Whilst at a distance far beneath

We view thee with admiring eyes.

The gazing crowds still round thee throng,

Still to thy well-known voice repair,

As when erewhile thy hallow'd tongue

Poured in the mosque the solemn prayer.

Still, generous Vizier, we survey

Thine arms extended o'er our head,

As lately, in the festive day,

When they were stretched thy gifts to shed.