قد قامَ رَبُّ الدَّارِ في أوطانِهِ

قد قامَ رَبُّ الدَّارِ في أوطانِهِ

وجَرَى الجَوادُ هُناكَ في مَيدانِهِ

وجَرَى الجَوادُ هُناكَ في مَيدانِهِ

The lord of the house has arisen in his native lands,

The Lord of the house has risen in his lands,

And the steed has galloped there in its arena.

And the steed has raced there in its field.

واخضَرَّ ما قد جَفَّ من نَبْتِ الرُّبَى

واخضَرَّ ما قد جَفَّ من نَبْتِ الرُّبَى

فجرَت مياهُ الخِصبِ في عِيدانِهِ

فجرَت مياهُ الخِصبِ في عِيدانِهِ

And the hills' once-withered vegetation grew green,

What was dry of vegetation has turned green,

So the waters of fertility flowed through its stems.

So the waters of fertility flowed through its limbs.

عاد الرَّبيعُ إلى الدِّيارِ بزَهرهِ

عاد الرَّبيعُ إلى الدِّيارِ بزَهرهِ

كزَمانِهِ بعدَ انقضاءِ زَمانِهِ

كزَمانِهِ بعدَ انقضاءِ زَمانِهِ

Spring returned to the lands with its blossoms,

Spring has returned to the home with its flowers,

As in its season, after its season had passed.

As it was in its time after the passage of its time.

وأفادهُ سَعدُ الشِّهابِ نَضارةً

وأفادهُ سَعدُ الشِّهابِ نَضارةً

في آبَ لم تَخطُرْ على نَيْسانِهِ

في آبَ لم تَخطُرْ على نَيْسانِهِ

And Saʿd al-Shihab bestowed on it a freshness

Its felicity gave it vitality,

In August that its April had never imagined.

In a month that did not occur to its forgetfulness.

أتَتِ الوِلايةُ أهلَ منَصبِها الذي

أتَتِ الوِلايةُ أهلَ منَصبِها الذي

لا يستحي أحَدٌ بلثمِ بَنانِهِ

لا يستحي أحَدٌ بلثمِ بَنانِهِ

The governorship came to its rightful holder, whose

Authority came to the people of its positions which

Fingertips no one is ashamed to kiss.

No one is ashamed to kiss its fingertips.

للمجدِ في لُبنانَ بيتٌ شامخٌ

للمجدِ في لُبنانَ بيتٌ شامخٌ

آلُ الشِّهابِ الرأسُ من أركانِهِ

آلُ الشِّهابِ الرأسُ من أركانِهِ

Glory has a lofty house in Lebanon;

For glory in Lebanon a lofty house,

The Shihab family is chief among its pillars.

The Shihabs are the pillar of its corners.

قومٌ لهم شَرَفٌ قديمٌ من مَدَى

قومٌ لهم شَرَفٌ قديمٌ من مَدَى

زَمَنٍ عَصى التأريخَ حِفظُ أوانِهِ

زَمَنٍ عَصى التأريخَ حِفظُ أوانِهِ

A people with ancient honor, reaching back to

A people who have an ancient nobility from the span

An age whose date history could not preserve.

Of time the dating eluded the preservation of its times.

لو هَمَّ نُسَّابُ الحِجازِ بضبطِهِ

لو هَمَّ نُسَّابُ الحِجازِ بضبطِهِ

بَلغَ السِّياقُ بهِ إلى عَدنانِهِ

بَلغَ السِّياقُ بهِ إلى عَدنانِهِ

If the genealogists of the Hijaz attempted to trace it,

If the genealogist of Hejaz had wanted to verify it,

The account would trace it back to its Adnan.

The thread would have taken him to its Adnan.

كم قاطفٍ للزَّهرِ من عُرضِ الفَلا

كم قاطفٍ للزَّهرِ من عُرضِ الفَلا

يا مَن قطفتَ الزَّهرَ من بُستانِهِ

يا مَن قطفتَ الزَّهرَ من بُستانِهِ

Many a one plucks flowers from the midst of the wilderness—

How many flower pickers from the width of chances!

O you who plucked flowers from their own garden!

O you who picked the flowers from its garden.

مَن كانَ مِن نسلِ البشيرِ فذاكَ لم

مَن كانَ مِن نسلِ البشيرِ فذاكَ لم

تَكُنِ الممالِكُ فوقَ رِفعةِ شانِهِ

تَكُنِ الممالِكُ فوقَ رِفعةِ شانِهِ

Whoever came of Bashir's line—such a man was never

Whoever was from the descent of al-Bashir, that one when

Outranked by kingdoms in the loftiness of his station.

Kingdoms were not above the loftiness of his rank.

ذاكَ الذي ضَبَطَتْ عِنانَ بِلادِهِ

ذاكَ الذي ضَبَطَتْ عِنانَ بِلادِهِ

يَدُهُ كما ضَبَطَت عِنانَ حِصانِهِ

يَدُهُ كما ضَبَطَت عِنانَ حِصانِهِ

He was the one whose country's reins were held fast

That is the one who controlled the reins of his countries,

By his hand, as it held the reins of his horse.

As his hand controlled the reins of his steed.

قد كان يُطفي الماءُ جمرةَ غيرهِ

قد كان يُطفي الماءُ جمرةَ غيرهِ

والماءُ يُحرِقُهُ لَظَى نِيرانِهِ

والماءُ يُحرِقُهُ لَظَى نِيرانِهِ

Water would extinguish another's ember,

Water used to extinguish the ember of others,

But water itself is burned by the blaze of his fires.

While water burned him, the intensity of its fires.

وقد اقتبستَ خِصالَهُ وصفاتَهُ

وقد اقتبستَ خِصالَهُ وصفاتَهُ

من حيثُ كُنتَ نشأتَ في دِيوانِهِ

من حيثُ كُنتَ نشأتَ في دِيوانِهِ

And you have borrowed his traits and qualities,

And you have adopted his traits and qualities,

Since you had grown up in his court.

From where you were brought up in his office.

والأصلُ يجري في الفُروعِ زكاؤُهُ

والأصلُ يجري في الفُروعِ زكاؤُهُ

فيُولِّدُ الأثمارَ في أغصانهِ

فيُولِّدُ الأثمارَ في أغصانهِ

And the root's vigor flows through its offshoots,

The origin flows in the branches, its brilliance,

Thus bringing forth fruit upon its branches.

Begetting fruits in its branches.

سُرَّت بمَنصبِكَ البِلادُ لأنَّهُ

سُرَّت بمَنصبِكَ البِلادُ لأنَّهُ

في طالعٍ بالسَّعدِ عَقْدُ قِرانِهِ

في طالعٍ بالسَّعدِ عَقْدُ قِرانِهِ

The lands rejoiced at your appointment, for it

The countries rejoiced in your position, because

Was wed to good fortune under a rising star.

In an ascendant with good fortune is its marriage contract.

ما زالَ يُهديكَ الهَنا بكتابهِ

ما زالَ يُهديكَ الهَنا بكتابهِ

مَن ليسَ يُمكنُهُ الهَنا بلِسانِهِ

مَن ليسَ يُمكنُهُ الهَنا بلِسانِهِ

He keeps sending you congratulations in his letter—

He who cannot congratulate with his tongue,

He who cannot congratulate you with his tongue.

Continues to present you with his book.