1. مَلِكٌ عَلَيِهِ من الجَلالَةِ حُلَّةٌ

    يَبلَى الزّمانُ وسرُّها يَتَجَدَّدُ

    A king upon whom rests a robe of majesty;

    Time wears out, but its secret is renewed.

  2. نَسَجَتْ له أهلُ العِنايَةِ غَزلهَا

    ونَسِيجُهم ضَافٍ رَفِيعٌ جَيِّدٌ

    Those who show care wove its yarn for him,

    And their fabric is ample, fine, and excellent.

  3. بِإشارَةٍ جَاءَتْ كَفَجرٍ سَاطِعٍ

    في صِدْقِهِ وَضِياؤُهُ يَتَزَيَّدُ

    Through a sign that came like a radiant dawn,

    In its truth, while its radiance keeps increasing.

  4. وإلَيهِ تُنسَبُ بعدُ كلَّ فَضِيلَةٍ

    لَم يَحوِهَا مَلِكٌ شَدِيدٌ أيِّدُ

    And to him thereafter is ascribed every virtue

    That no mighty, powerful king possessed.

  5. وَرِثَ السِّيادَةَ كابِراً عنْ كابِرٍ

    عريب غريب صَحَّ في المسد

    He inherited sovereignty, great man from great man.

    Of Arab stock, rare, proven in the twisted cord (wording obscure).

  6. لاَ زَال في أوجِ المفاخِرِ صَاعِداً

    وَعَدُوَّهُ في صَدّها مُتَنَكِّدُ

    May he ever rise at the pinnacle of glories,

    And his enemy be miserable in opposing them.