أشرق الشام فما أي

من يا طالعُ نهجك

The Levant dawned, so who is

This riser, on your path?

ثمَّ لما فاح مس

كاً قيلَ من جا قلتُ منجك

Then when your sun spread

Its light, they said: who came? I said: your sun.

كم هلالٍ كادَ يا قا

دم أن يحسد سرجك

How many crescents almost

Envied, O leader, your illumination.

وابنه الكاتب قد و

دّ إذاً يكتب دَرجك

And his son the writer has

Pledged, therefore, to record your ascent.

واسْترق الجودُ أحرا

راً أتوك الكل تنجك

Generosity has stolen most

Precious jewels; they all came to you.

صيدك الأجر ودارُ ال

عدل لا تبرَحُ مرجك

May you ever abide in the meadow

Of justice, and the hunt of benevolence.

خجّ في هذي الرعايا

قبلَ الرحمن حجك

Intercede for these subjects

Before the Merciful, your pilgrimage.