1. Lebanon was glad when you visited it
Yet your hasty departure saddened it

2. May he who missed this year
Be compensated by the coming year

3. The land is desolate when you abandon it
The land is populated when you settle in it

4. O jewel whom her time has adorned
While before her its excellence was idle

5. O sublime blessing, whose fragrance
Is diffused, encompassing and perfect

6. O gleam from the light of the Lord of guidance
The speaker is perplexed in describing it

7. Return, for righteous action is not complete
Unless the immediate is connected to the deferred