1. Whoever aspires for glorious acclaim
Let him seek it with Baroudi's determination

2. My pride Fakhrī who innovated prides and donned
Of them becoming proud of each novelty

3. And refused but the shooting of endeavors when he strove
Clinging to each of them as beneficial

4. And built for himself in Damascus a lofty glory
After the glory in Damascus being old

5. If Mahmoud is the doer of deeds, he
Inherited the generosities from a praiseworthy father

6. He benefited the countries with his money and effort
And with good opinion in matters most just

7. And saw the discord in them so he stood unifying
In them the endeavors however unification

8. And called upon the men in them so he reconciled a company
That aspires to a purpose most noble

9. It enriches the countries with its effort over others
And brings back the era of its lost wealth

10. And undertakes the useful work for its people
Of weaving gowns and cloaks for them

11. Until it becomes of foreigners in no need
And lives not prisoner of imitation

12. Or what do you see the countrymen restricted
To the West of their needs with shackles

13. The West dresses them with clothes they with which
Bare of money for them and coins

14. And you see it skin them with its manufactures
Skinning the sheep and they without hides

15. These are their ships that come and attack
With goods not counted in numbering

16. As if they are for sucking our blood
Some conquerors or like some worms

17. Until when do we suffer for others to be happy
And humiliate the relatives for distant glory

18. And boycott the national from our things
Even if it is of the best existing

19. That the countries complain of their people
And say the saying of the overburdened distressed

20. Oh masters of the homelands, you are no masters
Having lived in your poverty like slaves

21. Is master whoever lived for others
Needy, but that is life blackened

22. That sovereignty goes hand in hand with riches
In both states of absence and existence

23. A people cannot be independent with its sword if
It cannot be independent with its minted coin

24. Whoever's glory is reliant on his money
His hoisted banner must slip

25. Oh our people, you are like one planting a vine
And others from it pluck the clusters

26. How much you plant in your land and for others
Of what you planted a grain of every crop

27. So reflect, oh people, on your state
And wake from heedlessness and slumber

28. Whoever among you wants his country honored
Let him make the effort of its honorer Baroudi