المُلكُ بَينَ يَدَيكَ في إِقبالِهِ
عَوَّذتُ مُلكَكَ بِالنَبِيِّ وَآلِهِ
The kingdom is in your hands as you rise
I invoked blessings on your kingdom through the Prophet and his progeny
حُرٌّ وَأَنتَ الحُرُّ في تاريخِهِ
سَمحٌ وَأَنتَ السَمحُ في أَقيالِهِ
Free while you are the free one in its history
Clement while you are the clement one in its epochs
فيضا عَلى الأَوطانِ مِن حُرِيَّةٍ
فَكِلاكُما المُفتَكُّ مِن أَغلالِهِ
Bringing abundant freedom upon the nations
So you both are the emancipator from its shackles
سَعِدَت بِعَهدِكُما المُبارَكِ أُمَّةٌ
رَقَّت لِحالِكِ حِقبَةً وَلِحالِهِ
A community was blessed in your auspicious era
An epoch softened due to your state and his state
يَفديكَ نَصرانِيُّهُ بِصَليبِهِ
وَالمُنتَمي لِمُحَمَّدٍ بِهِلالِهِ
The Christian would ransom you with his cross
And the one affiliated with Muhammad, with his crescent
وَفَتى الدُروزِ عَلى الحُزونِ بِشَيخِهِ
وَالمَوسَوِيُّ عَلى السُهولِ بِمالِهِ
And the Druze youth over the grief with his Sheikh
And the Moussawi in the plains with his possessions
صَدَقوا الخَليفَةَ طاعَةً وَمَحَبَّةً
وَتَمَسَّكوا بِالطُهرِ مِن أَذيالِهِ
They were true to the Caliph with obedience and love
And held on to purity from its disgrace
يَجِدونَ دَولَتَكَ الَّتي سَعِدوا بِها
مِن رَحمَةِ المَولى وَمِن أَفضالِهِ
They find your state which they were blessed with
From the mercy of the Protector and His grace
جَدَّدتَ عَهدَ الراشِدينَ بِسيرَةٍ
نَسَجَ الرَشادُ لَها عَلى مِنوالِهِ
You renewed the era of the Rightly Guided with a conduct
Righteousness tailored for it according to its paradigm
بُنِيَت عَلى الشورى كَصالِحِ حُكمِهِم
وَعَلى حَياةِ الرَأيِ وَاِستِقلالِهِ
It was built on consultation like their righteous rule
And on the life of opinion and its independence
حَقٌّ أَعَزَّ بِكَ المُهَيمِنُ نَصرَهُ
وَالحَقُّ مَنصورٌ عَلى خُذّالِهِ
The All-Dominant rightfully empowered you with His help
And the truth is victorious over its antagonists
شَرُّ الحُكومَةِ أَن يُساسَ بِواحِدٍ
في المُلكِ أَقوامٌ عِدادُ رِمالِهِ
The worst government is that which oppresses an individual
In the kingdom are groups, the number of its sands
مُلكٌ تُشاطِرُهُ مَيامِنَ حالِهِ
وَتَرى بِإِذنِ اللَهِ حُسنَ مَآلِهِ
A kingdom whose auspices of state
You see, by God’s will, have a good outcome
أَخَذَت حُكومَتُكَ الأَمانَ لِظَبيَهِ
في مُقفِراتِ البيدِ مِن رِئبالِهِ
Your government took security for its prey
In the desolate deserts from its wolves
مَكَّنتَ لِلدُستورِ فيهِ وَحُزتَهُ
تاجاً لِوَجهِكَ فَوقَ تاجِ جَلالِهِ
You enabled the constitution in it and protected it
A crown over your face above the crown of grandeur
فَكَأَنَّكَ الفاروقُ في كُرسِيِّهِ
نَعِمَت شُعوبُ الأَرضِ تَحتَ ظِلالِهِ
It is as if you are Al-Farooq in his seat
The people of earth took shade under its shadows
أَو أَنتَ مِثلُ أَبي تُرابٍ يُتَّقى
وَيَهابُهُ الأَملاكُ في أَسمالِهِ
Or you are like Abu Turab, revered
And the angels revere him in his raiment
عَهدُ النَبِيِّ هُوَ السَماحَةُ وَالرِضى
بِمُحَمَّدٍ أَولى وَسَمحِ خِلالِهِ
The era of the Prophet is leniency and contentment
With Muhammad being most worthy and most clement in his traits
بِالحَقِّ يَحمِلُهُ الإِمامُ وَبِالهُدى
في حاضِرِ الدُستورِ وَاِستِقبالِهِ
