يَا جَنَّةً أَهْدَتْ إِلَيَّ سَلاما

أَهْدَيْتِ بَرْداً لِلحَشَى وَسَلامَا

O paradise, you brought me peace

You gifted me coolness for my heart and tranquility

فِي العِدْوَةِ العُلْيَا جَلَسْتِ مَلِيكَةً

بِالعِزِّ وَالإِجْلالِ تَأْبَى الذَّامَا

You sat enthroned in the highest spot

With glory and reverence, refusing blame

بَسَطَتْ عَلَى العَبْرَيْنِ رَايَةَ فَخْرِهَا

وَعَدَا الأَجَارِعَ فَيْئُهَا وَتَرَامَى

You unfurled over the meadows your banner of pride

And your tents stretched over the dunes

أَجْرَيْتِ وَادِيكِ المُبَارَكَ بِالنَّدَى

وَرَكِبْتِ مِنْ مَتْنِ الفَخَارِ سَنَامَا

You brought your blessed valley the dew

And rode the peak of glory sublime

فِي كُلِّ مُشْتَرَفٍ جَمَالُكِ رَائِعٌ

نَثَرَ البَدِيعَ وَصَاغَ مِنْهُ نِظَامَا

In every splendid vista your beauty shines

Scattering wonders, composing harmony

وَعَلَى ذُرَاكِ مِنَ الصُّنُوبَرِ غَابَةٌ

تُحْيِي النُّفُوسَ وَتُبْرِيءُ الأَسْقَامَا

Upon your cedars is a forest

That revives souls and heals the sick

مَنْ يَسْتَظِلُّ بِهَا وَلَيْسَ بِمُلْهَمٍ

تُلْقِي عَلَيْهِ ظِلالُهَا الإِلْهَامَا

He who rests in its shade, divinely inspired

Is cast over by its shading, filled with visions

حُييْتِ مِنْ بَلَدٍ أَمِينٍ طَيِّبٍ

حَسُنَتْ مَرَابِعُهُ وَطَابَ مُقَامَا

You came from a safe, good land

Well-designed are your dwellings, pleasant is the stay

يَلْقَى الأَحِبَّةَ بِالمَنَازِلِ رَحْبَةً

وَالرَّوْضُ نَضْراً وَالضُّحَى بَسَّامَا

Where loved ones are welcomed in spacious homes

The meadows lush, the mornings bright

أَهْلُوهُ فِي حُلْوِ الزَّمَانِ وَمُرِّهِ

لا يَبْرَحُونَ كَمَا عَرَفْتَ كِرَامَا

They enjoy it, in good times and bad

As you know, they are generous, they remain

لَمْ أُلْفِ إِلاَّ عَاقِلاً مُتَأَدِّباً

فِيهِمْ وَإِلاَّ سَاعِياً مِقْدَامَا

None I've known but wise and cultured

Or striving, daring, bold

مَنَحُوا الجَدِيدَ مِنَ المَفَاخِرِ حَقَّهُ

وَرَعَوْا لِعَهْدِهِمُ القَدِيمِ ذِمَامَا

They've given new glories their due

And guarded the honor of old ways

هِمَمٌ إِلَى غَايَاتِهَا وَثَّابَةٌ

تُجْرِي الصَّفَا وَتُنَضَّرُ الآكَامَا

Their ambitions set on high goals

Channeling the good, nurturing fellow men

تَبْغِي النَّجَاحِ سَبِيلُهُ مَشْرُوعَةٌ

وَتُجَانِبُ الأَوْزَارَ وَالآثَامَا

The prudent among them achieve

What they desire, excelling in deeds

فِي كُلِّ مَيْمُونِ النَّقِيبَةِ حَازِمٍ

يَأْتِي المَسَاعِي مَا أَرَدْنَ جِسَامَا

They build and plant, never fall short

In duty or overspeak their part

يَبْنِي وَيَغْرِسُ لا يُقَصِّرُ عَنْ مَدَى

فِي المَطْلَبَيْنِ وَلا يُطِيلُ كَلامَا

A people, young and old alike

Who grow and prosper, thanks to your grace

قَوْمٌ بِمِثْلِ شَبَابِهِمْ وَشُيُوخِهِمْ

يُنْمِي وَيُسْعِدُ رَبَّكَ الأَقْوَامَا

I praise them, loyally grateful

Though words hardly match my esteem

أُثْنِي عَلَيْهِمْ وَالوَفَاء بِشُكْرِهِمْ

مِمَّا يَعِزُّ عَلَى القَرِيضِ مَرَامَا

All welcomed me, starting with the president

And director, both noble in rank

قَدْ أَكْرَمُونِي مُقْبِلِينَ وَكُلهُمْ

أَوْلَى بِأَنْ يَتَقبَّلَ الإِكْرَامَا

Those visiting from distant lands

Honored me greatly with their presence

وَأَخُصُّ بِالمَدْحِ الرَّئِيسَ مُقَدَّماً

فِيهِمْ بِحَقٍّ وَالمُدِيرَ هُمَامَا

They have ennobled affection's worth

Glorifying the page and the pen

وَالوَافِدِينَ إِليَّ مِنْ أَوْطَانِهِمْ

يُولُونَنِي فَضْلاً بِذَاكَ عُظَامَا

إِنْ شَرَّفُوا قَدْرَ الوِدَادِ فَإِنَّهُمْ

لَمُشَرِّفُونَ الصحْفَ وَالأَقْلامَا