1. هِيَ الْحُرَّةُ الزَّهْرَاءُ جَاءَتُ عَلَى وَعْدِ

    جَلَتْهَا لَكَ الْعَلْيَاءُ مِنْ مَطْلَعِ السَّعْدِ

    She is the radiant noblewoman, come as promised;

    Glory unveiled her to you from the dawn of good fortune.

  2. عَرُوس يَرَاهَا المُعْجَبُونَ كَأُمِّها

    مِثَالَ كَمَالٍ فَوْقَ طَائِلَةِ النَّقدِ

    A bride whom admirers see, like her mother,

    As a model of perfection beyond criticism's reach.

  3. نَمَاهَا فُؤَادٌ وَهُوَ أَرْوَعُ فَاضِلٍ

    صَفِيُّ وَفِيٌّ غَيْرُ مُؤْتَشَبِ الْوُدِّ

    Fuad reared her; he is the most splendid of virtuous men,

    A true and faithful friend, his affection unalloyed.

  4. يَدِينُ لَهُ عَاصِي المَآرِبِ مِنْ عُلىً

    وَيَدْنُو لَه قَاصِي الرَّغَائِبِ مِنْ بُعْدِ

    Defiant aims bow down to him from their heights,

    And far-off desires draw near to him from afar.

  5. يَسوس بِحَزْمٍ أَمْرَه كُلَّ أَمْرِهِ

    وَلاَ يَنْثَنِي جَوْراً عَنِ الْخُطَّةِ الْقَصْدِ

    He governs his affairs—all his affairs—with resolve,

    And never swerves unjustly from the upright course.

  6. فَيَا ابْنَ أَبِي الإِحْسَانِ أَشْرَفَ منْتَمىً

    وَيَا أَسْبَقَ الْفِتْيَانِ فِي حَلْبَةِ الْكَدِّ

    O son of Abu al-Ihsan, of noblest descent,

    And O foremost of young men in the arena of toil,

  7. وَيَا كَوْكباً أَمْسَى بِآيَةِ وَجْدِهِ

    قَرِينَ الثُّرَيَّا بورِكَتْ آيَةُ الْوَجْدِ

    And O star who, through the sign of his love, has become

    The Pleiades' consort—blessed be the sign of love!

  8. أَبوكَ بَنَى صَرحاً عَلاَ فَاقْتَفَيْتَهُ

    وَأَعْلَيْتَ مَا تَبْنِي عَلَى الْعَلَمِ الْفَرْدِ

    Your father built a palace that rose high; you followed him,

    And raised what you build above the peerless peak.

  9. لِسَمْعَانَ فِي كُلِّ الْقُلُوبِ مَكَانَةٌ

    بِهَا حَلَّ فِي أَوْجِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَالمَجْدِ

    Sam'an holds a place in every heart,

    Through which he has attained the zenith of honor and glory.

  10. وَنَاهِيكَ بِالشَّهْمِ الَّذِي يَبْلُغُ السُّهَى

    وَلَيْسَ بِذِي نِدٍّ وَلَيْسَ بِذِي ضِدِّ

    And what a noble man he is, who reaches Suha,

    And has no peer, and has no foe.

  11. خَبِيرٌ بِتَصْرِيفِ الْحَيَاةِ وَأَهلِهَا

    بَصِيرٌ بِتَحْقِيقِ للْبَعِيدِ مِنَ الْقَصْدِ

    Skilled in managing life and its people,

    Keen at bringing far-off goals to fulfillment.

  12. كَبِيرٌ بِمَسْعَاه كَبِيرٌ بِحَظِّهِ

    وَلاَ فَوْزَ إِلاَّ نَصْرُكَ الْجَدَّ بِالْجِدِّ

    Great in his striving, great in his fortune,

    And success comes only when you aid fortune with diligence.

  13. مُعَمِّرُ أَحْيَاءِ الْفَضَائِلِ وَالنُّهى

    بِنَسْلٍ مِنَ الآْلاءِ لِيْسَ بِذِي عَدِّ

    He peoples the quarters of virtue and wisdom

    With a progeny of blessings beyond all count.

  14. بَنُوهُ فُروعٌ زَاكِيَاتٌ كَأَصلِهَا

    وَهَلْ عَذَبَاتُ الرَّنْدِ إِلاَّ مِنَ الرَّنْدِ

    His sons are flourishing branches, like their root;

    And do laurel shoots spring from anything but laurel?