With truth, the Imam carries it and with guidance
In the present constitution and its future
يابنَ الخَواقينِ الثَلاثينَ الأُلى
قَد جَمَّلوا الإِسلامَ فَوقَ جَمالِهِ
O son of the exalted thirty forefathers
Who beautified Islam above its beauty
المُبلِغينَ الدينَ ذُروَةَ سَعدِهِ
الرافِعينَ المُلكَ أَوجَ كَمالِهِ
The missionaries of the religion, the peak of its bliss
The promoters of the kingdom, the utmost of its perfection
الموطِئينَ مِنَ المَمالِكِ خَيلَهُم
ما لَم يَفُز إِسكَندَرٌ بِوِصالِهِ
The conquerors of kingdoms, their horses
Reached what Alexander did not attain
في عَدلِ فاتِحِهِم وَقانونِيِّهِم
ما يَحتَذي الخُلَفاءُ حَذوَ مِثالِهِ
In the justice of their conqueror and lawmakers
That successors emulate as an exemplar
أَمّا الخِلافَةُ فَهيَ حائِطُ بَيتِكُم
حَتّى يُبينَ الحَشرُ عَن أَهوالِهِ
As for the Caliphate, it is the barrier of your home
Until the Day of Resurrection reveals its horrors
أُخِذَت بِحَدِّ المَشرَفِيِّ وَحازَها
لَكُمُ القَنا بِقِصارِهِ وَطِوالِهِ
It was taken to the extent of Mashrafiyeh and you obtained it
Al-Qina to you in its breadth and length
لا تَسمَعوا لِلمُرجِفينَ وَجَهلِهِم
فَمُصيبَةُ الإِسلامِ مِن جُهّالِهِ
Do not listen to the ignorant and their ignorance
For the calamity of Islam is from its ignorant ones
طَمَعُ القَريبِ أَوِ البَعيدِ بِنَيلِها
طَمَعُ الفَتى مِن دَهرِهِ بِمَحالِهِ
The ambition of a relative or stranger to obtain it
Is the ambition of the youth for its impossibilities
ما الذِئبُ مُجتَرِئاً عَلى لَيثِ الشَرى
في الغالِبِ مُعتَدِياً عَلى أَشبالِهِ
The wolf is not so daring to attack the lion of calamity
In predominance violating its cubs and possessions
بِأَضَلَّ عَقلاً وَهيَ في أَيمانِكُم
مِمَّن يُحاوِلُ أَخذَها بِشِمالِهِ
With the most confused mind, while it is in your hands
From one who tries to take it with his left hand
رَضِيَ المُهَيمِنُ وَالمَسيحُ وَأَحمَدٌ
عَن جَيشِكَ الفادي وَعَن أَبطالِهِ
Al-Muhaymin, the Messiah, and Ahmad were pleased
With your liberating army and its heroes
الهازِئينَ مِنَ الثَرى بِسُهولِهِ
الدائِسينَ عَلى رُؤوسِ جِبالِهِ
Who ridicule the ground with its plains
Who tread on the summits of its mountains
القاتِلينَ عَدُوَّهَم في حِصنِهِ
بِالرَأيِ وَالتَدبيرِ قَبلَ قِتالِهِ
Who kill their enemy in his fortress
With opinion and planning before fighting him
الآخِذينَ الحُصنَ عَزَّ سَبيلُهُ
مِثلَ السُها أَو في اِمتِناعِ مَنالِهِ
Who seize the fortress, difficult is its way
Like the Soha or in the refusal of its attainment
المُعرِضينَ وَلَو بِساحَةِ يَلدِزٍ
في الحَربِ عَن عِرضِ العَدُوِّ وَمالِهِ
Who, even in the Yaldiz field, ignore
The flank of the enemy and his possessions
القارِئينَ عَلى عَلِيٍّ عِلمُها
وَعَلى الغُزاةِ المُتَّقينَ رِجالِهِ
Who read Ali's knowledge
And the pious conquerors, its men
المُلكُ زُلزِلَ في فُروقٍ ساعَةً
كانوا لَهُ الأَوتادَ في زِلزالِهِ
The kingdom was shaken for moments in gaps
They were its pegs during its earthquake
لَولا اِنتِظامُ قُلوبِهِم كَكُفوفِهِم
لَنَثَرتُ دَمعي اليَومَ في أَطلالِهِ
Had it not been for the coherence of their hearts like their fists
I would have scattered my tears today in its ruins
وَالمَرءُ لَيسَ بِصادِقٍ في قَولِهِ
حَتّى يُؤَيِّدَ قَولَهُ بِفِعالِهِ
And man is not truthful in his words
