1. The eternity has two fortresses: and Lebanon is the fortress of eternity
Ask the people: who among the people is content?

2. God sculpted Lebanon, so He made it perfect
As an artist embellished a statue

3. Oh neighbor of the cedars, the cedars reach what
My soul and mind cannot reach, nor the palm tree and milk

4. You are Arabism, you in its cloak
Since Ghassan surrounded the borders of Rome

5. A kingdom your ancestors built, and reinforced
With revelation, the sons of Marwan, and Marwan

6. Oh neighbor of the cedars, for my life you are not in
Egypt, nor are we guests in Lebanon

7. On the banks of the Nile: they hosted you, and your homeland
And in the Levant, we have family and homelands

8. The homes of its children were erased by the letter ‘D’, so their
Regions were united; so they are brothers in the ‘D’

9. If you ask the free Arab about a homeland
Or creed, he will say: the grandfather is Adnan

10. Oh neighbor of the cedars, we will never forget your
Favors, and favors are never forgotten by the noble

11. You were the pioneers of journalism
Without you, the columns would not have stood

12. You have pyramids on the Nile, their
Pillars are the magic of eloquence, not rock and sculpture

13. If the letter ‘D’ has manners in which it gets lost
Then its lead stallion is Zaydan

14. The Jesuits built a library for the letter ‘D’
Was the library of al-Ma’mūn in Baghdad not enough?

15. Anything but gems of classical Arabic and coral?
The refreshing ones cultivated the terrain of poetry

16. After metrics had become muddled for poetry
Thanks to them, Ahmad returned to the hoary one

17. Rather, singing her praises, and Hassan visited Syria
Were it not for their adventures in the new world,

18. Ears would not have listened to the language of nomads
They are conquerors even if they did not brandish

19. Swords, or their bodies were not burned by fire
When the enlightened era dawned, you were

20. First to serve classical Arabic thoroughly
You strove, and Egypt strove, as if you two

21. Were two steeds joined in the race track
And it is enough for Egypt when its glories are counted:

22. A meadow of knowledge and literature extremely delightful
The House of Sciences, and what is the House of Sciences but

23. A necklace in which classical Arabic roams and adorns itself?
For the letter ‘D’, rather in the East altogether

24. It has a fortress they built for it: a foundation and pillars
If Wael was followed by clouds, it had amongst them

25. A thousand clouds and a cloud
They penetrated the lands of the East, and spread

26. As if they were a downpour in the East, gushing
As if the letter ‘D’ were a religion they promote

27. For people. And some ignorance is religions for people
Envoys of culture, pure springs. We are in a time

28. Whose most effective weapon is: science and cognition
If their culture united peoples

29. We will not divide an entity into countries
Haughtiness is not in shoulders but

30. Rather, it is a feeling and essence
I feel, and my feeling does not lie to me,

31. Of a future filled with glory and authority
The past of Arabism marches towards its present

32. I have faith in Arabism and the Merciful
If the sons of Ya’rub ruled people,

33. People returned to being their subjects as they were
A star I was anticipating rose on the horizon

34. The nights passed over it, and it is strong
As if they were covering the earth in strides

35. Wait, Palestine, you called for help
His reply: Heights and rough terrain

36. God knows our goal is peace
And we of Doha are: shade and branches

37. How far is hostility from us! We are people
Yearning for the most high, not thirsty for spilt blood

38. But truth, for which proofs arise
Thus the sword alone proves it

39. Truth is a pearl that sank in a sea of blood
It has two fishers: a fleet and horsemen

40. No worries, if the guardians of security rejected
Egypt, even if power supported it they would submit

41. The Nile sighed when a voice from Bardawil
Cried, supporting it while the free man helps

42. A voice from eternity, sublime echo, chirping
Sweetly, like the dawn’s call to prayer, ringing

43. An article that Egypt heard reverently
As if it were a Bible or Qur’an

44. A “knight” guided me with it to a candid meeting
So the edifice of colonialism shook

45. Those closest have preached peace, shrouds have been
Woven by their hands for peace

46. The covenant of the ocean collapsed after the wars to
The bottom of the ocean, and waves are rampant

47. People are not, as they said, all equal
Rather, people are two sorts: flocks and wolves

48. Peace is not a fluttering flag with a banner
As long as there is dissension and hyenas between people!