يا أَيّها الشّهم الوليّ النعمِ
يا حَسَن الخُلْقِ الحَميد الشّيمِ
O noble, generous, kind one
O finest of manners, praiseworthy traits
يا حاتمَ الجودِ وَمَعنَ الكَرمِ
يا أَحنفَ الحلمِ العليِّ الهممِ
O sea of generosity and spring of nobility
O most clement, lofty, ambitious one
يا ذا الهِزَبر الضّيغَم الضّرغامُ
وَالبطَل الصّنديد وَالصمصامُ
O possessor of awe and might—strong and fierce
O valiant, intrepid, mighty lion
يا أَيّها الدّستورُ وَالجَسورُ
وَالأَسد المهيب والوقورُ
O guide and daring one
O formidable, dignified lion
وَيا أفَندِم وَكَذا سُلطانمْ
ربّ العُلى وَالمجدِ والمكارِمِ
My master and sultan
Lord of supremacy, glory and nobility
أَيَّدكَ اللَّهُ بِروحِ القُدُسِ
وَحلّةَ القَبولِ مِنهُ تكتسي
May God aid you with the Holy Spirit
And clothe you in the robe of acceptance
وَلَم يَزَل لَكَ الزّمانُ حامِياً
وَحافِظاً وَواقِياً وَراعِيا
May time ever protect you
As guardian, preserver, and caretaker
وَغب تَقبيلي بِفي التّعظيمِ
وَمَبسم التّبجيلِ وَالتفخيمِ
Please accept my kissing of your hem
In utmost veneration and esteem
أَذيالُكَ الطّاهرةُ الشّريفه
وَلَثمُنا أَعتابَكَ المُنيفه
The train of your pure, noble dress
As I press my lips upon your blessed threshold
وَبَسطِيَ الأكفَّ بِالضّراعه
مُستَشفِعاً بِصاحِبِ الشّفاعه
I stretch out my palms beseechingly
Appealing to the intercessor
بِأَنّ مَولانا يُطيلُ عُمركا
وَفي الدُّنى يُبقي بِخير ذِكركا
That our Lord may lengthen your life
And in this world perpetuate your good memory
يَحبوكَ بِالنّصرِ وَبِالتّأييدِ
مُتمّم الإِسعافِ بِالسّعودِ
He loves you, grants you victory and support
Perfecting succor with good fortune
وَأبَّد اللَّه تَعالى دَولَتكْ
وَخَلَّدَ اللَّه تَعالى صَولَتَك
May God make your state everlasting
And render your authority eternal
يَجعَلُها وَريفَة الظِّلالِ
حَسنةَ الأَيّامِ وَالليالي
Making it a sheltering shade
Of beautiful days and nights
يَمدّ عَدلَها على الأنامِ
بِراحَةِ الأَرواحِ والأجسامِ
Extending its justice over mankind
With ease of souls and bodies
يَعرض عَبدك الّذي وَرثته
عَن وارِثِ العَلياءِ مَنْ خَلَفْتَه
Your servant whom you have inherited
From the predecessor of the exalted whom you succeeded
والِدكَ المَبرور وَالمَرحوم
مَنِ اِحتَوتهُ جنّةُ النّعيم
Your departed, blessed father
Whom the Garden of Bliss embraces
عَلِيٌّ الشَّهم رَفيعُ الشأنِ
سَقاهُ رَبّي وابِل الرّضوان
The noble and lofty ‘Ali
Quenched by my Lord with the wine of approval
أَنّي قَد شَرفت لَمّا وَفَدا
مَرسومُكَ العالي لَكَ الروحُ فِدا
Has had the honor, when there arrived
Your supreme decree—my soul is sacrificed for you—
قابَلتُهُ بِالحَمدِ وَالتّفخيمِ
تَأدِيَةً لِحَقِّه الفَخيمِ
To receive it with praise and veneration
In fulfilment of its sublime due
مَنطوقُهُ السّامي الشّريفِ أَعرَبا
أَطيبَ إِعراب حَلا وَأَعذَبا
Its noble, august text expressed
The sweetest, most fragrant speech
أَنّ سَخِيّ أَبحرِ المَراحمِ
وَأَنّ جودَ أَعينِ المَكارمِ
That the generous sea of mercy
And spring of the generous eye’s nobility
فاضَت نَدى بِوابِلِ الإِنعامِ
وَهاطِلِ الإِحسانِ والإِكرامِ
Poured down showers of grace
And torrents of beneficence, generosity and honor
عَلى عُبَيْدِكَ الرّقيقِ الحرِّ
مَنْ ودُّه يوصَفُ بِالأَبرِّ
Upon your humble loving servants—
Those whose affection is described as righteous
فَيا لَهُ في الدّهرِ مِن إِحسانِ
مُستَوجِبٍ لِلحَمدِ وَالشّكرانِ
What grace it shows through time
Deserving of thanks and gratitude
والى عَلَيك اللَّهُ ربِّي كَرَمَهْ
وَواصَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَيكَ نِعَمَه
