بشهاب مجدك يا ابن أشرف من سما

بشهاب مجدك يا ابن أشرف من سما

زهت العلى وعلت على شهب السما

زهت العلى وعلت على شهب السما

With the meteor of your glory, O son of the noblest ever to soar,

With your glorious tail, O son of the most noble of stars

the heights shone proudly and rose above the meteors of heaven.

You have adorned the heights and risen above the tails of stars

واستبشرت حوران لما شاهدت

واستبشرت حوران لما شاهدت

في كل خط من بنانك خضرما

في كل خط من بنانك خضرما

And Hauran rejoiced when she beheld

The virgins rejoiced when they saw

in every line from your fingertips a boundless sea.

Greenery in every line of your structure

فاشفع بشاشتها بنور سياسةٍ

فاشفع بشاشتها بنور سياسةٍ

تلد التمدَّن والتقدم توأما

تلد التمدَّن والتقدم توأما

So augment her gladness with the light of statecraft

So intercede with her radiance with the light of wise politics

that gives birth to civilization and progress as twins.

That gives birth to civilization and progress as twins

لترى لمدحت كل يومٍ مدحة

لترى لمدحت كل يومٍ مدحة

مثل الجمان مرتَّلاً ومنظَّما

مثل الجمان مرتَّلاً ومنظَّما

So that each day you may see a poem of praise for Midhat,

So that you may see a eulogy for Madhah every day

like pearls, carefully ordered and strung together.

Flowing and composed like pearls

فقد اصطفاك لها ولياً وصادقاً

فقد اصطفاك لها ولياً وصادقاً

حي اللثام مهذباً ومكرَّما

حي اللثام مهذباً ومكرَّما

For he has chosen you as her governor and a man of truth,

For He has chosen you as a loyal and honest guardian

modest beneath the veil, refined and honored.

Alive, refined and honored

ملأ الحديقة والجنان بنور رو

ملأ الحديقة والجنان بنور رو

نقه الزمان فأصبحا كاسيهما

نقه الزمان فأصبحا كاسيهما

The Garden and the Gardens were filled with the light of his

He filled the garden and paradise with the light of Rounaq

splendor by Time; then the two came to clothe them both.

Which purified time, so they both put on their finery

وإذا الصحائف باللطائف أمرعت

وإذا الصحائف باللطائف أمرعت

صارت لإدراك المعارف سلَّما

صارت لإدراك المعارف سلَّما

And when the pages grow lush with fine subtleties,

And when pages were filled with subtleties

they become a ladder for attaining knowledge.

They became a ladder to attain knowledge

يا فارس الوقت الذي اتخذ العلا

يا فارس الوقت الذي اتخذ العلا

فرساً وصمصام الفراسة مخذما

فرساً وصمصام الفراسة مخذما

O knight of the age, who has taken the heights

O knight of the time who took the heights

as a steed, and discernment's sword as a keen-edged blade.

As his horse, and the bridle of knighthood as his adornment

سد وابق وارق وزد وته بصنائع

سد وابق وارق وزد وته بصنائع

باهت بهن بنو شهاب الأنجما

باهت بهن بنو شهاب الأنجما

Rule, endure, rise, grow, and glory in benefactions

Block, excel, rise high, increase and excel with industries

with which the sons of Shihab vied with the stars in glory.

The sons of the luminous Shahab have become confused

فليخسأِ الشاني اللئيم محقَّراً

فليخسأِ الشاني اللئيم محقَّراً

وليسلم المولى الكريم معظَّما

وليسلم المولى الكريم معظَّما

So let the base hater slink away, despised,

So let the despicable slanderer be disgraced and humiliated

and may the noble lord remain safe, revered.

And let the generous Lord be respected and honored