1. حدِّثْ عن الخلْدِ يصدُقْ عندنا الخَبَرُ

    هلِ اللَّيالي التي طالعتَها غُرَرُ

    Speak of eternity; we shall believe the tidings.

    Are the nights you have beheld radiant?

  2. وهل مقاصيرُهُ اللائي نشِطت لها

    ملء النُّهى فرِحاتٌ حُفَّلٌ زُهُرُ

    And are its secluded chambers, for which you yearned,

    Filling the mind—joyous, thronged, radiant?

  3. أكلُّ منبَثِقٍ شمسٌ تَفيض سنىً

    وكلُّ منتثرٍ من ذرَّةٍ قَمَرُ

    Is everything bursting forth a sun pouring out radiance,

    And every scattered mote a moon?

  4. وسِدرة المنتهى هل صفّقَت طرباً

    أوراقُها وتثنّى فرعُها النَّضيرُ

    And did the Lote Tree of the Utmost Boundary clap for joy

    With its leaves, and did its verdant bough sway?

  5. أطابَ منها أبو بكرٍ غِلالتَهُ

    وقد تفيّأها غِبَّ الوني عُمَرُ

    Abu Bakr has scented his light robe with it,

    And Umar has rested in its shade after weariness.

  6. لا يَوْمُكم في الُّذرى يومٌ وليس غدٌ

    إستغرقت كلَّ ليلٍ عندها النُّهرُ

    Your day upon the heights is no day, nor is there a tomorrow;

    The days there have swallowed every night.

  7. فهذه الجنَّةُ الزهراءُ أَجْرُ تُقىً

    أُعطيتَها أم جرى في حُكمِهِ القدرُ

    Is this radiant Paradise, then, a reward for piety

    Granted to you, or did destiny follow His decree?

  8. فيمَ الحياةُ بتقوى اللهِ تنفقها

    إن كان غيرُ نعيمِ الخُلْدِ يُدَّخِرُ

    Why spend your life in reverence for God,

    If anything but eternal bliss is stored up?

  9. بيوتُ عَزّاكِ أنّ الدين مفخرةٌ

    وعَهْدُ مُفتيك يومَ الدينِ مفتَخَرُ

    Beirut, it has consoled you that religion is a source of pride,

    And your mufti's legacy a glory on the Day of Judgment.

  10. لولا مرائرُ بالإسلام عابثَةٌ

    لطابَ للمؤمنين الوِردُ والصدَرٌ

    Were it not for bitter afflictions making sport of Islam,

    The believers' coming to water and returning would be sweet.

  11. إِن الرؤوسَ التي طالَ الغرورُ بها

    بالأمسِ أقْصَرَ عنها الصارِمُ الذَكَرُ

    Indeed, those heads that conceit had raised high—

    Yesterday the keen, hard-tempered sword stopped short of them.

  12. فيمَ الوفودُ على القُدْسِ الشريف طمت

    وفيمَ قام لهمْ في القدسِ ممؤتَمَرُ

    Why have the delegations flooded into noble Jerusalem,

    And why has a congress been convened for them in Jerusalem?

  13. هَبْهَا مغامرةً في الرأي حاذرةً

    فكم أقالَ عِثار الأمَّةِ الحذَرُ

    Grant that it is a cautious venture in judgment;

    For how often has caution lifted the nation from a stumble!

  14. إنَّ الأُلى جَمَع الإسلامُ رأيَهُمُ

    في كلّ يومِ لهم في مجدِهِ أَثَرُ

    Indeed, those whose views Islam has united

    Leave a mark upon its glory every day.

  15. ما ضرَّه أَنَّهم ساروا به شيعاً

    إنّ الأصول عليها ينبت الشجَرُ

    Their marching with it in sects has done it no harm;

    For it is upon roots that trees grow.

  16. أرى أمانَّي للإسلام باسمةً

    كالزهرِ أوَّلَ ما يبدو به الثَمَرُ

    I see my hopes for Islam smiling,

    Like blossoms as fruit first appears among them.

  17. عهدي به عَلِمَ الماضي وكيف مضى

    وأين يكمنُ في المستقبل الخَطَرُ

    I have known it to understand the past and how it unfolded,

    And where danger lurks in the future.

  18. يَدُ الدَّخيل إذا امتدّت إلى حَرَم

    فليس يَطهُرُ إلاّ يومَ تنكَسِرُ

    When the intruder's hand reaches into a sanctuary,

    It is cleansed only on the day that hand is broken.