هوَ السَلسَبيل العَذبُ مَهما سَطا الحرّ

هوَ السَلسَبيل العَذبُ مَهما سَطا الحرّ

كَسَلسالِ ثَغرٍ عَن لآليهِ يَفتَر

كَسَلسالِ ثَغرٍ عَن لآليهِ يَفتَر

He is sweet Salsabil, however fiercely the heat assails,

He is the sweet flowing spring, no matter how hot the weather grows

Like the sweet flow of a mouth that parts to reveal its pearls.

Like a chain of lips continuously talking of its beauty

هوَ الأَوحَدُ الباشا المُنَعَّمُ أَحمَدٌ

هوَ الأَوحَدُ الباشا المُنَعَّمُ أَحمَدٌ

مُشيرُ البَرايا الأَنجَدُ الأَمجَدُ الصَدرُ

مُشيرُ البَرايا الأَنجَدُ الأَمجَدُ الصَدرُ

He is the peerless, richly favored Pasha Ahmad,

He is the unique Pasha, the blessed Ahmed

Counsellor of humankind, the most valiant, most glorious chief.

The counselor of the righteous, the most glorious and great in chest

بِهِ فازَ خَيرُ الدينِ بالأجر وَالثَنا

بِهِ فازَ خَيرُ الدينِ بالأجر وَالثَنا

أَخو المأثُراتِ الشَفع وَالسؤدَدِ الوِترِ

أَخو المأثُراتِ الشَفع وَالسؤدَدِ الوِترِ

Through him, Khayr al-Din won reward and praise,

Through him the best of faith has won reward and praise

A man of noble deeds in pairs and of singular eminence,

Brother of glorious deeds, mediator and even-numbered prose

وَأَوحَدُ قواتِ المَقامات عِندَ مَن

وَأَوحَدُ قواتِ المَقامات عِندَ مَن

لِدَولَتِهِ عزّ مَضى قَبلَها الفَخرُ

لِدَولَتِهِ عزّ مَضى قَبلَها الفَخرُ

And peerless among the powers of high station, in the eyes of one

And unique among the forces of positions with one

Whose reign has honor; glory went before it.

Whose state glory passed, before it arrived, took pride

فَجازاهُ رَبّ العَرشِ خَيرَ جَزائِهِ

فَجازاهُ رَبّ العَرشِ خَيرَ جَزائِهِ

شَراباً طَهوراً حَسبَما وَرَدَ الذكرُ

شَراباً طَهوراً حَسبَما وَرَدَ الذكرُ

So may the Lord of the Throne grant him His finest reward:

So the Lord of the Throne rewarded him the best reward

A purifying drink, as the Revelation has proclaimed.

A pure drink, as mentioned and recorded

وَقابَلَ رَبّ العَرشِ بالشُكرِ سَعيَهُ

وَقابَلَ رَبّ العَرشِ بالشُكرِ سَعيَهُ

وَدامَ قَريرَ العَينِ ما بَقيَ الدَهرُ

وَدامَ قَريرَ العَينِ ما بَقيَ الدَهرُ

And may the Lord of the Throne meet his striving with gratitude,

And he met the Lord of the Throne with thanks for his efforts

And may he remain serene of eye as long as time endures.

And the delight of his eye remained as long as time continued

وَبَشِّرهُ حَقاً بِالقُبولِ وَهَنِّهِ

وَبَشِّرهُ حَقاً بِالقُبولِ وَهَنِّهِ

فَقَد جاءَ في تاريخِهِ طَيِّهُ البِشرُ

فَقَد جاءَ في تاريخِهِ طَيِّهُ البِشرُ

And truly give him glad tidings of acceptance, and congratulate him;

And give him good tidings, truly of acceptance, and congratulate him

For glad tidings have come within the folds of his chronogram.

For in his history came the giver of glad tidings