العدل جادك بالوسام السامي

لما رآك إمام كل همام

Justice bestowed upon you the exalted medal

When it saw you as the leader of every valiant man.

وعلومك الغر الثواقب حببت

بعظيم فضلك دولة الإعظام

And your radiant, penetrating learning endeared you,

Through your great merit, to that revered state.

تلك التي أحيا بها اللَه الندى

وانتاشه من حيز الإعدام

That state through which God revived generosity

And rescued it from the realm of annihilation.

وبعدلها عاد التمدن بعد ما

بلغ المحاق التام بدر تمام

And through its justice, civilization returned after

A full moon had reached complete darkness.

فاكرم بمنحتها الفرنساوية ال

عظمى التي تاهت عل بهرام

How noble is its French award, the

Greatest, which gloried above Bahram!

ومن الحريُّ بها سوى المولى ابن شك

كور الذكي بقية الأعلام

And who deserves it but the lord Ibn Shak—

—kur, the brilliant, the last of the illustrious?

رجلٌ من المهد انتشى متوشحاً

بالمجد والإعزاز والإكرام

A man who, from the cradle, exulted, arrayed

In glory, esteem, and honor.

علامةٌ فهامةٌ ضرغامةٌ

في النقض والإبرام والإقدام

A great scholar, a profound thinker, a lion

In refuting, affirming, and acting boldly.

سد يا نجيب بما ورثت من الذكا

ونجابة الأخوال والأعمام

Be foremost, O Najib, through the intelligence you inherited

And the nobility of your maternal and paternal uncles.

وافخر بأجمل منحة قد أرخت

فاخر وزه بجمال خير وسام

And take pride in the fairest award; I have marked its date:

“Boast, and shine with the beauty of the finest medal.”