1. اليومَ لاحَ لنا في الحيِّ شَمسانِ

    شمسُ النَّهارِ وشمسُ المجدِ والشَّانِ

    Today two suns have shone upon us in the quarter:

    the sun of day, and the sun of glory and eminence.

  2. قد حلَّ في القُطر خُرشيدُ المشيرُ كما

    جَرى على وجهِ أرضٍ ماءُ غُدرانِ

    Field Marshal Khurshid has arrived in the land, just as

    the water of pools flowed over the face of the earth.

  3. قد غابَ عنَّا ربيعٌ أوَّلُ فأَتى

    مِن الوزيرِ ربيعٌ بعدَهُ ثانِ

    The first spring had departed from us, and then came

    from the vizier a second spring after it.

  4. وأخصَبَتْ أرضُنا منهُ فما عَرَفَتْ

    في شهرِ تمُّوزَ أمْ في شهرِ نيسانِ

    Our land grew fertile through him and could not tell

    whether it was the month of July or the month of April.

  5. قد زارَ مدرسةً نالتْ بهِ شَرَفاً

    كأنَّ زَورتَهُ إكليلُ تيجانِ

    He visited a school that gained honor through him,

    as though his visit were a diadem of crowns.

  6. صارت بهِ جَنَّةً أنهارُها عَسَلٌ

    مِن العلومِ وقد حُفَّتْ بولِدانِ

    Through him it became a paradise, its rivers honey

    from learning, and it was encircled by boys.

  7. مَنارةٌ في حِمَى بيروتَ قد سَطَعَتْ

    تُنيرُ ظُلمةَ أبصارٍ وأذهانِ

    A beacon has shone forth in Beirut's domain,

    illuminating the darkness of eyes and minds.

  8. بَهيجةُ الحُسنِ بُستانيَّةٌ نَفَحتْ

    زهراً ففيهِ لها بُستانُ بُستانِ

    Radiant in beauty, Bustani's school has breathed forth

    blossoms; therein it has a garden within a garden.

  9. مقيمةٌ تحتَ ظِلِّ الأمنِ مِن مَلِكٍ

    في المَكرُماتِ يُباهي كلَّ سُلطانِ

    Abiding beneath the shade of security from a king

    who vies with every sultan in noble deeds,

  10. من آلِ عُثمانَ أبقَى اللهُ دولتَهمْ

    ما دامتِ النَّاسُ تتلو صُحْفَ عُثمانِ

    of the House of Uthman—may God preserve their rule

    as long as people recite the pages of Uthman.