تحرير سوريةٍ على يد أَللنَبِي

في الشرق رنّ الى اقاصي المغرب

The liberation of Syria by the hand of the Prophet

In the East it rang out to the farthest reaches of the West

فتحٌ تغنَّتهُ ملئكةُ السما

وتنصتت لصداهُ أذن الكوكبِ

A conquest whose angels sang praises

And the ear of the planet listened attentively to its reverberations

فتحٌ يطاولُ أكبر النصرات في ال

هيجا ويزحَمُ مجدها بالمنكبِ

A conquest that competes with the greatest victories

Majestic, its glory crowding at the shoulders

فالقدسُ تُمليِه على ما حولها

ودمشقُ ترقمهُ بحرفٍ مُذهب

Jerusalem inspires it around what surrounds it

And Damascus numbers it with gilded script

ويشعُّهُ لبنانُ في أرجائه

نوراً يلاشي منهُ إِثر الغيهَبِ

Its light radiated by Lebanon in its environs

Vanquishing all traces of the disappearing dusk

وتذيعهُ دراُ الصفاءِ بشارةً

تُجري لها الشبهاءُ أفخم موكب

And the House of Purity spreads it as good tidings

For which the Pleiades arrange the most splendid procession

بشراكِ سوريةُ العزيزة فافرحي

وتهللي بخلاص شعبكِ واطربي

Rejoice, O beloved Syria, and be jubilant

At the deliverance of your people and be joyous

فاللهُ سؤلكِ قد أجابَ فبالغي

ما شئتِ في حمدِ الإِله وأطنبي

For God has answered your request so express

As much as you wish in praise of God, and elaborate

فلقد أنالكِ ما طلبتِ وانهُ

من كل وجهٍ كان أصعب مطلبِ

You have attained what you sought, which was

From every aspect the most difficult request

وعلى الأُلى نجَّوكِ آياتِ الثنا

صوغي وعن قدر الصنيعة أعربي

The Almighty saved you, fashioned by the verses of praise

And explain the quality of this favor

إني لمنقذكِ العظيم لشاكرٌ

وبنصره هذا لأَكبرُ مُعجبِ

I am, for your great Savior, grateful

And for this victory of His, most admiring

ولقارئي شعري المؤرَّخَ واصفٌ

تحرير سوريةٍ على يدِ اللنبِي

And let my poetry's reader, the chronicler, describe

The liberation of Syria by the hand of the Prophet

طارت شرارتها من البلقانِ

وذَكت فعمَّت سائر البلدانِ

Its sparks flew from the Balkans

And ignited, then pervaded all the countries

وقد انتهت منهُ كما ابتدأت به

فشبوبها وخمودها سيَّانِ

And it ended with them just as it had begun

Whether its youth or its quiescence, the two are equal

لولا تصدِّي الترك لأنطفأت على

عجلٍ ولم تشتدَّ في الثورانِ

Had it not been for the Turks' opposition, it would have

Quickly extinguished, and not ignited in the uprising

لكنها بدخولهم بلغت مَدى

خمسين شهراً فوقها شهرانِ

But with their entry it reached the extent of fifty months

With two months above it

منعوا به عن روسيا الحلفا ولم

يَكُ صرف هذا المنع في الامكانِ

They prevented the alliance with Russia, and it was not

Possible to avert this prevention

وجَرت على آثارهم بلغاريا

منضمةً معهم الى الالمان

And Bulgaria followed in their footsteps

Joining with them and with the Germans

ولنصرة الحلفا انبرت رومانيا

وتأهبت للكرّ في الميدانِ

And Romania mobilized for the attack in the battlefield

To support the alliance

لكنها ما أبطأت ان أحجمت

عنهُ تجرّ ذلاذل الخذلانِ

But it did not delay in recoiling

Dragging the disgrace of desertion

واستأثر الالمانُ بالبلقانِ لم

يستنجِ من يدهم سوى اليونانِ

And the Germans monopolized the Balkans, no one was saved

From their hands except Greece

في الظّاهر التزموا الحياد وميلهم

سرًّا الى الالمان في رجحانِ

Seemingly, they maintained neutrality, and their inclination

