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You have honored your people, O Aqilah Yusuf

شرفت قومك يا عقيلة يوسف

1. You have honored your people, O Aqilah Yusuf
This is the testimony of every free and fair man

١. شَرَّفْتِ قَوْمَكِ يا عَقِيلَةَ يُوسُفَ
هَذِي شَهَادَةُ كُلّ حُرٍّ مُنْصِفِ

2. So if a government loves you with its medals
With what good you have offered, it is enough

٢. فَإِذَا حَبتْكِ حُكُومَةٌ بِوِسَامِها
فَبِأَيِّ مَا قَدَّمْتِ مِنْ فضْلٍ يَفِي

3. Lebanon knows the right of chivalry
Can Lebanon exist if it does not know?

٣. لُبْنَانُ يَعْرِفُ لِلْمُرُوءَةِ حَقَّها
أَيَكُونُ لُبْنَاناً إِذَا لَمْ يَعْرِفِ

4. In every position of mercy and kindness
You have fulfilled hopes with the honesty of the position

٤. فِي كُلِّ مَوْقِفِ رَحْمَةٍ ومَبَرَّةٍ
حَقَّقتِ آمَالاً بِصُدْقِ المَوقِفِ

5. The best generosity is that which flows with dew
From that most chaste and noble heart

٥. خَيْرُ المَكَارِمِ مَا يَفِيضُ بِهِ النَّدَى
مِنْ ذِلكَ القَلْبِ الأَعَفِّ الأَشْرَفِ

6. You have given the husband his right, you have not diminished
Anything from his right and you have not been deviant

٦. أَدَّيتِ حَقَّ الزَّوْجِ لَمْ تَتنَقَّصي
مِنْ حَقِّه شَيْئاً ولمْ تَتَحَيَّفي

7. And you have brought up your children well, protecting them
From the harm of easy and luxurious life

٧. ورَقَيْتِ بِالحُسْنَى بَنِيكِ فَصُنْتِهِمْ
مِنْ آفَةِ العيْشِ الرَّخِيِّ المُتْرِفِ

8. You accompanied Yusuf while he is the best role model
In his path for the follower and emulator

٨. جَارَيْتِ يُوسُفَ وَهْوَ أَكْرَمُ قُدْوَةٍ
فِي سَيْرِهِ لِلمُقْتَدِي وَالمُقْتَفِي

9. And you told of your savior in whose shade
The orphan was cared for and the face of the transgressor was disgraced

٩. وَحَكَيْتِ مُنْجِيكِ الَّتِي فِي ظِلِّهَا
رُعِيَ اليَتِيمُ وَهِينَ وَجْهُ المُعْتَفِي

10. And you spent in charity from the strength
Of thought, effort and hidden righteousness

١٠. وَبَذَلْتِ فِي الإِحْسَانِ بَذْلَكِ مِنْ قُوَى
فِكْرٍ وَمِنْ سعْيٍ وَمِنْ بِرٍّ خَفِي

11. You do not seek reward for what you have offered
Except from Allah the Bountiful, the Guardian

١١. لاَ تَبْتَغِينَ جَزَاءَ مَا أَسْلَفْتِهِ
إِلاَّ مِنَ اللهِ الكَرِيمِ المُخْلَفِ