شَيَّدَهَا إِلياسُ داراً وَمَا

أَسعَدَهَا داراً بِأَهْلِيهَا

Elias built it a house, yet

He did not make it as happy a home as its people;

أَبهَجُ مِنْ ظَاهِرِ زينَاتِهَا

لِلْمُجْتَلِي زِينَاتِ منْ فِيهَا

More delightful than its outward adornment

Is the adornment of those dwelling within.

قَصِيدَةٌ رَائِعَةٌ أَكْمَلَتْ

حَلَى مَبَانِيَها معانِيَهَا

A sublime ode now completed,

Its words made as sweet as its meaning.

بُورِكَ فِي البَانِي وَفِي أُسْرَةٍ

لَمْ تَعْرِفِ الزهْوَ وَلا التِّيْهَا

Blessings on the builder and on a family

That has known no vanity or confusion,

مِنْ نَفْسِهَا لا جَاهِهَا مَجْدُهَا

ومِنْ سجاياهَا مِعالِيهَا

Its glory earned by its own merits,

Its nobility shaped by its own virtues.

لَيْسَ عَلَى النعْمَى لَهَا حَاسِدٌ

يحْفَظُهَا اللهُ وَيحمِيهَا

No envier arises against its fortunes,

May God preserve and protect it!