الحمد للَه قد عمت مبرته

وبددت عزمات الجور قدرته

Praise be to Allah, His mercy has spread

And the tyrants' power has vanished

وجمل الدين والدنيا بمقتدرٍ

تكلفت بدوام العدل همته

He has improved religion and life through an Able One

Who has devoted himself to establishing justice

برٌّ عفيفٌ حليمٌ قادرٌ سطعت

في الكون مثل سطوع الشمس حكمته

A virtuous, chaste, forbearing, capable one, whose wisdom

Shone throughout the universe like the sun's rays

حي اللثام تقٍ يهواه كل نقٍ

يشناه كل شقٍّ داجت سريرته

The shameful cover was lifted by a pure one who loves him

And every crooked one who hates him was bent

جاء الشآم وكان الغيث يهجرها

ففاض حتى غدت كالبحر ديمته

He came to Syria when it was deprived of rain

So it overflowed until it became like the sea in its abundance

أبان فاجرها واختار خيرها

لا زال ناصرها فالعدل شيمته

He singled out its transgressors and chose its best

He still supports it, for justice is his trait

يا خير من زهت الدنيا بطلعته

وخير من مدحت بالفضل سيرته

O the best one whose appearance beautified the world

And the best one whose merits made his conduct praised

ما أصلح اللَه في الدنيا لنا عملاً

إلا وعاملك المرهوب علته

Every good deed done in the world by us

Is through your awe-inspiring agent taking charge of it

فاسلم وسدوابق وارق الفضل منتسبٌ

إليك يا من لأهل البيت نسبته

So submit, excel, and rise above in merit, you who trace

Your lineage to him, O member of the Prophet's family

لم ندر لما دخلت الشام منشرحاً

ونور وجهك فوق الشمس ندوته

We did not know, when you entered Syria delighted,

Whether your radiant face outshone the sun in its rising

أأشرقت في الدجى شمت مؤرخةٌ

أم أشرق الملك لما جاء مدحته

Or did a historian's sun rise recording your praise

Or did the kingdom shine when you came, lauded