1. أقبلتْ دولةٌ هي الإقبالُ

    فأقامتْ وزال عنها الزوالُ

    A reign has arrived that is prosperity itself;

    so it endured, and decline departed from it.

  2. دولةٌ ليس يُعدَمُ الدهر فيها

    باطلٌ مزهقٌ وحقٌّ مُدالُ

    A reign in which, for all time, there is no lack of

    falsehood vanquished and truth made victorious.

  3. طالعتْ للعيون فيها مصابي

    حٌ أضاءتْ لضوئها الآمالُ

    Within it, lamps appeared before the eyes,

    by whose light hopes shone:

  4. شمسُ دَجْنٍ ومشتَرٍ غيرِ منحو

    سٍ وبدرٌ متمَّمٌ وهلالُ

    a sun amid clouds, and a Jupiter not ill-starred,

    and a perfect full moon, and a crescent—

  5. ملك وابنُهُ ومِدرَه مُلْكٌ

    وابنُه هكذا يكون الكمالُ

    a king and his son, and a spokesman for the realm,

    and his son—such is perfection.