1. هُنِّئتِ يا دارَ السَعادةِ واعتلَن

    برِحابكِ المجدُ الخطيرُ مَدَى الزَمَن

    Congratulations, O house of happiness! There has appeared

    Within your courts exalted glory for all time.

  2. أَي جَنَّةَ الفِردَوسِ دامَ لكِ الغِنَى

    ما غنَّت الوَرقاءُ في الروض الأَغَن

    O garden of Paradise, may prosperity remain yours

    As long as the gray dove sings in the melodious garden.

  3. واسمي بإِسمعيلَ بانيكِ الذي

    قد قلَّدَ الاعناقَ اطواقَ المِنَن

    And rise high through Ismail, your builder, who

    Has indeed adorned necks with collars of beneficence.

  4. نسل الأماجدِ ذي الإِمارة مَن سَما

    بَعَلائهِ وذَكائِهِ اعلى القُنَن

    Scion of noble men, holder of princely authority, who soared

    Through his eminence and intelligence above the highest peaks.

  5. ما انت الَّا بدرُ افقٍ حولهُ

    شُهبُ البنينَ تُنيرُ في ظُلَم الدُجَن

    You are but a full moon on the horizon, around which

    The sons, like shooting stars, shine amid the gloom of dark clouds.

  6. حيٌّ لحيّ الذكر حيّ مورخاً

    دُم بيتَ اسمعيل فردوسَ عَدَن

    A clan for one of lasting renown—hail it, recording the date:

    Endure, O house of Ismail, as a paradise of Eden.