1. تَهنَّ بهاء الدين بالعامِ قاطِعاً

    لأمثالهِ ما ذَرَّ في الاُفق شارقُ

    May you enjoy this year, Baha al-Din, and live on

    Through years like it, as long as the sun rises on the horizon.

  2. فأنت الحسام العضب والعزم حدُّه

    وأنت الغمامُ الجوْنُ والبشر بارقُ

    For you are the keen-edged sword, and resolve is its edge;

    And you are the dark raincloud, and cheerfulness is its lightning.

  3. يقرُّ بفضليك الشيرين في الورى

    اذاجحدَ الأعداءُ نادٍ ومازِقُ

    Your two renowned virtues are acknowledged among men,

    Even when enemies deny them, by council and battlefield.

  4. فمهزومةٌ بالجودِ والبأسِ دائماً

    كماةُ الوغى والمُجْدباتُ العوارقُ

    Thus generosity and might forever vanquish

    The champions of battle and the ravaging years of drought.

  5. فلا زال يُثني بالذي أنت أهْلُهُ

    نزيلٌ وضيفٌ بالدُجنَّةِ طارقُ

    So may you always be praised as you deserve

    By a lodger and a guest arriving in the darkness of night.