ لأَعلى مراق

    So Namiq, through his favor, came to

    rise to the highest steps of honor,

  8. من بعد ما ولاّه أنظاره

    وشَدَّ منه للمعالي النطاق

    after he had turned his regard toward him

    and tightened his girdle for lofty deeds.

  9. الطاهر الزاكي الَّذي لم يزلْ

    تشقى به في النَّاس أهل الشقاق

    The pure, virtuous man, who never ceases

    to bring misery to the people of discord among men,

  10. ذو نعمةٍ تُسدى لأهل التقى

    وسطوةٍ ترهب أهل النفاق

    is possessed of bounty bestowed upon the pious,

    and might that terrifies the hypocrites.

  11. إنْ لَقِيَ الأَعداءَ في مَعْرَكٍ

    شاهَدَتِ الأَرواحُ منه الفراق

    If he meets his enemies on a battlefield,

    souls witness their parting at his hands.

  12. يشيد ضخم المجد في فتكه

    أنَّى سطا بالمرهفات الرقاق

    He builds mighty glory through his deadly onslaught,

    wherever he strikes with keen, slender blades.

  13. نائله عذبٌ بيوم النَّدى

    وهو بيوم البأس مُرُّ المذاق

    His bounty is sweet on the day of giving,

    while on the day of battle he is bitter to taste.

  14. فقلتُ في نعمة سلطاننا

    من كَلِمي ما رقَّ منها وراق

    So, of our Sultan's favor, I spoke

    words of mine that were delicate and pleasing:

  15. هَدِيَّةُ السُّلطان أَرَّخْتُها

    للنامِق الوالي مشيرِ العراق

    I recorded the date of the Sultan's gift

    to Namiq, the governor, marshal of Iraq.