Sol 6.1

  1. لِذاتِكَ المَجد في العَلياءِ يَنتَسِبُ

    وَفي مَقامَكَ باهي العِلمُ وَالأَدَبُ

    Glory in the heights traces its lineage to you.

    And in your presence, learning and letters take pride.

  2. بِكَ إِزدَهى الآن وَجهُ الشامِ مُبتَهِجاً

    وَفاضَ لَما حَلَلتَ الأُنسُ وَالطَرَبُ

    Through you, the face of al-Sham now shines with joy.

    And when you arrived, delight and rapture overflowed.

  3. ما زِلتَ تَهدي السَنى لِلشَرقِ مُبتَسِماً

    حَتّى تلمعَ في أَبوابِهِ الذَهَبُ

    You have never ceased to bestow radiance on the East, smiling,

    Until gold gleams at its gates.

  4. سوريَةُ اليَومَ بِالأَفراحِ رافِلَةٌ

    تَكادُ تَرقُصُ لَو لَم يُغلَب الأَدَبُ

    Today Syria is robed in joy;

    She would almost dance, were decorum not overcome.

  5. نادَتكَ لَما اِبنتَ اللُطفِ عَن كَرَمٍ

    يا مُخلِصَ الحُبِّ أَنتَ القَصد وَالطَلَبُ

    She called to you when you showed kindness out of generosity:

    O you sincere in love, you are the aim and the quest.

  6. قَد أَنزَلَتكَ المَعالي هامَ عِزَّتِها

    فَكُنتَ أَسعَدَ مَن تَعلو بِهِ الرُتَبُ

    High honors have set you upon the summits of their glory,

    And you became the most fortunate of those through whom ranks are exalted.

  7. شَيدتَ مَجدكَ في الدُنيا بِأَربَعَةٍ

    الفَضلُ وَالحلمُ وَالإِقدامُ وَالحَسَبُ

    You built your glory in this world upon four things:

    Merit, forbearance, courage, and noble lineage.

  8. قَد رَقَّ لُطفُكَ لا يَبقى عَلى كَبدٍ

    كَأَنَّهُ ساحِرٌ لِلقَلبِ يَجتَذِبُ

    Your kindness has grown so tender that it spares no heart,

    As though it were a sorcerer drawing the heart to itself.

  9. نَراكَ في قُطرنا تاجاً يُزَينهُ

    وَكَوكَباً لِأَثيرِ المُلكِ يَنتَسِبُ

    We see you in our land as a crown adorning it,

    And a star belonging to the ether of kingship.

  10. وَسامَ مَجدٍ محلى بِالجَواهِرِ

    قَد جادَت بِهِ التُركُ فَإِمتازَت بِهِ العَرَبُ

    A badge of glory adorned with jewels,

    The Turks bestowed it generously, and through it the Arabs gained distinction.

  11. وَفي يَراعكَ أَسرارٌ مُنَوَّعَةٌ

    تَجلو رُموزَ مَعانٍ كُلَها عَجَبُ

    And within your reed pen lie manifold mysteries,

    Unveiling the symbols of meanings, every one a marvel.

  12. عِمادُ فَضلٍ عَلَيهِ رايَةٌ نُشِرَت

    في الأُفقِ لِلحِكمة الغَراءِ تَنَتَصِبُ

    A pillar of merit, upon which a banner has been unfurled,

    Rising on the horizon for radiant wisdom.

  13. مكفلٌ بِنِظامِ المُلكِ مُنتَهِلٌ

    مِن خَمرَةِ الحَقِ حَيثُ الرُشدُ يَنسَكِبُ

    Entrusted with the order of the realm, drinking deeply

    From the wine of truth, where right guidance pours forth.

  14. لَو لَم تَكُن أَسكَرتَهُ وَهِيَ تَنهَلَهُ

    ما كانَ في الطُرسِ يَجري وَهُوَ يَضطَرِبُ

    Had the wine not intoxicated it while giving it drink,

    It would not have run across the parchment, trembling.

  15. وَفي يَمينِكَ سَيفٌ ضاءَ مُنَطَبِعاً

    مِن جَوهَرِ البَرقِ مَطبوعاً بِهِ اللَهَبُ

    And in your right hand is a gleaming sword, fashioned

    From the essence of lightning, with flame stamped into it.

  16. حَذار يا زُمرَةَ الطاغين مضرَبَهُ

    إِن الصَواعِقَ مِن آثارِها العَطبُ

    Beware its stroke, O band of tyrants!

    For thunderbolts bring destruction in their wake.

  17. يَعلو فَتىً رُحتَ بِالأَنظارِ تَشمَلَهُ

    كَأَنَّهُ لِنُجوم الأُفقِ مُنجَذِبُ

    A youth you have come to enfold in your gaze rises high,

    As though drawn to the stars of the horizon.

  18. شُكراً لِفَضلِكَ قَد أَحييتَ ذا أَمَلٍ

    بِفَيضِ حِلمِكَ أَنتَ المِنهَلُ العَذبُ

    Thanks for your bounty—you have revived one full of hope,

    Through the outpouring of your forbearance—you are the sweet spring.

  19. نادَيتُ بِإِسمِكَ يَبدُو بِالتَيَمُنِ لي

    فَقُلتُ أَسعَدُ حَيثُ السَعدُ وَالأَرَبُ

    I called out your name, which seems to me a good omen,

    So I said, 'As'ad'—where good fortune and desire reside.