بَدر المَعالي في دِمشق شارِقُ
بِأُفقِها أَنوارهُ شَوارقُ
The full moon of glories shining in Damascus
With its horizons, its lights are flaming
الجَهبَذُ الحَبرُ الإِمام اللّوذَعي
فَردُ الزّمانِ الألمعيّ الحاذقُ
The accomplished scholar, the eminent Imam Al Lawza'i
The brilliant, skillful, unmatched one of the age
البارِع الذكيُّ وَالسامي عَلى
أَقرانِهِ بِلا اِمتِرا وَالفائقُ
The perceptive, intelligent, and sublime one
Above his peers without any doubt and surpassing
المُتقنُ الفَذُّ المحقِّقُ الّذي
تَبدو لَدى تَحقيقِهِ الحقائقُ
The adept, exceptional, investigator who
Through his investigation truths become apparent
من أَوضح التّدقيق مِنهُ مُشكلاً
وَبانَ مِن تَدقيقهِ الدّقائقُ
From his very precise investigation he clarifies
What is problematic and through it subtleties become evident
العارِف الفَرد بِلا مثلٍ لَهُ
ما إِن يُجارى لا وَلا يُسابقُ
The uniquely knowledgeable gnostic without peer
Who cannot be competed with or outpaced
قاضي القُضاةِ صادِقٌ في حُكمهِ
وَإِنّما قاضي القُضاةِ صادِقُ
The judge of judges, truthful in his ruling
And indeed the judge of judges is truthful
الأَمجَدُ السّامي الذّرى بسؤددٍ
شِبل العُلى مَن لِلمَعالي لائقُ
The most glorious sublime eminent person of dignity
Worthy of the heights, the noble cub
بَحر النّدى مَولى الجدا حَرب العِدى
نَجم الهُدى ضاءَت بِه المَشارقُ
The sea of glory, protector of high moral standards, enemy of wrongdoing
Star of guidance, by it the horizons shone
مَن صَيتهُ كَالمِسكِ فاحَ عرفهُ
فَالكونُ مِنهُ لا اِرتيابَ عابِقُ
Whose fame is like musk thus it spread his good repute
So the universe undoubtedly perceives him as most fragrant
أَبقاهُ ربّي في رَغيدِ عيشَةٍ
وَوقته صافٍ لَهُ ورائقُ
May my Lord sustain him in comfortable living
And may his time be serene for him and exhilarating
بِطولِ عمرٍ وَبِسَعدٍ دائمٍ
ما الودق يهمى ما يَلوحُ بارقُ
With lengthy age and perpetual prosperity
No distress hopes, no lightning flashes
ما الفَتحُ قالَ مُنشداً في أدبٍ
بَدر المَعالي في دِمشق شارقُ
Al Fatah said with utmost literary style
The full moon of glories shining in Damascus
