1. Bread became dear and the path of life narrowed
For an entire nation

2. So I turned and saw its children
Hungry, dying in the cornfields

3. And at every door you see a thief
And at every door you see a beggar

4. Lebanon, you are not the home of nobility
Nor the nation of the valiant

5. You were wronged and became patiently humiliated
You were killed but clothed the murderous hand

6. The wicked and the innocent have become confused in you
And no courageous youth has been killed in you unjustly

7. Jamal came to you dragging
Misfortunes with their heavy burdens

8. And Salim returned unharmed, though branded
With a stain on your honor that will not fade