هلم بنا نثني على مجلس الشورى

هلم بنا نثني على مجلس الشورى

ولم يك شيئاً قبل عباس مذكورا

ولم يك شيئاً قبل عباس مذكورا

Come, let us praise the Consultative Council.

Let us praise the Council of Ministers

And before Abbas it was nothing worth mentioning.

Nothing was mentioned before Abbas

وما كان عن ضعف العقول خموله

وما كان عن ضعف العقول خموله

ولكن لضغط اصبح الراي محجورا

ولكن لضغط اصبح الراي محجورا

And its obscurity was not due to weakness of intellect,

And it was not due to weak minds its sluggishness

but under pressure, opinion had become constrained.

But because opinion was restricted under pressure

فلما بدت حرية لرجاله

فلما بدت حرية لرجاله

واهداهم العباس من فكره نورا

واهداهم العباس من فكره نورا

Then, when freedom appeared for its members,

When freedom appeared for its men

and Abbas bestowed on them a light from his thought,

And Abbas enlightened them with the light of his thought

سعوا في طريق الحزم فازداد قدرهم

سعوا في طريق الحزم فازداد قدرهم

وحقاً و جدنا ذلك السعي مشكورا

وحقاً و جدنا ذلك السعي مشكورا

they strove along the path of resolve, and their standing grew;

They sought the path of wisdom, so their value increased

and truly, we found that endeavor worthy of thanks.

And truly we found that effort commendable