إِهْنَأْ بِمَا أَهْدَى المَلِيكُ

إِلَيْكَ مِنْ سَامِي اللَّقَبْ

Rejoice in the honor bestowed

By the King upon you

شَرَفٌ خُصِصْتَ بِهِ وَقَدْ

شَمِلَ السُّرُورُ بِهِ الْعَرَبْ

An honor you were singled out for, bringing

Joy to all the Arabs

وَيَعُدُّهُ أُدَبَاؤُهُمْ

أَسْنَى ثَوَابٍ لِلأَدَبْ

Their men of letters deem it

The finest reward for merit

وَيَعُدُّهُ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ

بِالْعِلْمِ مُتَّصِلَ السَّبَبْ

Their scholars see it linked

To knowledge by unbroken ties

مَنْ فِيهِمْ نَدُّ الْجَمِيلِ إِنْ

تَرَسَّلَ أَوْ خَطَبْ

All who excel in generosity praise it

In prose or verse

أَوْ مَنْ لَهُ تِلْكَ الثَّقَافَةُ

وَالْحَصَافَةُ إِنْ كَتَبْ

So too all of keen intellect

And refinement if they write

حَسْبُ الصَّحَافَةِ أَنَّهَا

بَلَغَتْ بِهِ أَقْصَى أَرَبْ

It suffices journalism

To have through it attained the peak of glory

خُضْتَ السِّيَاسَةَ لَمْ تَجُرْ

فِيهَا وَلَمْ تَثُرِ الرِّيَبْ

You plunged into politics yet stayed

Above suspicion or slander

تَنْفِي الْعَزَائِمَ فِي مَنَا

صِبَهَا وَمَا تَشْكُو النَّصَبْ

You banish resolve though faced

With setbacks, never complaining of toil

وَتَظَلُّ فِيهَا مُلْتَقَى

الآمَالِ إِنْ خَطْبٌ حَزَبْ

And remain a place where hopes

Converge when a party contends

فِي أَيِّ مَعْنَىً لَمْ تَكُنْ

أَهْلاً لِعَالِيَةِ الرُّتَبْ

In what pursuit were you not

Worthy of the highest ranks?

قَلْبٌ كَبِيرٌ يُلْهِمُ الْعَقْلَ

الكَبِيرَ وَلاَ عَجَبْ

A great heart inspiring

A great mind is no wonder

وَتَمَامُ فَضْلِ اللهِ فِي

حَسَبٍ يُزَكِّيهِ النَّسَبْ

God's full grace in a lineage

Nobility's stamp preserves

لِلّهِ لِلأَوْطَانِ لِلْفَارُوقِ

قُمْتَ بِمَا وَجَبْ

For God, for country, for Al-Farouq

You did what duty demands

فَالرَّأْيُ إِجْمَاعٌ عَلَى

شُكْرِ المَلِيكِ لِمَا وَهَبْ

So all agree the King should be thanked

For the gift he bestowed

هِيَ نِعْمَةٌ لَمْ يُؤْتهَا

رَجُلٌ أَحَقُّ وَلاَ أَحَبْ

A blessing never granted before

To a man more deserving or beloved