ما آل بَرْمَك في ذرى بغداد

يومَ الفخار ولا بنو عَبّاد

What has become of Barmak in the land of Baghdad

The day of glory, not the sons of Abbad

يوماً بأوقع في النفوس مفاخراً

مما لكم من سؤددٍ وسَداد

One day it made proud achievements in souls

From what you have of happiness and integrity

وحصافة قرنت بطيب مكاسرٍ

وفصاحة وُصِلَت بطول نجاد

And refinement combined with the scent of musk

And eloquence connected with long descent

حليتمُ جيد الزمان بدوْلةٍ

حلّتْ محلَ الروح في الأجساد

You adorned the neck of time with a state

That took the place of the soul in bodies

جلَّ المُهيْمنُ كم أتاخ لذا الورى

منها جميل عوارف وأيادي

The Almighty, see how much good He has made for this land

Including beautiful morals and hands

إِيهٍ بعيشك يا زمان فلاتِني

أبَداً بنشْر محاسنِ الأمجاد

Alas! In your lifetime, oh time, so delight me

Forever with spreading the glories of achievements

فبهم هم كَرَماً وحسن خلائق

كالروض إِذ تلقاه غب عِهاد

For through them, they are generous and good manners

Like a garden when dawn's brightness touches it

منهم بُدُورٌ للعلا وأهلَّةٌ

وشموسُ أفقِ هدايةٍ ورشاد

Among them are full moons of knowledge and signs

And suns of the horizon of guidance and integrity

فتحوا بقندية معاقلَ أُرْتجبْ

قُدْماً على الأمراء والأجناد

They opened with swords the forts of highlands

Before the princes and armies

وافى لها الصدر الرفيع جنابه

علم الغزاة ومحمد الحُسّاد

And the generous paid it his protection

The scholar of invaders and Muhammad the breaker

بمضارب كانت لدى افنائها

غيل القَنا ومرابض الآساد

With tents that were in the midst of its glory

The abundance of spears and resting places of lions

شهم له من عزمه وثباته

أضعاف ما أُوتيهِ من إِمداد

He had from his determination and firmness

Multiples of what supplies he was given

وله بدين الحق صولةُ ناصح

دَكَّ الغزاةُ بها ذَرَى الأطواد

And for the religion of truth he has the ferocity of an advisor

The invaders were crushed by it on the battlefields

تروي له الأيام طيبَ مفاخر

ومآثر عزت على الأنداد

The days convey to him the good glories

And achievements that triumphed over all foes

وفضائل ملء العيون محاسِناً

قصرت على علياه باستبداد

And virtues filling the eyes with beauties

That were limited to its summit by exclusivity

أربى على عبد الحميد بلاغة

وزرت بلاغته بقس إياد

I raised the rhetoric of Abdul Hamid

And linked his rhetoric with the bow of Iyad

أنتم بني العلياء قطب مدارها

يوم الفخار وموئل القصاد

You are the pillar of its orbit, O sons of glory

The day of pride and the destination of lions

ما منكم إِلاّ حليف مكاره

زاكي الخِلال يُعَدّ في الأفراد

None among you but an ally against afflictions

Of pure traits, counted among individuals

أَشفعتم شرف الجهاد بمقْصِدٍ

أسْنَى ومسعاة لخير مفاد

You made honorable struggle with the highest intention

Most wondrous and effort for the best consequence

وحللتم مغنى دمشق فأصبحت

أيامها تزهي على الأعياد

And you wore the splendor of Damascus so its days

Became delightful during festivals

بلد بها للأنبياء مراقدٌ

وبها حمى الأبْدَال والأوتْاد

A land in which are the tombs of prophets

And in it is the protection of saints and pegs

زادت بكم شَرَفاً على شَرَفٍ فلا

زلتم مدى الأيام في إِسعاد

It increased in honor beyond honor so you still

Make happy during days in prosperity

وبقيتم ظِلَّ البلاد وأهلها

ما لاحَ بَرْقٌ أَو ترنّم شاد

And you remained the shadow of the country and its people

As long as lightning flashes or a lover croons