سَلامٌ أَيُّها المَلِكُ الهُمامُ
تَطوفُ بِهِ المَلائِكَةُ الكِرامُ
Greetings O noble king
Encircled by venerable angels
أَتَيتُكَ وَالعُيونُ الخُزرُ تَرنو
إِلَيَّ كَأَنَّها حَولي سِهامُ
I came to you while the green eyes yearn
Towards me as if they were arrows around me
فَمَن أَوحى إِلى الأَقوامِ أَنّي
سَأَشكو مِن أَذاهُم ما نُسامُ
So who whispered to the people that I
Would complain of their harm however slight
لَقَد خَلَّفتَنا لِخُطوبِ دَهرٍ
غَوالِبَ ما لَنا مِنها اِعتِصامُ
You left us to face the calamities of fate
Overpowering tribulations against which we have no protection
سَئِمناها فَلَيسَ لَنا اِصطِبارٌ
وَأَيسَرُ ما بِنا مِنها السَّآمُ
We are weary of them and have no patience
And the easiest thing for us is to turn away
مُحَمَّدُ إِنَّها عِشرونَ عاماً
وَحَسبُ المَرءِ مِمّا ساءَ عامُ
Muhammad, it has been twenty years
And it suffices what an evil year brings
أَتَدري ما تُجَشِّمُنا اللَيالي
وَتَركَبُنا حَوادِثُها الجِسامُ
Do you know what the nights impose on us
And the huge misfortunes they bring
أَتَرضى أَن يَقِرَّ الضَيمُ فينا
فَخَيرُ رَغائِبِ الحُرِّ الحِمامُ
Are you pleased that injustice remains among us
While the best hopes of the free man are doves
أَلَيسَ المَوتُ أَجمَلَ مِن حَياةٍ
يُهانُ المَرءُ فيها أَو يُضامُ
Is not death more beautiful than a life
Where one is disgraced or oppressed
أَنَوماً يا مُحَمَّدُ عَن بِلادٍ
أَباحَ حَريمَها الأَهلُ النِيامُ
Shall I sleep O Muhammad while the country
Its sanctity violated by vile people
فَقُم تَرَ ما دَهاها مِن شِقاءٍ
وَمِثلُكَ لَيسَ يُعييهِ القِيامُ
So rise and see what sorrows have befallen it
And the like of you will not weary from rising
وَإِنَّكَ لَو أَجلْتَ الطَرفَ فيها
لَخَضَّبَ جَيبَكَ الدَمعُ السِجامُ
If you but glance at it
Your pockets will be stained with tears of blood
وَأُقسِمُ لَو قَدِرتَ عَلى جَزاءٍ
إِذَن أَودى بِنا مِنكَ اِنتِقامُ
And I swear if you could take revenge
Then your revenge upon us would destroy us
هَدَمنا ما بَنَيتَ مِنَ المَعالي
بِعَزمِكَ وَالخُطوبُ لَها اِعتِزامُ
We destroyed what you built of glories
With your determination though events are determined
أَما يرضيكَ عَمَّن عَقَّ مِنّا
رِجالٌ بِالوَفاءِ لَها اِتِّسامُ
Does it not satisfy you, from among us
Men of loyalty it has sworn alliance
سَواءٌ مَن نَمَتهُ مِصرُ مِنهُم
عَلى غِيَرِ الحَوادِثِ وَالشَآمُ
It is the same whether Egypt raised them
Beyond events and difficulties
رَعى اللَهُ الشَآمُ فَكَم حَبانا
أَيادي ما لَها عَنّا اِنصِرامُ
May God protect Syria, how much it loved us
With hands that do not withdraw from us
لَنا مِن أَهلِهِ أَهلٌ كِرامٌ
يُصانُ العَهدُ فيهِم وَالذِمامُ
Among its people we have noble people
Whose covenant in them is protected and alliance observed
هُمو أَعوانُ مِصرَ وَناصِروها
إِذا نَزَلَت بِها النُوَبُ العِظامُ
They are Egypt's supporters and defenders
When great misfortunes befall it
وَهُم إِخوانُنا الأَدنَونَ فيها
نُصافيهِم وَإِن كَرِهَ الطَغامُ
And they are our closest brothers in it
We treat them equally though tyrants disapprove
يُؤَلِّفُ بَينَنا نَسَبٌ قَريبٌ
وَيَجمَعُنا التَوَدُّدُ وَالوِئامُ
A close lineage unites us
And affinity and harmony gather us
