1. قَد شادَ أَنطون برجا في مَعالِمِهِ

    لِلنور وَالسَعد يَزهو نَشرَ أَعلامِ

    Antoun has raised a tower, amid whose features

    banners of light and good fortune proudly unfurl.

  2. كَجَنَةٍ رَقَصَت أَمواهها طَرَباً

    عَلى صَفاءٍ يُحاكي لُطفَهُ الهامي

    Like a garden whose waters danced in rapture,

    in a clarity whose grace my inspiration mirrors.

  3. قامَت تصفُق للزوار عَن فَرحٍ

    أَكفُّ أَبوابِهِ في بشرها السامي

    They rose, clapping for visitors out of joy—

    the palms of its doors, in their lofty cheer.

  4. تَقولُ هَيا أدخُلوا ربعي عَلى سِعَةٍ

    أَهلاً بِكُم قَد أَصبتُم كُل أَكرامِ

    They say: “Come, enter my abode at your ease;

    welcome to you—you have indeed received every honor.”

  5. مَقامُنا الأُنس بِالتاريخِ لاطفهُ

    وَشامَةُ الشام أَمسى مَنزلُ الشامي

    Our abode—good cheer has graced it with a chronogram:

    And al-Shami's home has become the beauty mark of al-Sham.