الحمدُ لله حَلَّ العُقدةَ الزَّمَنُ

الحمدُ لله حَلَّ العُقدةَ الزَّمَنُ

وقد شَفَى الرأسَ فاستَشفَى بهِ البَدَنُ

وقد شَفَى الرأسَ فاستَشفَى بهِ البَدَنُ

Praise be to God: time has untied the knot,

Time has untied the knot, praise be to God,

and healed the head, through which the body sought its cure.

And the head is healed, so the body recovered.

قد عادَتِ الدَّولةُ الشَّهباءُ من سَفَرٍ

قد عادَتِ الدَّولةُ الشَّهباءُ من سَفَرٍ

غابت بهِ فاشتكى من شوقهِ الوَطنُ

غابت بهِ فاشتكى من شوقهِ الوَطنُ

The radiant state has returned from a journey

The radiant state has returned from a journey,

during which it was away, and the homeland lamented with longing.

It was absent, so the homeland yearned for it.

يا كُورةً في حِمَى لُبنانَ قد سَقَطَتْ

يا كُورةً في حِمَى لُبنانَ قد سَقَطَتْ

من قُبحِ أَحكامِها قد جاءَكِ الحَسَنُ

من قُبحِ أَحكامِها قد جاءَكِ الحَسَنُ

O district under Lebanon's protection, brought low

O sphere fallen in the fever of Lebanon,

by the ugliness of its rulings—the fair one has now come to you.

From the ugliness of its rules, goodness has come to you.

هذا الأميرُ الشِّهابِيُّ الذي يدُهُ

هذا الأميرُ الشِّهابِيُّ الذي يدُهُ

تحمي الدِّيارَ وتُمحَى عندَها الفِتَنُ

تحمي الدِّيارَ وتُمحَى عندَها الفِتَنُ

This is the Shihabi emir, whose hand

This Shihabi prince, whose hand

protects the lands, and in its presence strife is erased.

Protects the homes and eliminates strife.

يُنسِي الحجازَ عليّاً من شَجاعَتهِ

يُنسِي الحجازَ عليّاً من شَجاعَتهِ

ومن عطاياهُ يَنسَى حاتِمَ اليَمَنُ

ومن عطاياهُ يَنسَى حاتِمَ اليَمَنُ

By his courage he makes the Hijaz forget Ali,

His bravery makes him forget Ali in Hejaz,

and through his gifts, Yemen forgets Hatim.

And his gifts make the generous Yemenis forget Hatem.

فليسَ للمالِ قَدْرٌ عندَ راحتهِ

فليسَ للمالِ قَدْرٌ عندَ راحتهِ

ولا الدِّماءُ لها في حربهِ ثَمَنُ

ولا الدِّماءُ لها في حربهِ ثَمَنُ

For wealth has no value in his palm,

Wealth has no value in his comfort,

nor does blood have a price in his warfare.

Nor does blood have a price in his war.

شهمٌ كريمٌ لبيبٌ حاذقٌ نَجِبٌ

شهمٌ كريمٌ لبيبٌ حاذقٌ نَجِبٌ

نَدْبٌ حَصيفٌ أديبٌ حازِمٌ فَطِنُ

نَدْبٌ حَصيفٌ أديبٌ حازِمٌ فَطِنُ

Magnanimous, generous, wise, skilled, noble;

Noble, kind, perceptive, eminent,

valiant, judicious, cultured, resolute, discerning.

Appointed, wise, literary, decisive, and prudent.

لا عيبَ في خَلقِهِ يبدو لناظِرهِ

لا عيبَ في خَلقِهِ يبدو لناظِرهِ

وليسَ في خُلقِهِ شَيْنٌ ولا دَرَنُ

وليسَ في خُلقِهِ شَيْنٌ ولا دَرَنُ

No flaw in his form appears to one who looks at him,

No flaw appears to the one who looks at him,

nor is there blemish or stain in his character.

Nor is there any disgrace or contempt in his manners.

بَشِّرْ شُيوخَ بني العازارِ أنَّ لهم

بَشِّرْ شُيوخَ بني العازارِ أنَّ لهم

كرامةً رُفِعَتْ عنهم بها المِحَنُ

كرامةً رُفِعَتْ عنهم بها المِحَنُ

Give the sheikhs of Bani al-ʿAzar glad tidings that theirs is

Give good news to the elders of the Azar clan

an honor through which their afflictions have been lifted.

That a dignity has been lifted from them, taking away afflictions.

اللَّمْعُ فرعُ الشِّهابِ المُستضاءِ بهِ

اللَّمْعُ فرعُ الشِّهابِ المُستضاءِ بهِ

والفرعُ يَبطُلُ حينَ الأصلُ يَعتلِنُ

والفرعُ يَبطُلُ حينَ الأصلُ يَعتلِنُ

Lamʿ, the gleam, is a branch of Shihab, the meteor by whose light we see;

The shining one is a branch of the Kindled Shihab,

and the branch counts for nothing when the root appears.

And the branch loses strength when the origin becomes diseased.