بشهاب مجدك يا ابن أشرف من سما

زهت العلى وعلت على شهب السما

With your glorious tail, O son of the most noble of stars

You have adorned the heights and risen above the tails of stars

واستبشرت حوران لما شاهدت

في كل خط من بنانك خضرما

The virgins rejoiced when they saw

Greenery in every line of your structure

فاشفع بشاشتها بنور سياسةٍ

تلد التمدَّن والتقدم توأما

So intercede with her radiance with the light of wise politics

That gives birth to civilization and progress as twins

لترى لمدحت كل يومٍ مدحة

مثل الجمان مرتَّلاً ومنظَّما

So that you may see a eulogy for Madhah every day

Flowing and composed like pearls

فقد اصطفاك لها ولياً وصادقاً

حي اللثام مهذباً ومكرَّما

For He has chosen you as a loyal and honest guardian

Alive, refined and honored

ملأ الحديقة والجنان بنور رو

نقه الزمان فأصبحا كاسيهما

He filled the garden and paradise with the light of Rounaq

Which purified time, so they both put on their finery

وإذا الصحائف باللطائف أمرعت

صارت لإدراك المعارف سلَّما

And when pages were filled with subtleties

They became a ladder to attain knowledge

يا فارس الوقت الذي اتخذ العلا

فرساً وصمصام الفراسة مخذما

O knight of the time who took the heights

As his horse, and the bridle of knighthood as his adornment

سد وابق وارق وزد وته بصنائع

باهت بهن بنو شهاب الأنجما

Block, excel, rise high, increase and excel with industries

The sons of the luminous Shahab have become confused

فليخسأِ الشاني اللئيم محقَّراً

وليسلم المولى الكريم معظَّما

So let the despicable slanderer be disgraced and humiliated

And let the generous Lord be respected and honored