Until he supports his words with his actions
وَالشَعبُ إِن رامَ الحَياةَ كَبيرَةً
خاضَ الغِمارَ دَماً إِلى آمالِهِ
And if the people wanted a great life
They plunged into the unknown, blood to its hopes
شُكرُ المَمالِكِ لِلسَخِيِّ بِروحِهِ
لا لِلسَخِيِّ بِقيلِهِ أَو قالِهِ
The gratitude of kingdoms is to the generous with his soul
Not to the generous with his words or sayings
إيهٍ فُروقُ الحُسنِ نَجوى هائِمٍ
يَسمو إِلَيكَ بِجَدِّهِ وَبِخالِهِ
Oh cohorts of Husn, the whispering of an enamored
Rising to you with his vigor and his imagination
أَخرَجتِ لِلعُربِ الفِصاحِ بَيانَهُ
قَبَساً يُضيءُ الشَرقَ مِثلَ كَمالِهِ
You brought out eloquence for the Arabs
A flame illuminating the East like its perfection
لَم تُكثِرِ الحَمراءُ مِن نُظَرائِهِ
نَسلاً وَلا بَغدادُ مِن أَمثالِهِ
The swarthy did not increase from its like
Nor Baghdad from its equals
جَعَلَ الإِلَهُ خَيالَهُ قَيسَ الهَوى
وَجُعِلتِ لَيلى فِتنَةً لِخَيالِهِ
God made his fantasy Qais of love
And Layla was made alluring to his fantasy
في كُلِّ عامٍ أَنتِ نُزهَةُ روحِهِ
وَنَعيمُ مُهجَتِهِ وَراحَةُ بالِهِ
Every year you are the excursion of his soul
And pleasure of his affection and tranquility of his mind
يَغشاكِ قَد حَنَّت إِلَيكِ مَطِيُّهُ
وَيَؤوبُ وَالأَشواقُ مِلءُ رِحالِهِ
His horse has neighed longing for you
And it returns while yearning fills its saddlebags
أَفراحُهُ لَمّا رَآكِ طَليقَةً
أَفراحُ يوسُفَ يَومَ حَلِّ عِقالِهِ
His joys when he saw you untied
Are the joys of Yusuf the day his shackles were loosed
وَسُرورُهُ بِكِ مِن قُيودِكِ حُرَّةً
كَسُرورِ قَيسٍ بِاِنفِلاتِ غَزالِهِ
And his happiness with you, free from your bonds
Is like Qais's joy at the escape of his gazelle
اللَهُ صاغَكِ جَنَّتَينِ لِخَلقِهِ
مَحفوفَتَينِ بِأَنعُمٍ لِعِيالِهِ
God molded you two gardens for His creation
Surrounded by blessings for His dependents
لَو أَنَّ لِلَّهِ اِتِّخاذَ خَميلَةٍ
ما اِختارَ غَيرَكَ رَوضَةً لِجَلالِهِ
If God would take a close friend
He would choose none but you, a garden for His majesty
فَكَأَنَّما الصِفَتانِ في حُسنَيهِما
ديباجَتا خَدٍّ يَتيهُ بِخالِهِ
It is as if the two companions in their beauty
Are brocade of a cheek wandering with its mole
وَكَأَنَّما البُوسفورُ حَوضُ مُحَمَّدٍ
وَسَطَ الجِنانِ وَهُنَّ في إِجلالِهِ
As if the phosphorus is Muhammad's pond
Amid the gardens, and they are in awe of its majesty
وَكَأَنَّ شاهِقَةَ القُصورِ حِيالَهُ
حُجُراتُ طَهَ في الجِنانِ وَآلِهِ
As if the towering palaces are its scenes
The chambers of Taha in the gardens and his progeny
وَكَأَنَّ عيدَكِ عيدُها لَمّا مَشى
فيها البَشيرُ بِبِشرِهِ وَجَمالِهِ
As if your feast is their feast when he walked in them
The giver of good tidings with his tidings and beauty
تيهي بِعيدِكِ في المَمالِكِ وَاِسلَمي
في السِلمِ لِلآلافِ مِن أَمثالِهِ
Wander at your feast in the kingdoms and salute
The thousands from its likes with peace
وَاِستَقبِلي عَهدَ الرَشادِ مُجَمَّلاً
بِمَحاسِنِ الدُستورِ في اِستِهلالِهِ
And anticipate the era of righteousness adorned
With the virtues of the constitution at its start
دارُ السَعادَةِ أَنتِ ذَلِكَ بابُها
شُلَّت يَدٌ مُدَّت إِلى إِقفالِهِ
O House of Happiness, you are its gate
A hand outstretched to close it was paralyzed
