1. ولمّا حثَثْتَ السّيْرَ واللهُ حاكِمٌ

    لمُلْكِكَ في الدُنْيا بعِزٍّ وفي الأخْرى

    And when you hastened your journey, with God decreeing

    glory for your reign in this world and the next,

  2. حَكى فَرَسَ الشّطْرَنْجِ طِرْفُكَ لا يُرى

    يُنَقَّلُ منْ بَيْضاءَ إلا الى حَمْرا

    your steed resembled the chess knight: it is never seen

    moved from a white square except to a red one.