Secretly was towards the Germans, weighing down

ولو انهم منحوا الخيارَ لجاهروا

في الانضمام لهم بغير توانِ

And if they had been given the choice, they would have declared

Their joining them without hesitation

لكنهم وبلادهم في قبضة ال

حلُفا استخاروا خطة الكتمانِ

But they and their country were in the grip of the alliance

They devised the plan of secrecy

وجروا عليها منذ شهرِ الحرب لم

يألوا ولا كفُّوا عن الروغانِ

And since the month of the war began they did not

Cease or desist from scheming

يترسمَّون خطى المليكِ كأنما

في الارض قسطنطينُ ربٌّ ثانِ

Tracing the steps of the King as if

Constantine in the land was a second Lord

فجنى عليهم أن طحا بقلوبهم

ميلاً الى غليومَ اكبرِ جانِ

So he sowed in their hearts an inclination

Towards William, greatest of tyrants

والناسُ في الدنيا كما قالوا على

دين المليكِ ومذهب السلطانِ

And people in the world are, as they said, of the

Religion of the King and creed of the Sultan

باشارة أبن حميهِ طاح بشعبهِ

في مقفراتِ الغيِّ والزَّيغانِ

By indication of the son of his in-law, he deceived his people

Into the wastes of misguidance and deviation

ونسوا يدَ الحلفا على اليونان وال

إنسانُ مطبوع على النسيانِ

And they forgot the hand of the alliance over Greece

Man is imprinted with forgetfulness

لولا وزيرهم الحكيم لأَوغلوا

في الكفر والانكار للإِحسانِ

Were it not for their wise minister, they would have delved

Into unbelief and denial of benevolence

فنزيلس الرجل الذي لبلاده

هو شائدٌ صرح العلاءِ وبان

Venizelos, the man who for his country

Is the buttress of the edifice of excellence and clarity

كم واحد في الناس يسوَى امة

كم امةٍ لم تسوَ من انسانِ

How many equals a nation in the people

How many a nation no human equals

وكفى بني اليونان فخراً انه

من شعبهم فنزيلس اليوناني

And it suffices the Greeks pride that

From their people is Venizelos the Greek

متفردٌ بنزاهةٍ وعزيمةٍ

ذكراهما موضوع كلِّ لسانِ

Unique in his integrity and resolve

Whose mention is the subject of every tongue

وبحبه لبلاده شَغِفٌ ولل

حلفاءِ في اخلاصهِ متفانِ

And in his love for his country intense fervor

And in his loyalty to the allies utter devotion

لو ان قسطنطين راعى عهده

للسربِ يوم كريهة وطعانِ

Had Constantine kept his pact

To the entente on the day of disaster and piercing

لم ينشب البلغار مخلب غدرهم

فيها ولم تصلَ لظى العدوانِ

The Bulgars would not have sunk the claw of their betrayal

Into it, nor reached the flames of aggression

لكنه عنها تخلَّف وهي في

برحُائها جهد البلاءِ تعانَي

But he fell short of it while it was amidst

Its desolation, suffering the affliction of the ordeal

وبرأي مرشده استخفَّ محذراً

اياهُ شرَّ مغبةِ العصيان

And by the counsel of his guide he took lightly

Warning him of the evil consequence of defiance

وله انبرى في الدردنيل معارضاً

في ما اراد فكان عنه الثاني

And to it he set out in the Dardanelles, opposing

What he intended, so he was second to it

ونهاهُ عما رامَ يومَ غلبلي

فنأى عن الحلفاءِ نصرٌ دانش

And prevented him from what he intended the day of Salonica

So he recoiled from the allies, a victory of Danis

لم يألُ جهداً أن يعرقل كل ما

قصروا عليه السعي في البلقانِ

He did not stop trying to obstruct everything

To which they applied effort in the Balkans

وعلى جنودهم اعتدى اذ دارَه

وَطئوا وظنوا انهم بامانِ

And he assaulted their soldiers when he turned on them