May God increase His bounty upon you
And perpetuate His blessings upon you
وَلا بَرِحتَ مَنهَلَ السّخاءِ
وَديمَةَ الإِحسانِ وَالعَطاءِ
You remain at the basin of generosity
And constancy of beneficence and giving
وَقَد قَبضت تِلكُمُ العطيّهْ
وَالمِنحةَ الفَخيمةَ السنِيَّهْ
I have received that splendid
Magnificent, generous gift
مِن مُتسلّمٍ بِبَيروتَ الّتي
بِنِسبَةٍ إِلى عُلاكَ جَلَّتِ
From the envoy in Beirut which
Through its connection to you has been ennobled
وَأَكبَر الإِنعامِ عِندَ العَبدِ
عبدِك يا خِدنَ العُلى وَالمَجدِ
And most significant to a servant
Is the occurrence in the noble and momentous mind
خُطورَهُ في الخاطِرِ الشّريفِ
وَفي الخَيالِ العاطِفِ المنيفِ
And the sympathetic, gentle imagination
While ceaselessly praying to the Master of the Flag
وَهوَ لَكُم بالَغَ في الدّعاءِ
مُستَشفِعاً بِصاحِبِ اللّواءِ
Muhammad, master of God’s messengers
And His repenting, devoted servant
مُحَمّد سيّد رُسلِ اللَّهِ
وَعَبده المُنيب وَالأوّاهِ
I hope that He will favor with acceptance
For that is the utmost of what I aspire
أَرجوهُ أَن يَمُنَّ بِالقَبولِ
فَذاكَ مِنهُ غايَةُ المَأمولِ
And this—which the servant has persisted in
Presenting to you foremost—
وَذا الّذي مِن عَبدكم قَد لَزِما
إِبداؤُهُ عرضاً لَكُم مُقدّمَا
He thus presents at your blessed threshold
And likewise to the noble hearing:
يعرضُ في أَعتابكَ المنيفَهْ
كَذا عَلى المَسامِعِ الشّريفهْ
In this the servant hopes that the occurrence
In the noble and fateful mind
هَذا ويَرجو العَبد لِلخطورِ
في الخاطِرِ الشّريفِ وَالخطيرِ
May have your glance include him
For that is the ultimate that he aspires;
وَأَن يَكونَ لَحظكم يَشملُهُ
فَإِنَّ ذا أَقصى الّذي يَأملهُ
And I desire from the Creator of existence
The eternity of your lofty state,
وَأَرتَجي مِن خالِق البريَّهْ
تَأبيدَهُ دَولَتك العَلِيَّه
Enveloped in utmost order
And utmost system and organization,
مَحفوفَةً بِغايَةِ الإِحكامِ
وَغايَةِ النّظامِ بِاِنتِظامِ
Lengthening your life with guidance
Along the straightest path
مُطوّلاً عُمرَكَ بِالتّوفيقِ
يسلكُ فيكَ أَقوَمَ الطّريقِ
By the status of the best of creation
He who brought us guidance and truth
بِجاهِ أَفضلِ الوَرى وَالخَلقِ
مَن قَد أَتانا بِالهُدى وَالحقِّ
Muhammad His most venerated messenger
And chosen one, most supreme
مُحمّد رَسولهُ المُعظّمِ
وَمُصطَفاهُ المُجتبى المُفخَّمِ
His prayers upon him and peace
Lasting as long as night and day
صَلاتُه عَليهِ وَالسّلامُ
ما دامَتِ اللّيالي وَالأيّامُ
And his noble, virtuous Household
And his pious, righteous Companions
وَآلِهِ الأماجِدِ الأَخيارِ
وَصَحبِهِ الأَكارِمِ الأَبرارِ
As long as a branch sways, a pigeon moans,
Lightning flashes, clouds loom,
ما اِهتَزَّ غُصنٌ ما شَدا الحمامُ
ما لاحَ بَرقُ ما هَمى الغَمامُ
As the opening from his Almighty Creator
Which he hopes will grace this minister with victory and triumph,
ما الفَتحُ مِن خالِقِهِ القديرِ
يَرجوهُ فَضلاً نَصرَ ذا الوزيرِ
Grant him manifest victory and conquest,
And protect him from every fear and danger,
وَمَنحهُ الفَتحَ المُبينَ وَالظّفرْ
وَحِفظَهُ مِن كلِّ هولٍ وَخَطَرْ
Vanquishing his enemies in every age
Cloaking them in the garb of afflictions and ordeals,
وَقَهرَهُ الأَعداءَ في كلِّ زَمَنْ
يلبِسُهم ثَوبَ البَلايا وَالمِحَنْ
While he enjoys in life an easy livelihood
And goodness, always in a good state;
مُنَعَّماً في الدّهرِ بِالعيشِ الهَني
وَطيبِهِ دَوماً وحالٍ حسنِ
And praise belongs to God, ever
From the beginning to the ending of the world.
وَالحَمدُ للَّهِ مَعَ الدّوامِ
مِن مَبدَأ الدُّنيا إِلى الختامِ
