1. For you, O Khazrun, I see Lebanon as it truly is,
With words of honesty, no ambiguity in its attire,

2. Its ugliness spread throughout the land,
You made it seem dogs were superior to people,

3. I passed by it hurriedly though I had no need,
As a drunkard passes by the shop of a vintner,

4. He was gracious as he did not stop me,
From the stench I inhaled when near him,

5. And he asked me, so I slapped him,
I arose without a nose, he without a head.