1. يا أحمدَ العدلِ والإحسان حُيِّيتَا

    ونلتَ من طيبات المُلكِ ما شِيتَا

    O Ahmad of justice and benevolence, greetings to you!

    And may you gain whatever good things of rule you desire!

  2. لما توجهتَ وَجهَ الغَربِ مرتحلا

    نادَى مُنَادِى سرورِ نَحوهِ هِيتَا

    When you set out, journeying toward the west,

    A herald of joy called, "Come toward it!"

  3. فكنتَ أحمدَ من قد حازَ إمرَتَه

    أدَّيتَ فِيهَا حقوقَ المُلكِ إذ جِيتَا

    So you were the most praiseworthy of those who had held its command;

    You fulfilled the duties of rule there when you came.

  4. انزلتَ لازلتَ أهليه منازلهم

    فيه فإِمَّا خُمُولاً بَعدُ أو صِيتاً

    You placed its people in their proper stations—may you ever do so—

    Therein: henceforth, either obscurity or renown.

  5. جليتَ أوجه أعلامٍ طمسنَ به

    حليت فيه المواقيت اليَوَاقِيتا

    You unveiled the faces of notables that had been obscured there;

    There you adorned the appointed times with rubies.

  6. وطئتَ هامةَ مَن قَد جاءَ معتديا

    وَطءَ الأشِدَّاءِ إذ وُلِّيتَ واللَّيتَا

    And you trod upon the head of whoever came as an aggressor,

    And his neck, with the tread of the mighty, when you were given command.

  7. والمسلمون بخير ما بَقِيتَ لهم

    فَثَبَّتَ اللهُ ذَاك الخَيرَ تَثبِيتَا

    And the Muslims fare well as long as they have you;

    So may God firmly establish that good!