أَدِر لَنا راحَ تِذكارِ الحِمى أَدِر

وَصفَ لَنا اليَومَ مَحلى سَفحِهِ النَضِرِ

Turn the winds of remembrance of fevered zeal, turn

And describe for us the day, the freshness of its verdant slopes

وَاِرمُق سَناوَتُهُ وَاِنظُر سَماوَتُهُ

تَرى دَرارِيِّها تَزدانُ بِالدُرَرِ

And glance at its youth and look to its heavens

You will see its pearls adorned with treasures

تَرى قِبابَ السَنا في الأُفُقِ صاعِدَةً

عَلى أَساطينِ نورِ ناثِرِ الأَكرِ

You see the domes of excellence rising on the horizon

On pillars of diffusing the light of honor

أَنعَمَ بِها لَيلَةَ لُبنانَ تاهَ بِها

وَباتَ يَرفُلُ في ثَوبٍ مِنَ الحِبرِ

It gifted Lebanon a night, wandered therein

And slept wrapped in a garment of ink

جادَ الزَمانُ بِأَهليهِ بِطَلعَتِها

مِن بَعدِ ظَنٍّ بِها في سالِفِ العَصرِ

Time has been generous with its people with its rise

After an era of neglect in days gone by

كَأَنَّما كانَ مُنذُ البَدءِ حامِلُها

حَتّى تَمَخَّضَها ذا اليَومَ عَن كِبرِ

As if it had carried it since the beginning

Until it gave birth to it, this day out of honor

يَزينُ قِبَّتُها نورٌ وَساحَتُها

نَورٌ فَتَزهَرُ بَينَ الزَهرِ وَالزَهرِ

Its dome is adorned by light and its courtyard

Is light, so it blooms amidst flowers and flowers

حَتّى كَأَنَّ ضِياها اِمتَدَّ مُتَّصِلاً

بِيَومِها وَكَأَنَّ الأَرضَ لَم تَدرِ

Until its glow seems to extend, connected

To its day, as if the land did not know

مَشاهِدَ كَمُلَت أَنوارَ زينَتَها

ما بَينَ مُنتَظِمٌ مِنها وَمُنتَثِرِ

Its sights, completed the lights of its adornment

Organized therein and scattered about

يَكادُ لُبنانَ أَن يَهتَزَّ مِن طَرَبٍ

وَأَن يَمينسَ بِها يَحويهِ مِن مَدَرِ

Lebanon nearly trembles from joy

And flashes with it, containing its flashes

عِمتَ بِذي البَهجةِ العُليا مَسَرَّتُهُ

جَميعَ أَهليهِ مِن بادٍ وَمُحتَضَرِ

Its supreme joy has permeated

All its inhabitants, both far and near

تَأَرَّجَت مِن ثَنا المَولى الوَزيرِ لَنا

أَرجاؤُهُ بِأَريجٍ ضائِعٍ عَطِرِ

It exudes from our guardian minister

Its spaces with a wandering, fragrant scent

هُوَ الوَزيرُ الَّذي ما شِئتَ مِن وَزرِ

مِنهُ عَلى دَهرِنا أَلفَيتَ مِن وَزرِ

He is the minister, whatever ministry you wish for

You will find in his time a thousand ministries

أَقسَمَت مادامَ مِنهُ الخَيرُ مُنصَرِفاً

إِلى العِبادِ فَما زِندَ الزَمانِ وَري

I swear for as long as good emanates from him

To the people, time has lost its bitterness

كُنّا نُحاذِرُ دَهراً قَبلَ هِمَّتُهُ

فَالآنَ نَحنُ وَما نَبقى عَلى حَذَرِ

We used to be wary of time before his resolve

And now we and those remaining are without caution

يَرتَدُّ عَن مَجدِهِ الوَضّاحُ مُنكَسِراً

طَرفٌ عَنِ الشَمسِ أَضحى غَيرَ مُنكَسِرِ

Dazzled, he who seeks his glory turns back broken

An eye averted from the sun remains unbroken

بَدرٌ يُنيرُ عَلى الأَقطارِ قاطِبَةً

بَحرٌ سِواهُ جَميعُ الناسِ كَالغَدرِ

A moon that illuminates the lands entirely

An ocean, while all people are like treason

مُهَذَّبٌ تَبخَعُ الجَلى لِحِكمَتِهِ

يَرى وَيَمضي مَضاءَ الصارِمِ الذَكَرِ

Refined, thinkers stand dumbfounded by his wisdom

Seeing and blazing a trail, remembering strongly

مُؤَيَّدَ سَنَةِ العَدلِ الَّتي شَرَفَت

وَرافِعَ رايَةِ الإِرشادِ في البِشرِ

Supporter of the path of justice which has been ennobled

And bearer of the banner of guidance among mankind

