1. بُشراكَ أَفصحَ غايةَ الإِفصاحِ

    طَيرُ البَشائِرِ خافقاً بجناحِ

    Your glad news was proclaimed with utmost eloquence

    by the bird of glad tidings, fluttering its wing.

  2. وَالكَونُ يَرقُصُ بِالسّرورِ موشّحاً

    رَقصَ العَروسِ بِحلَّةٍ وَوِشاحِ

    And the universe dances for joy, adorned,

    like a bride dancing in a gown and sash.

  3. وَالبِشرُ أَقبلَ وَالسّعودُ تَوارَدَت

    وَعَلا الهناءُ مَنصّةَ الأفراحِ

    And cheer has come, and good fortunes have arrived in succession,

    and bliss has mounted the dais of rejoicing.

  4. وَأَتى السّرورُ كَأنّه ماءُ الحيا

    ةِ يَسيلُ في الأَجسامِ وَالأرواحِ

    And joy has come, as though it were the water of life,

    flowing through bodies and souls.

  5. وَالأُنسُ يَسقينا سُلاف اليُمنِ مِن

    قِدْحِ الصّفا مِن أَحسَنِ الأَقداحِ

    And fellowship gives us the choicest wine of good fortune from

    the cup of serenity, among the finest cups.

  6. وَالشّرقُ يَنثُرُ كَالنّقودِ كَواكباً

    وَقتَ الغُروبِ إِلى دخولِ صباحِ

    And the east scatters stars like coins

    from sunset until the arrival of morning.

  7. وَالأفقُ أَنور وَهوَ يَرقُص قائِلاً

    حَمداً لِرَبِّ فالِقِ الإِصباحِ

    And the horizon has brightened, dancing as it says:

    “Praise to the Lord, who cleaves open daybreak!”

  8. وَتَمايَلَت بَيروتُ وَهيَ مُنيرةٌ

    وَمُضيئَةٌ في مَقدمِ المِصباحِ

    And Beirut swayed, radiant

    and shining at the arrival of the lamp:

  9. شِبلِ الفتى لَيثِ العَرينِ أَبي العُلى

    بَحرِ الشَّجاعَةِ وَالنّدى المنّاحِ

    the cub of the gallant youth, lion of the lair, father of glory,

    the bountiful ocean of courage and generosity,

  10. رَبِّ المَواضي وَالعَوالي في الوغى

    مِن كلِّ عَضْبٍ قاطعٍ ورِماحِ

    master of keen swords and tall lances in battle,

    of every sharp, cutting sword and spear;

  11. طَلْقِ المُحيّا ذي الوَسامَةِ والبَها

    زاهي الجَبينِ الأَزهَرِ الوضّاحِ

    of cheerful countenance, possessed of beauty and splendor,

    with a radiant brow, bright and shining;

  12. رَبِّ المَعالي دونها فَلك السُّهى

    بِالعِزِّ فَوقَ سِماكِهِ الرمّاحِ

    master of lofty honors, beneath which lies Suha’s sphere,

    in glory above its Simak the Lance-bearer;

  13. رَبِّ السّعادَةِ في أَجَلِّ سِيادَةٍ

    في حُسنِ حظٍّ مُتحَفٍ بِفَلاحِ

    lord of happiness in the most exalted rank,

    amid good fortune, graced with success.

  14. إِنّي أُهنّئه وَثَغري باسمٌ

    بِقُدومِهِ الدّاعي إِلى الأفراحِ

    Indeed, I congratulate him, my lips smiling,

    on his arrival, which calls forth rejoicing.

  15. وَاللَّه يَحفَظُه وَيَجعَلُ عُمرَهُ

    عُمرَ النّسورِ على تُقىً وَصَلاحِ

    And may God preserve him and make his lifespan

    the lifespan of vultures, in piety and righteousness.

  16. وَاِسلَمْ وَدُمْ في صِحّةٍ وَسَلامَةٍ

    طولَ الزّمانِ بِراحَةِ المُرتاحِ

    And remain safe, and live on in health and safety,

    for all time, in the ease of one at rest;

  17. ما طارَ طَيرٌ ما تَغَنَّى بُلبلٌ

    ما مال غُصنٌ مِن نَسيمِ رِياحِ

    as long as a bird flies, as long as a nightingale sings,

    as long as a branch sways in a breath of wind,

  18. ما لاحَ نَجمٌ ما بَدا فَجرٌ وما

    سارَ سرىً بِغَدوةٍ وراحِ

    as long as a star gleams, as long as dawn appears, and as long as

    journeys are made by night, at morning and at evening;

  19. ما إِن بَدا عَبدُ اللَّطيفِ بِنَظمِهِ

    لَكَ مادِحاً في أَبلَغِ التمداحِ

    as long as Abd al-Latif comes forth with his verse,

    praising you with the most eloquent praise.