يا بِعْثَةًُ قَدْ شُرَّفَتْ بِرِسَالَةٍ

سَتَظَلُّ ذِكْرَاهَا حَدِيثَ الأَعْصُرِ

O mission dignified with a message

That will remain talked about through the ages

هيَ بَدْءُ عَهْدٍ لِلْعُرُوَبةِ مُقْبِلٌ

كَبَدِيلِ مِنْ عَهْدِ الشَّتَاتِ المُدْبِرِ

It is the beginning of a new era for Arabism

As a substitute for the era of dispersion that has passed

في الشَّامِ فِي لُبْنَانَ جَاءَتْ آيَةٌ

غَرَّاءُ لِلْفَتْحِ الْجَدِيدِ الأَنْوَرِ

In Syria, in Lebanon, a sign came

Radiant for the new splendid victory

مَاذَا شَهدْتَ من التَّجَلَّةِ وَالْهَوَى

للعَبْقَريِّ ابْنِ المَليكِ الْعَبْقَري

What did you witness of the grandeur and passion

For the genius son of the genius king

وَمِنَ الْحَفَاوَاتِ الَّتي لَوْ لَمْ تَكنْ

قَدْ صَوَّرَتْ بالحِسِّ لَمْ تَتَصَوَّرِ

And from the welcomes, that had they not

Been pictured sensuously, they would not be pictured

سُبْحَانَ مَنْ جَبَرَ الْقُلُوبَ بجَابرِ

عَثَرَاتِ قَوْمٍ قَبْلَهُ لَمْ تُجْبَرِ

Glory to Him who mended the hearts with Jabir

Stumbling of a people before it un-mended

مَهْمَا نُبَالِغْ في جَليلِ صَنيعِهِ

أَعْيَا الثَّناءَ وَقَدْرُهُ لَمْ يَقْدُرِ

However much we exaggerate the glory of His making

Praise grew tired, and His worth was not appreciated

عُمْرُ الصَّفيِّ وصَاحِبَاهُ حَسْبُهُمْ

إِنْ أَوْثَرُوا في رَأْي أَعْدَل مُؤْثِرِ

The lifetime of As-Safi and his two companions is enough for them

If they preferred the most equitable view

ظَهَرَتْ خِلاَلُ مَليكِهْم وَبِلاَدهمْ

في الْمُوفدينَ الْغُرِّ أَرْوَع مَظْهَر

During their reign and their countries

The Western delegates saw the most wondrous sight

تِلْكَ الْمَسَاعي لَيْسَ يُوفَى حَقُّهَا

أَوْ بَعْضُهُ بالشُّكر مَهْمَا نَشْكُرِ

Those efforts cannot be, or even

Partially, requited however much we express thanks