1. على ساكني القلمون منّي تحيّةً

    تفوح بنفح الطيب والمسلك والندِّ

    To the dwellers of al-Qalamun, a greeting from me,

    Wafting the fragrance of perfume, [musk], and fragrant incense.

  2. وتختصّ بالمولى الهمام الّذي له

    ولاءٌ عليها بالسيادة والمجد

    And especially for the high-minded master, who holds

    Patronage over it through nobility and glory.

  3. فتى حاز حمد الوصف والفعل إذ غدا

    محمّدَ ذات قد تلت سورة الحمد

    A young man who won praise in character and deed, for he became

    Much-praised in his very being, which has recited the Surah of Praise.

  4. هزبرُ الحمى في غابة الحيّ رابضٌ

    ولا بدع في ذا إذ تولّد من أُسد

    A lion of the protected domain, crouching in the community's forest;

    And no wonder in this, since he was born of lions.

  5. إذا مرّ من فرط المهابة وحدَه

    تراه كجيشٍ مرّ في كثرة العدّ

    When he passes alone, so great is the awe he inspires,

    You see him as an army passing in vast numbers.

  6. حسيبٌ نسيبٌ سيّدٌ متواضعٌ

    أديبٌ أريبٌ فاضلٌ كاملٌ مهدي

    Noble in standing and lineage, a humble lord;

    Cultured, discerning, virtuous, accomplished, rightly guided.

  7. محيّاه بدر الأنس قد لاح طالعاً

    عليه بأنوار السيادة والسعد

    His face, the full moon of delight, has shone forth, rising

    Upon him with the lights of nobility and good fortune.

  8. لقد ورث الإرشاد عن خير والدٍ

    روى عن أبيه ما رواه عن الجدّ

    He indeed inherited spiritual guidance from the best of fathers;

    He transmitted from his father what his father had transmitted from the grandfather.

  9. أريدُ عليَّ القدر عارفَ وقته

    ومرجعَ أهل الله في الحلّ والعقد

    I mean the man of exalted rank, the spiritual knower of his age,

    And the recourse of God's people in unbinding and binding.

  10. بخدمة دين المصطفى جدّه له

    مقامٌ رفيعٌ ليس يعرف بالحدّ

    Through serving the faith of the Chosen One, his grandfather, he has

    A lofty station that no limit can define.

  11. به أضحت القلمون سيّدة القرى

    تزور بها قُصّادُها كعبةَ الرشد

    Through him, al-Qalamun became the mistress of villages;

    There, those who seek it visit the Kaaba of right guidance.

  12. أقام على التقوى وأسّس مسجداً

    لإحياء دين الله مع صحّة القصد

    He stood firm in piety and founded a mosque,

    To revive God's faith, with sound intent.

  13. وقام بنوه بالّذي سنّه لهم

    محمّدُ في هديٍ وأحمدُ في زهد

    And his sons upheld what he had laid down for them:

    Muhammad in guidance, and Ahmad in asceticism.

  14. وقد فاقهم بالمكرمات محمّدٌ

    فلله فردٌ قد تفرّد بالرفد

    And indeed Muhammad surpassed them in noble deeds;

    So to God belongs a peerless man, unrivaled in giving.

  15. ترى بشره قبل القِرى وابتسامه

    وكفاً إذا صافحته بالندى يندي

    You see his cheer and smile before the guest's meal,

    And a hand that, when you clasp it, grows moist with the dew of generosity.

  16. له الدين والدنيا قد اجتمعا معاً

    وهذا لعمري غاية الجِدّ والجَدّ

    For him, religion and worldly life have come together;

    And this, by my life, is the summit of diligence and good fortune.

  17. وإنّي على شوقٍ لمعهد قربه

    ومازلت أرعى العهد في القرب والبعد

    And I yearn for the place where he is near,

    And I have never ceased to honor the covenant, near or far.