They trod and thought they were safe

حتى أتوهُ بغير ما يؤتى بهِ

أمثاله من صاحبي التيجانِ

Until they did to him what is not done

To the likes of those with crowns

وارتدَّ عنهُ وزيرهُ ولأمرهِ

قد كان حتى الآن اكبر عانِ

And his minister turned away from him, and his command

Had been until now the greatest helper

وبخلعِه صدرَ القرارُ موَقَّعاً

من مجلس الحلفا العظيم الشان

And with his deposition the decree was issued

Signed by the esteemed high alliance council

وأقيلت اليونان عثرتها بهِ

وتبرَّأت من تهمة الشنآنِ

And Greece's stumbling block was removed through him

And it disavowed the accusation of enmity

وجنودها انضمَّت الى الحلفاءِ في

خوضِ الوغى المشبوبةِ النيرانِ

And its soldiers joined the allies in

Stirring the fierce flames of fire

واعتدَّ للحلفاءِ ثَمَّ حجافلٌ

من نخبة البُسلاءِ والشجعانِ

And to the allies then masses came

Of the elite of the brave and bold

ولواعيها دسبري البطل الذي

جلى بحنكته على الاقرانِ

And for its vanguards Dusbury the hero

Who demonstrated over the peers his competence

فسطا وصال على بني النمسا وفي ال

بلغار أثخن أيَّما إثخانِ

He charged and stormed the Austrian house and in the

Bulgars inflicted the most gaping wounds

وعلى جناحيَهم ضراغمُ سريبا

في الكر ينقضُّون كالعقبانِ

And on their flanks the regiments of Serbia

In the attack swooping like eagles

وعلى فلولِ بني فينا وصوفيا

كالأُسد واثبةً على القطعانِ

And upon the remnants of the people of Vienna and Sophia

Like lions pouncing on the flocks

نثروا عقودَ جموعهم فتفرقوا

وتشتتوا في البيد والقيعان

They scattered the necks of their crowds so they dispersed

And scattered into the wilderness and wastelands

فعنت لهم بلغاريا ورجالها

خرُّوا لدى الحلفا الى الاذقانِ

Thus Bulgaria turned against them and its men

Fell before the allies in submission

وتضعضعُ البلغار في المانيا

هال القلوب وطاحَ بالأذهانِ

And the Bulgars wavered in Germany

Terrifying hearts and confusing minds

لم يهوِ هذا الركن من بنيانها

الا تداعت سائر الأركانش

No pillar of its building trembled

Except that the rest of its pillars shook

والترك دانوا واحتذوا بلغاريا

وتقفت النمسا بني عثمانِ

And the Turks acquiesced and emulated Bulgaria

And the Austrians halted between the Ottomans

وتلفتت المانيا فاذا بها

في عزلة المجذوم والجربانِ

And Germany was left isolated, as

The outcast leper

بالامس كانت حولها اعوانهُا

واليومَ قد أمست بلا أعوانش

Yesterday it had its supporters around it

While today it is without supporters

وليوث فوش مثيرةٌ في جيشها ال

تفريق بين الهام والابدانِ

And the beasts of Foch agitating in its army

No distinction between the brave and weak

تحتثّ في تمزيقهم وتذيقهم

هولاً يشيبُ مفارق الولدان

Inciting their tearing apart and making them taste

Horrors that would whiten the cheeks of infants

وعليه لم ترَ عندها بدًّا من ال

تسليم للحلفاءِ والاذعان

And it had no choice with them but

To surrender to the allies and submission

لا يستطيع العقلُ أن يتصور ال

شرَّ الذي جلبت على العمرانِ

The mind cannot conceive the harm

That it brought upon civilization

لكنها لقيت جزا ايغالها

في البغي والعدوان والطغيان

But it met the punishment of its tyranny

And aggression and oppression

فقضت وقد صدق الالى قالوا على ال

باغي تدورُ دوائرُ الحدثانِ

And so it fulfilled, the Almighty spoke true that

Upon the aggressor revolve the cycles of events