1. قد جاد بالرتبة الأولى لأهليها

    سلطاننا فهو يدري مستحقيها

    He has generously bestowed the first rank on those worthy of it—

    our sultan, who knows who deserves it.

  2. إن الكريمة إذ تهدى إلى رجل

    كفوء لها نال شكر الخلق مهديها

    Indeed, when a noble distinction is bestowed upon a man

    worthy of it, its giver earns the people's gratitude.

  3. لذلك الان اهداها لذي شرف

    تزيد في شانه المرفوع تنويها

    Thus he has now bestowed it upon a man of honor,

    adding acclaim to his exalted standing:

  4. الجنبلاطيء من كل الورى شهدت

    بانه ذو معالٍ عنه نرويها

    the Jumblatti, of whom all mankind has testified

    that he possesses lofty virtues, which we recount of him.

  5. يدعي نسيباً لان اضحى له نسب

    كالشمس راد الضحى لا غيم يخفيها

    He is called Nasib, for his lineage is now

    like the sun at early forenoon, hidden by no cloud.

  6. ان السعيد ابوه والبشير له

    جدٌّ لذا بهما قد حاز تشبيها

    Indeed, Sa'id is his father, and Bashir his

    grandfather; thus he has come to resemble them both.

  7. يا حبذا هم اصول عنهم اشتهرت

    جهراً محامد ليس العد يحصيها

    How splendid those forebears, renowned

    openly for virtues beyond all counting!

  8. احيا مآثرهم في حسن سيرته

    ومثله من يحفظ المجد يحييها

    He revived their noble deeds through the excellence of his conduct;

    and one like him, who preserves glory, keeps them alive.

  9. وكم مآثر آباء سواه حوى

    فلم يصنها ولكن ظل يحييها

    And how many ancestral deeds another has possessed,

    yet did not preserve them, but continued to revive them.

  10. ما كل من أحرز العلياء كان لها

    أهلاً سوى ماجد ما زال ينميها

    Not everyone who attained eminence was

    worthy of it—only a noble man who keeps enhancing it.

  11. كما نسيب العلا قد زان رتبته

    وزادها منه ترفيعاً وترفيها

    Just as Nasib of lofty glory has adorned his rank,

    and, through himself, further elevated and enriched it.

  12. ذو عفة لم يشبها قط من طمع

    ولم يشنها ولكن عف تنزيها

    A man of integrity, which he has never tainted with greed,

    nor disgraced, but has kept pure through restraint.

  13. بابي المكاره لكن المكارم من

    اخوانه فهو يهواها ويطريها

    He shuns hateful things, but noble deeds are among

    his brethren; he loves and extols them.

  14. له مزايا جميلات بجملتها

    لكنه مفرد في عصره فيها

    He possesses qualities beautiful in their entirety,

    yet in them he stands alone in his age.

  15. بحكمة قد جرت احكامه وبها

    كل الأوامر بين الناس يجريها

    His judgments have proceeded with wisdom, and by it

    he carries out all commands among the people.

  16. والعدل والنضل والمعروف قد جبلت

    فيها جبلته بالطبع يبديها

    Justice, excellence, and benevolence are ingrained

    in his nature; he displays them instinctively.

  17. يقظان في كل حال لا يحيد به

    عن الصواب فلا يحتاج تنبيها

    Alert in every circumstance, nothing turns him away

    from what is right; thus he needs no prompting.

  18. والشوف أمسى خصيباً من إدارته

    وقام مفتخراً في حكمه تيها

    And the Shuf has become fertile through his administration,

    and risen proudly under his rule, exultant.

  19. اني اهنئ عن حبٍ سعادته

    بمنحة دام في مسراه بعليها

    Indeed, with love I congratulate His Excellency

    on a grant—may he keep exalting it along his path.

  20. ذي نعمةٌ سرت الاحباب قاطبة

    وكلهم اطنبوا في شكر موليها

    This blessing has gladdened all loved ones,

    and all have lavished thanks on its bestower:

  21. عبد الحميد الذي تاريخه بهج

    يمن بالرتبة الأولى لأهليها

    Abd al-Hamid, whose chronogram is joyous:

    He bestows the first rank upon those worthy of it.