  15. بِهِمْ كُلُّ مَأْمولٍ بِهِمْ كُلُّ متَّقىً

    فَلِلصَّحبِ مَا يُرْضِي وَلِلْخَصْمِ مَا يُرْدي

    In them is all that is hoped for; in them, all that is feared:

    For friends, what delights; for the foe, what destroys.

  16. رَعَى الله أُمّاً أَنْجَبْتْهمْ وَثَقَّفتْ

    خَلاَئِقَهمْ لَمْ تَأْلُ يَوْماً عَنِ الْجُهْدِ

    May God guard the mother who bore them and refined

    Their characters, never slackening in her effort for a day.

  17. هِيَ الزَّوْجُ أُوْفَى مَا تَكُونُ لِزَوْجِهَا

    هِيَ الأُمُّ أَحْنَى مَا تَكُونُ عَلَى الْوُلْدِ

    She is a wife as faithful as can be to her husband;

    She is a mother as tender as can be toward her children.

  18. هِيَ الْقُدْوَةُ الْمثْلَى لِكُلِّ عَفِيفَةٍ

    بِأُنْسٍ لَهُ حَدُّ وَتَقْوَى بِلاَ حَدِّ

    She is the ideal example for every chaste woman,

    With sociability kept within bounds, and piety without bounds.

  19. بِقَلْبِيَ أَدْعْو أَنْ يَتِمَّ شِفَاؤُهَا

    وَذلِكَ فَضْلٌ لِسْتٌ أَدْعو بِهِ وَحْدِي

    With my heart I pray that her recovery be complete;

    And this is a blessing for which I do not pray alone.

  20. فَتَكْمُلَ أَفْرَاحُ الْبَنِينَ بِعَهْدِهَا

    وَتَبْقَى بِهَا الأَفْرَاح مَوْصولَةَ الْعَهْد

    So that her sons' joys may be complete in her lifetime,

    And through her may their joys endure unbroken.

  21. أَلاَ أَيُّها الصَّرْحُ الَّذِي ضَاقَ رَحْبُهُ

    بِحَشْدٍ وَأَكْرِمْ بِالأَعِزَّاءِ مِنْ حَشْدِ

    O palace, whose spacious halls grew narrow

    With a throng—how noble a gathering of honored guests!

  22. أَقَرَّتْ عُيُونَ الْجَاهِ فِيكَ لُيَيْلَة

    مُطَرَّدَةُ الأَشْجَانِ مَوْمُوقَةُ السُّهدِ

    One little night within you gladdened the eyes of the eminent,

    Its sorrows banished, its wakefulness cherished.

  23. رَأَى الْعِلْيَةُ الرَّاقُونَ فَضْلَ نِظَامِهَا

    فَرَاعَتْهُمُ رَوْعَ الْفَرِيدَةَ فِي العِقْدِ

    The exalted elite saw the excellence of its arrangement,

    And it awed them like the matchless jewel in a necklace.

  24. إِذَا فَاتَتِ العَافِينَ آيَةُ حُسْنِهَا

    فَمَا فَاتَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأُوا سُورَةَ الْحَمْدِ

    If those seeking bounty missed the wonder of its beauty,

    They did not miss reciting the Chapter of Praise.

  25. تَدَفَّقتِ الأَنْوَارُ مِنْهَا عَلَى الدُّجَى

    زَوَاهِرَ فِيهَا الْبُرْءُ لِلأَعْيُنِ الرُّمْدِ

    Lights poured from it over the darkness,

    Radiant, with healing for inflamed eyes.

  26. وَفِي دَاخِلٍ رَوْضٌ يُغَازِلُ بِالحِلَى

    وَفِي خَارِجٍ رَوْضٌ يُرَاسِلُ بِالنَّدِّ

    And within is a garden that flirts with adornments,

    And without is a garden that sends messages in perfume.

  27. وَقَدْ أَنْشَدَ الْوَرْدُ الْعَرُوسَيْنِ دَاعِياً

    دُعَاءَ مُجَابِ الصَّمْتِ فِي مَسْمَعِ الخُلْدِ

    And the roses have sung to the bridal pair, praying

    The prayer of one whose silence is answered in eternity's ear:

  28. بِأَنْ يَعْمُرَا عُمْراً مَدِيداً وَيَنْعَمَا

    نَعِيماً جَدِيداً دَائم الْعَوْدِ كَالْوَرْدِ

    That they may live a long life and enjoy

    Fresh bliss, ever returning like the roses.