1. None can rival you, so let the days pass as they may
Your excellence among us remains exemplary

2. With virtue you reached the pinnacle of greatness, a resolute man
Whose glory is monumental, never wavering or frail

3. God granted you as a star among the valiant heroes
A glance from you wounds the heart of the brave

4. Your deeds shone through benevolence, radiant
In the era's frontier, leaving no flaws or fail

5. Thus you attained the favor of our Master, our Liege
Who revives mankind with abundant grace and hail

6. And entrusted you Syria, Land of Flowers, which rejoiced
With glad tidings, praising the Generosity of the Eternal

7. He said "Bestow upon Syria in my probity an enduring
Horizon, spreading my justice over hills and dale"

8. Thus it became like Egypt in your legacy, recounting
The favor of Joseph in his early days and tale

9. As for your years, altogether fortunate are they
In plenty and comfort, above lowland and vale

10. Seventy, not seven, we hope for and await
With goodness, prosperity, and success in every detail

11. You brought glad tidings that overflowed the meadows
A cup of joy that delights the despondent and frail

12. Are you not the one who saved its essence
With your kindness after the momentous calamity and flail?

13. And melodious Beirut sang for you, composing
Songs of congratulations, its perfumes sweet and hale

14. And the Noble Sanctuary now has a sanctuary
Protected by your glory, not by the sword and mail

15. Great joy has flooded the universe, bestowing
Upon me its amplest portion, copious and wholesale

16. You are the sage we encounter, embodying guidance
Of reason's essence, molded from hope and ideal

17. Every word you utter is sanctified, forming
Policies for nations, guarding justice and equity's scale

18. You honor the age with your enlightened leadership
Securing the country, horizons, and wayfarer's trail

19. Whoever criticizes your wisdom returns
Empty-handed, filled with remorse and shame, frail

20. You protect your loved ones from harm and from malice
Even if it lurks and coils like a creeping snail

21. And terrify the eagles in the heights, soaring aloft
So they scarcely can touch the birds, cowering and pale

22. None who incur your wrath can find refuge
While you remain protected from missteps and derail

23. Your splendid overflowing kindness softens hearts
Healing the ailing, making bright what was dim and stale

24. Serenity, joy, and glad tidings beam from your brow
Bringing visitors what they hope for without fail

25. How often has your benevolence revived our souls?
My deepest thanks from the heart is what I exhale

26. For you are my Master, my wealth, my bliss, my pillar,
The guide of my affairs, my ally, my hope's grail

27. None delighted by dawn as your gratitude delights me
And thankfulness I offer wholeheartedly without veil