1. The Lord of the house has risen in his lands,
And the steed has raced there in its field.

2. What was dry of vegetation has turned green,
So the waters of fertility flowed through its limbs.

3. Spring has returned to the home with its flowers,
As it was in its time after the passage of its time.

4. Its felicity gave it vitality,
In a month that did not occur to its forgetfulness.

5. Authority came to the people of its positions which
No one is ashamed to kiss its fingertips.

6. For glory in Lebanon a lofty house,
The Shihabs are the pillar of its corners.

7. A people who have an ancient nobility from the span
Of time the dating eluded the preservation of its times.

8. If the genealogist of Hejaz had wanted to verify it,
The thread would have taken him to its Adnan.

9. How many flower pickers from the width of chances!
O you who picked the flowers from its garden.

10. Whoever was from the descent of al-Bashir, that one when
Kingdoms were not above the loftiness of his rank.

11. That is the one who controlled the reins of his countries,
As his hand controlled the reins of his steed.

12. Water used to extinguish the ember of others,
While water burned him, the intensity of its fires.

13. And you have adopted his traits and qualities,
From where you were brought up in his office.

14. The origin flows in the branches, its brilliance,
Begetting fruits in its branches.

15. The countries rejoiced in your position, because
In an ascendant with good fortune is its marriage contract.

16. He who cannot congratulate with his tongue,
Continues to present you with his book.