يا آل لطف اللّه آلَ إليكمُ
قصرُ الجزيرة بعد إسماعيلا
O House of Lutfallah, to you has passed
O family of Lutf Allah, there has passed to you
the Palace of Gezira after Ismail.
the Gezira Palace, after Ismail.
فاستقبلوا فيه الوفود وسيمةً
والدهرَ حرّاً والنعيمَ جزيلا
So welcome there the delegations, resplendent,
So welcome within it comely delegations,
and an age of freedom and abundant bliss.
and a noble age, and abundant bliss.
أحرزتمُ خُلُقَ الملائكِ طاهراً
وملكتمُ سكنَ الملوكِ جميلا
You have attained the angels’ pure character
You have attained the pure character of angels,
and gained the kings’ beautiful abode—
and gained the beautiful abode of kings.
عقبى الذين لمالِهمْ ولجاههمْ
في كل ناحيةٍ مكارمُ طولى
the reward of those whose wealth and eminence
Such is the reward of those whose wealth and standing
bring far-reaching acts of grace to every quarter.
have yielded far-reaching benefactions in every quarter.
أنس الوجود بكم فلو شارفتمُ
جبلاً لأصبح ناضراً مأهولا
Existence has rejoiced in you; were you to approach
The world has found joy in your company; were you to approach
a mountain, it would turn verdant and inhabited.
a mountain, it would become verdant and inhabited.
ولكل سمح في البلادِ صنائعٌ
وأرى صنيعكمُ أعزَّ جليلا
Every generous soul has benefactions throughout the land,
And every generous soul in the land has benefactions,
but I deem your benefaction the proudest and most magnificent.
and I deem your beneficence most precious and noble.
وأجلُّ غَاياتِ الكرام من الغنى
ما سرَّ أفئدةً وراض عقولا
The noblest aim generous men pursue through wealth
And the noblest goal the generous seek through wealth
is whatever gladdens hearts and satisfies minds.
is what gladdens hearts and cultivates minds.
الشام أكبرُ في الممالكِ مظهراً
بكمُ وأعظمُ حجةً ودليلا
Through you, Syria makes a grander showing among kingdoms
Al-Sham is greater in stature among the kingdoms,
and offers a mightier proof and demonstration.
through you, and stronger in argument and proof.
جاريتمُ الأردنَّ فيه ندىً وكم
جاريتمُ كرماً بمصرَ النيلا
In bounty there you have rivaled the Jordan; and how often
You have rivaled the Jordan there in bounty; and how often
in generosity, in Egypt, you have rivaled the Nile.
you have rivaled the Nile in generosity in Egypt!
ونصرتمُ أحرارَه وحماتَه
وضمنتمُ استقلالَه المأمولا
You have supported its free people and its defenders
And you have aided its free men and its defenders,
and guaranteed its longed-for independence.
and guaranteed its hoped-for independence.
وعسى أرى في الشرق من نجبائكم
بطلاً يقود الجيشَ والأسطولا
May I yet see in the East, from among your noble sons,
And may I see in the East, from among your finest,
a hero leading the army and the fleet;
a hero who commands the army and the fleet.
وتقرُّ للعربِ الممالكُ بالعلى
وتكرِّم الأجيالُ هذا الجيلا
then kingdoms will concede high rank to the Arabs,
And may the kingdoms acknowledge the Arabs' eminence,
and generations will honor this generation.
and may generations honor this generation.
هنأتكمْ بالقصر أقضى بعض ما
يقضي عليَّ به ندى ميشيلا
In congratulating you on the palace, I discharge some of what
I have congratulated you on the palace, discharging part of what
Michel’s generosity lays upon me as a duty.
Michel's generosity lays upon me.
Sol 6.1