طافَت بِكَعبَتِهِ الآمالَ وَاِعتَمَرَت

وَلَيسَ إِلّا البَنانَ الرَطبَ مِن حِجرِ

Hopes have circled his holy site and prayed

And nothing but fresh dates from stones

إِلى مَكارِمِهِ الآنامَ وارِدَةٌ

تَترى وَلَكِنَّهُ وَرَدَ بِلا صَدرِ

To his noble qualities people now flock

Crowding, yet he comes without chest-beating

باتَت تَحدُثُ عَن مَعنى سَماحَتِهِ

وَعَدلٌُ أَحكامِهِ الغَرّاءِ عَن عُمرِ

They remain discussing the meaning of his generosity

And the justice of his noble rulings across ages

أَبدى فَأَيَّدَ أَيدي المَكرُماتِ بِنا

جوداً كَما كَفَّ كَفَّ الرَزءُ وَالغَيرِ

He initiated and supported our hands

With generosity, just as hardship and destitution were relieved

أَينَ الرُزيئَةَ تَجتاحُ العِبادَ فَقَد

رَمى بَها بَينَ سَمعِ الأَرضِ وَالبَصَرِ

Where is hardship to sweep people away, for he has

Cast it between the hearing of the earth and the seeing

لَهُ بِكُلِّ مَكانٍ كُلَّ مَأثَرَةٍ

غَراءَ مَعلومَةِ الأَحجالِ وَالغُرَرِ

In every place, he has every glorious deed

Known for its burdens and its treasures

إِذا أَفاضَ عَلى العافي مَواهِبُهُ

أزرى بِغَيثٍ مِنَ الوَطفاءَ مُنهَمِرُ

When he bestows on the needy his gifts

I see a pouring rain from the cloudburst

وَإِن سَطا بِطِعانِ مِلءٍ مِن يَدِهِ

قَرى الوَشيجُ وَغَربَ الصَيلَمِ البَترِ

And if his hands extend with plentiful provision

The miserable are satiated and the destitute recover

يا مَن لِتَأييدِ عَلياهُ وَسُلطَتُهُ

تَدعو الرَعِيَّةَ في الآصالِ وَالبِكرِ

Oh you whose support of the authorities and power

Have the people pray in the night and at dawn

بِكَ اِنقَضَت غُصَّةَ الأَيّامِ وَاِنكَشَفَت

صُروفُها بِالزَمانِ الأَخضَرِ النَضِرِ

Through you the sorrows of the days have vanished

And their turns in time turn fresh and flourishing

لَكَ الأَيادي عَلى لُبنانَ تُرسِلُها

سُحُباً عَلى رائِحٍ فيها وَمُبتَكَرِ

For you hands over Lebanon extend

Clouds with a fragrance, some familiar, some novel

لَكُم رَأَيتُ لَهُ صَدعاً وَكَم شَعثٍ

لَمَمَت فيهِ وَكَم قومَت مِن صَعرِ

For you I have seen it cracked and how much disheveled

I have touched there and how much ruggedness from baldness

سَقَيتُهُ الغَيثُ مِن رَغَدٍ وَمِن دِعَةٍ

كَذاكَ يَسقي جَديبَ الأَرضِ بِالمَطَرِ

The rain has watered it with luxury and tranquility

Just as it waters the barren earth with rain

فَعادَ بَعدَ ذَوِيٍّ عَيشُهُ نَضراً

وَشَبَّ بَعدَ وُضوحِ الشَيبِ في الشِعرِ

So after decline its livelihood turned verdant

And aged after the clarity of white in the hair

ما إِن تَرى ماسَ بَينَ الناسِ غُصنٌ هُنا

إِلّا وَلُبنانَ أَمسى خَيرَ مُهتَصِرِ

You do not see a branch touch the people anywhere

Except Lebanon is best at recovery

مالي أَعدُد ما واصَيتُ مِن نِعَمٍ

عَلى حِماكَ وَما شُيِّدَت مِن أَثَرِ

Why should I recount the blessings I noted

Upon your protectorate and the monuments built

فَمِثلُ فَضلِكَ بَحراً لَيسَ يَحصُرُهُ

لِسانٌ مِثلي في ذا العَيِّ وَالحَصَرِ

For the like of your favor is an ocean that

A tongue like mine cannot quantify in this limitation

فَاِهنَأ بِسَعدِ هَداءٍ لا تَزالُ بِهِ

مُقارِنُ العِزَّ وَالنُعمى مَدى العُمرِ

So congratulations on the good fortune that

Will always accompany honor and bounty all your life

تَزهو لَنا اليَومَ في تاريخِهِ جُمَلٌ

فَقُل تَجَلّى قَرانَ الشَمسِ وَالقَمَرِ

It sparkles for us today in its date

So say the sun and moon have come together