1. You languished in yearning for Lebanon
And had mercy on a wretch in pain

2. A yearning you endure as it finds refuge
In the abode of visions, from the tenderness of beauty

3. They examined the place of his passion - is there
Within it a throbbing heart, humble and subdued?

4. And they examined the inimitable drawing - can it
On the day fate strikes, comfort two eyes?

5. The remains of one alive who was unique in his time
Nay, unique in all time, in his intelligence

6. Can it make a sign or news
Or the wink of an eye or the movement of a fingertip?

7. Nothing remains of you but lines
Made immortal by excellent composition and clarity

8. And beautiful mention which was no use in dispelling what
Mutation makes rag in the body

9. I look at how you were brought low, but I see
No glory in it to benefit a human

10. And I see your heart has become empty
Forever of joys and sorrows

11. But we imagined your rest in the protected realm
More healing for your returning eager passion

12. O Lebanon, a mountain as if its inhabitant
When exiled from it, is expelled from gardens

13. If hardships with meaning were rendered
I would be naught but longing and affection

14. Joys bloom in you, luxuriantly
With rays that glow in colors

15. As for your shadows, they are specters of what is
In the souls of those distant from passions

16. This is your son, the sublime mark, who has now folded
Into a firmament fortified at its pillars

17. All those great deeds have now become
Some transient, crumbling greatness

18. What do your ruins say - they are witnesses
To this remainder of interdiction and clarification

19. What does the mountainside say? Its hearing is denied
This silence over the melodious echo

20. O Beirut, beloved honest land
Of easy nature, true in gratitude

21. Beirut, this is who attained through loftiness
The most precious position in rank

22. Greet abundantly his emissary to you, and honor
However you wish your eminent, glorious visitor

23. And remember the days of his youth that were
Necklaces of wonders and meanings

24. That made your suns the banners of the lights
With the two signs: enlightenment and mystic knowledge

25. Being near him gave us consolation
Then this second separation removed it

26. In you chastity escorts his bier
And knowledge weeps in every garden

27. Convey our trust to our loved ones
And carry our greeting to the nations

28. We wanted to journey with you to the protected realm
And gather the brethren round the brethren

29. But distance prevented us from embracing them
So depart, and let two tears embrace