ببها نقولا أشرق القطرُ

ببها نقولا أشرق القطرُ

وصفا لنا ولجلق الدهرُ

وصفا لنا ولجلق الدهرُ

Through Nicholas's splendor, the land shone,

With joy we say the rain has fallen

And time grew serene for us and for Jilliq.

Describing for us a clear dawn and a new day

وإذا نقولا زار مملكةً

وإذا نقولا زار مملكةً

يزدارها الإقبال والبشر

يزدارها الإقبال والبشر

And whenever Nicholas visits a kingdom,

And whenever we say he visited a kingdom

Good fortune and joy visit it.

Prosperity and glad tidings flourished

فهو الذي تعنو الرؤوس له

فهو الذي تعنو الرؤوس له

والبيض والعسالة السمر

والبيض والعسالة السمر

For he is the one to whom heads bow,

He whose coming all heads bow to

And gleaming swords and swaying brown spears.

The fair, the dark, the young, the old

بشراك سوريا بذي كرم

بشراك سوريا بذي كرم

في كل أنملة له بحر

في كل أنملة له بحر

Glad tidings to you, Syria, of one endowed with generosity:

Greetings O Syria, so generous is he

In every fingertip of his lies a sea.

In every palm-width lies an ocean

من سادةٍ كالزهر في شيمٍ

من سادةٍ كالزهر في شيمٍ

أخلاقهم وجوههم غر

أخلاقهم وجوههم غر

From lords like radiant stars in their virtues,

Of nobles, their morals and faces like flowers

Their characters and their faces are radiant.

Their character and countenance radiant

فهم القياصرة الذين لهم

فهم القياصرة الذين لهم

بين الملوك النهي والأمر

بين الملوك النهي والأمر

For they are the tsars, who wield

They are the Caesars whose command

Among kings the power to forbid and command.

Kings obey, whose orders kings accept

يا زائر البيت المقدس من

يا زائر البيت المقدس من

فيه المكرس زارك الشكر

فيه المكرس زارك الشكر

O visitor to the Holy House, from

O pilgrim to the holy shrine wherein lies

Its consecrated mouth gratitude has visited you.

The consecrated, you have our thanks

لو كان يسعى قبله حرمٌ

لو كان يسعى قبله حرمٌ

وافى إليك جموده عذر

وافى إليك جموده عذر

Had any sanctuary before it ever walked,

If it were permitted, the holy precincts

It would have come to you; its immobility is its excuse.

Would come to you, absolving you of the journey

دامت لك الأيام باسمةً

دامت لك الأيام باسمةً

ما دامت السيارة الزهر

ما دامت السيارة الزهر

May the days remain smiling upon you,

May his name bring you auspicious days

As long as the radiant wandering stars endure.

As long as stars continue to shine

وبقيت بدراً من منازله ال

وبقيت بدراً من منازله ال

معروفة المعروف والفخر

معروفة المعروف والفخر

And may you remain a full moon, among whose stations—

And may you remain a full moon among

The well-known ones—are benevolence and glory.

The constellations, known for its grace and glory