1. بمنِّ اللَه في صُورٍ وحَمدِه

    وقاني أهلها أملٌ بوعدِه

    By God's grace in Tyre, and with praise of him,

    hope in his promise shielded me from its people.

  2. وأشرقَتِ الدجُنَّةُ في عيونٍ

    فتَحناها على فَتحٍ وجُندِه

    And the darkness shone in eyes

    we opened upon Fath and his army.

  3. وأعدَدنا له صبراً وشُكراً

    جوابَي أخذهِ مِنا ورَدِّه

    And we prepared patience and gratitude for him,

    two responses to his taking from us and giving back.

  4. وصارَ دنوُّهُ يُدني إِلينا

    عوارفَ نعمةٍ بَعدت لبُعدِه

    And his nearness began bringing close to us

    gifts of grace that had grown distant because he was far away.

  5. وكانت قبلَ ذلكَ من وصايا

    أميرِ المؤمنينَ وليِّ عَهدِه

    And before that, this had been among the instructions

    of the Commander of the Faithful to his heir apparent.