1. مَجْدُ الشَّآمِ أَعْدْتَهُ فَأُعِيدَا

    وَرَدَدْتَ رَوْنَقَهُ الْقَديمَ جَديدا

    The glory of al-Sham—you restored it, and restored it was.

    And you made its ancient splendor new again.

  2. كَيْفَ الأَصيلُ مِنَ الجَلاَلِ وَفوْقَهُ

    صَرْحٌ أَثِيلٌ لِلْمَفَاخِرِ شِيدا

    What of the age-old majesty, when above it

    A firmly rooted edifice of glorious deeds has been raised?

  3. يَتَتَابَعُ العُمْرَانُ فِي جَنَبَاته

    وَقَرِيبُهُ لَوْلاَكَ كَان بَعِيدا

    Development proceeds throughout its precincts,

    And what is near would, but for you, have been far away.

  4. مَاذَا أَتَيْتَ بِه عَلَى قِصْرِ المَدَى

    مِنْ كُلِّ إِصْلاَحٍ يُعَدُّ فَرِيدَا

    What you have achieved in so brief a span—

    Reforms, every one deemed unparalleled!

  5. لَمْ يَذْكُرِ التَّارِيخُ نَصْراً كَالَّذي

    أَحْرَزْتَهُ فَوْق الظُّنونِ مُجِيدا

    History has never recorded a victory like the one

    You won with distinction, beyond all expectations.

  6. هَلْ كَانَ أَمْهَرُ قَائِدٍ أَوْ سَائِسِ

    فِي الْحَالَتَيْنِ كَمَا أَجَدْتَ مُجِيدَا

    Has the most skilled commander or statesman

    Ever excelled in both roles as you have?

  7. إِعْجَبْ بِشَعْبٍ فِي الخَفَا عَبَّأْتَهُ

    لَمْ يَأْلَفِ التَّتظِيمَ وَالتَّجْنِيدا

    Marvel at a people you mobilized in secret,

    Unaccustomed to organization and enlistment.

  8. وَالدَّوُّ يَرْمِيه بِزُرْقِ عُيونه

    وَالجَوُّ فِي كُلِّ اتِّجاه رَيِّدَا

    And the enemy targets it with his blue eyes,

    And the sky was scouted in every direction.

  9. فَيَهُبُّ مَكْشُوفَ المُقَاتِلَ فَاتِكاً

    بِمُكَاثِرَيه عِدَّةً وَعَديدَا

    Then it rises, its vital parts exposed, striking down

    Those who outmatch it in equipment and numbers.

  10. وَيُذِيْقُ مَنْ أَشْقَى الْبِلاَدَ بِبَغْ

    يه عُقْبَى نِكَالٍ كَابَدَتْهُ مَديدَا

    And makes the one who tormented the land through his tyranny

    Taste the consequences of the torment it endured so long.

  11. حَتَّى إِذَا أَجْلاَهُ كَانَ جَلاَؤُهُ

    لِلْعُرْبِ فِي كُلِّ المَرَابِعِ عِيدا

    Until, when it drove him out, his departure became

    A festival for Arabs in every dwelling place.

  12. عِيدٌ لَهُ مَا بَعْدَهُ فِي مَعْشَرٍ

    يَأْبَى الْحَيَاةَ مُكَبَّلاً وَمَسُودا

    A festival of lasting consequence among a people

    Who refuse to live shackled and subjugated;

  13. حُلْوُ الشَّمائِلِ وَالزَّمَانُ مُلاَينٌ

    وَيَمُرُّ إِنْ كَانَ الزَّمَانُ شَديدَا

    Gentle in disposition when the times are kind,

    Yet turning bitter when the times are harsh.

  14. أَهْلُ الشَّآمِ كَعَهْدهِمْ لَمْ يَبرَحوا

    أَنْ يُسْتَثَارُوا فِي الْخُطُوبِ أُسُودا

    The people of al-Sham, as ever, have never ceased

    To be lions when roused amid calamities.

  15. وَكَعَهْدهِمْ بِذَكَائِهِمْ وَمَضَائِهِمْ

    رَفَعُوا لَهُمْ فِي الخَافِقَيْنِ بُنُودا

    And, as ever, through their intelligence and resolve,

    They have raised banners for themselves in East and West.

  16. إِنْ لَمْ تَسَعَ نُبَغَاءَهُمْ أَوْطَانُهُمْ

    جَعَلُوا حُدُودَ العَالَمِينَ حُدُودا

    If their homelands have no room for their gifted people,

    They make the bounds of the whole world their own borders.

  17. يَا خَيْرَ مَنْ وَلَّتْهُ أُمَّتهُ فَمَا

    ضَلَّتْ وَكَان مُوَفَّقاً وَرَشِيدَا

    O best of those their nation set in power—it did not

    Go astray, and its chosen leader was successful and wise.

  18. أَعْجَزْتَنِي عَنْ شُكْرٍ مَا أَوْلَيْتَنِي

    أَتَزيدَنِي بِقُبُولِ عُذٌرِي جُودا

    You have left me unable to thank you for what you bestowed on me.

    Will you be still more generous to me by accepting my excuse?

  19. هَيْهَاتْ يَخْلُدك القَرِيضُ وَأَنْتَ مَنْ

    يَهِبُ الْقَرِيضَ الوَحْيَ وَالتَّخْلِيدا

    Verse could never immortalize you, for you are the one

    Who grants verse inspiration and immortality.

  20. قامَتْ فَعَائِلُكَ الْكِبَارُ شَوَاهِداً

    وَلَوْ أَنَّها كِلَمٌ لَكُنَّ قَصِيدَا

    Your great deeds stand as witnesses;

    Were they words, they would be poetry.

  21. بِكَ تُوِّجَ الْعَهْدُ الْمُبَارَكُ رَأْسَهُ

    وَبِصَحْبِكَ الأَبْرَارِ زَانَ الجِيدَا

    With you, the blessed era's head was crowned,

    And with your righteous companions it adorned its neck.

  22. غُرٌّ مَيَامِينٌ شَهَدْتَ بَلاَءَهُمْ

    فِي كُلِّ نَازِلَة فَكَانَ حَمِيدا

    Illustrious, blessed men—you have witnessed their mettle

    In every calamity, and it has proved praiseworthy.

  23. هَذَا جَمِيلُ مَنْ وَفى كَوَفَائِه

    أَنْ يَذْكُرَ الْقَوْمُ الغُدَاةَ الصيِّدا

    This is the kindness of one as faithful as he:

    That the people remember the proud men who went forth at dawn.

  24. هَيْهَاتْ أَنْ يَنْسَوا زَعِيماً سَامَهُ

    إِخْلاَصُهُ التَّغرِيبَ وَالتَّشرِيدا

    Never could they forget a leader condemned by

    His devotion to exile and displacement,

  25. وَرِفَاقُهُ الصَّيَّابَةُ النُّجُبُ الأُولى

    لمْ يُدْخَروا عَزْماً وَلاَ مَجْهُودَا

    And his companions, the noble, sure-aimed men, who

    Spared neither resolve nor effort,

  26. البَاذلِينَ نُفُوسَهُمْ دَونَ الحِمَى

    لِيَعِيشَ مَرْفُوعَ الْمَقَامِ سَعِيدا

    Giving their lives in defense of the homeland,

    So that it might live honored and happy.

  27. فَلْتَحْيَا سُوريَا وَلاَ بَرَحتْ كَمَا

    تَهْوَى عُلاَهَا طَارِفاً وَتَليدا

    So long live Syria, and may she ever remain as

    You desire, with her newly won and ancestral glory.