1. For every dignity there is a time that will return
Just as the dry wood becomes green again

2. And time is miserly after generosity
But after miserliness we see it become generous

3. If the country missed an old era
And if the Shouf region suffered in the past

4. Today its ruler is fortunate
A generous man whose fame amongst people was celebrated

5. With him the forefathers live on and ancestry endures
He brought back to us the good news and that was not enough for him

6. So he exceeded it in his selfless service
We knew him from afar but

7. That stranger became greater as he came near
Hearsay did not lie about him but

8. In seeing him testimonies became purified
A chief of the clans of Qais

9. Walking with dignity amongst his entourage
He kindles fire in peace and war

10. And in both he is never extinguished
He is the pillar without which

11. The foundations of Mount Lebanon would crumble
If the Shouf region is called

12. The sides of a tent, he is its pillar