1. يا وَاحِدَ الدّهْرِ في خَلْقٍ وفي خُلُقِ

    يا مَنْ لهُ الفَضْلُ في الماضِي وفي الآتِي

    O peerless one of the age in form and in character,

    O you whose is preeminence in the past and in the future,

  2. يا مُسْنِدَ السّعْدِ والنّصْرِ العَزيز الى

    سَعْدٍ لنَصْرٍ الى خَيْرِ البَرِيّاتِ

    O you who trace good fortune and mighty victory back to

    Saʿd, for Naṣr, and thence to the best of all creation.

  3. رِوايةٌ في عَوالي المَجْدِ ثابتَةٌ

    وفي صَحائِفِ بِيضِ المَشْرِفيّاتِ

    A transmitted account, firmly established in the heights of glory,

    And on the pages of gleaming Mashrafi swords.

  4. زارَتْكَ مَزْرِيّةٌ تَرْجو عَوائِدَها

    منْ لَثْمِ أنْمُلِكَ السُّبْطِ السّنِيّاتِ

    A humble offering has visited you, hoping for its rewards

    From kissing your supple, exalted fingertips.

  5. صفر الملابس في شكل وفي أرج

    كأنها مذهبات العنبريات

    Yellow-clad, in form and in sweet fragrance,

    As though it were gilded pieces of ambergris.

  6. فانْعَمْ بعادَتِكَ الحُسْنى فمِثْلُكَ مَنْ

    أجْرى العَوائِدَ حتّى في الهَدِيّاتِ

    So be gracious, as is your kindly custom, for one like you is one who

    Has bestowed favors even upon gifts.

  7. بَقِيتَ يا قَمَرَ العَلْياءِ مُنْفَرِداً

    بالعِزِّ تُسْعِدُ بَيْتَ المُلْك بالذّاتِ

    May you endure, O moon of eminence, unrivaled

    In glory, bringing good fortune to the royal house in your own person.