1. The start of my journey, this safe haven
Lightning flashed from Keserwan

2. A shady land, shaded
By the fires of its protectors

3. Woe to anyone who describes it
Its beauty adorned by the eminent

4. Its inhabitants will not quit
Keen to safeguard the covenant

5. The religion of Christ is their motto
As if it were the sun of the Quran

6. They protect their God’s religion
Without sword or spear

7. So the righteous, their weapons
And the apostles are their aides

8. You see the angels, aura
Protecting the place's lights

9. The light of the Cross, it's as if
A planet depicted by Al-Fergani

10. It shatters and stones the demons
Its brilliance visible to the eye

11. It blinds the sights of the envious
As if it were the arrow of Bana

12. Its supporters around it
Bared the right hand's forearms

13. Protecting the space of its brilliance
Most honored are its protectors

14. Praiseworthy are its dwellings
And shelters that banish disgrace

15. Raised in the square are
The flags of the marker of heavens

16. It has monasteries in it
And churches that cannot be slighted

17. Their hymns and praises
Sound sweet to their ears' chant

18. The mystery of incarnation adorned it
Its mass in declaration

19. Reciting from our Gospel at dawn
The chapter of elucidation

20. Protect, O Jesus, its masses
From the heat of tribulation

21. Your apostles' crosses are their spears
And their swords are the tongues

22. Under the banner of a parish
And its protector, the pope of the place

23. The key of Peter is my creed
I shall obey it for all time

24. Leave the enemy estranged
Wandering the roads of disgrace

25. Woe to my enemies, for when
They strayed, say ruined are their hands

26. You are blessed, O Rome, which
Obtained the caliphate and covenant

27. How wondrous is its voice
Calling people to safety

28. Go, answerer of its prayers
Do not divert the reins from it

29. Recite and say, singing,
I am here, O gate of heavens

30. Who obeys it, obeys the Sublime
And who disobeys it, is damned

31. O Maronite people, rejoice
You are its sons, in Lebanon

32. It suckled you on its breast
What knowledge, that treasured one

33. Neither distance dissuades you, nor
The sword of hypocrisy, the snakes

34. Nor the teaching of whoever
Misguides the minds of today's youth

35. For your souls' foundation was
The faith of steadfast Simon

36. You have trampled underfoot in your loyalty
Arrogant Arius of hell

37. And abandoned Nestorius, with
Bar-Soma, those two misguided ones

38. And Dioscorus, not
A rebel with a blasphemous tongue

39. As for Severus, the damned one
When he lacked faith

40. And the heretic sect
Deluded, not to be aided

41. Along with his followers
With Photius, the disgraced one

42. And foolish Luther
And Calvin, that serpent

43. You damned them with a curse
Great, threefold in its intensity

44. Thus your light became
Brilliant east and west

45. Your faith is firmly established
Let whoever wishes doubt

46. This is my belief which
I shall state on the day of declaration

47. On that Day of Judgment which
Will conclude the tribulation

48. With Peter my entrance
For from it was my exit

49. Clinging to a caliphate
From Peter the pillar of faith

50. O Lord, accept my creed
And my loyalty, I stand accused

51. And let me die a blissful death
At your right hand in affection

52. And I say my faith which
The start of my journey, this safe haven