1. O daughter of Beirut, and O breeze
From the spirit of ancient, dignified Lebanon

2. To you, from its news, a sign
Modern, adorned with the signs of eras

3. There passed by that old man one night
A memory of beauty, fragrance and light

4. A memory of youth that delighted his soul
And from which his head overflowed with dreams

5. He confided its whisper to the cedars
But they could not contain it in the heart's veil

6. So he released it in a sigh and it rushed out
With the quickness of good news and gentleness of joy

7. Meandering on the slopes, roaming
Every place in it has peerless vegetation

8. So the plants laughed with joy at it
At moist, ripe, eloquent blossoms

9. At blossoms which the morning breeze carried
A concealed smile in fragrance

10. It flowed to Beirut and met a scent
From its sea, the radiance of dawn

11. So they formed in its mouth a pearl
The most beautiful thing between the pearls of seas

12. Asma, have you ever seen it
Adorn your mirror at dawn?