1. O prince of eloquence, aid your grandfather
Who came to your father's aid and found you

2. O scion of the first, protect the glory we built
And if you guarded it, you have guarded your glory

3. That was a covenant to Mousharrafiyeh kneeling
As you covenanted with gallantry your covenant

4. A covenant of pride from the days of Sarkis till
Our day where your cheek is inflamed

5. With the two swords engraved and unsheathed
O Khazen liberate your cradle

6. You accompanied Mounayni the best companion
And accompanied El Sayyab the star your peer

7. And rode the steed in the days of the fortress
Exalted through the terrains of awe unruffled

8. You were like a spear piercing the darkness of injustice
And like a sword never nearing its sheath

9. And you entered the pigeons' lofts undaunted
Not fearing to sacrifice yourself and your roses

10. And we saw you sipping hemlock by choice
To keep for your Lebanese people your nectar

11. You fortified in Kesrwan what Khosrow had fortified
And established in it your bounds by justice

12. Where are gone your glorious vestiges
In Kesrwan they chant your praise

13. O Abou Nader your weapon never perishes
And Youssef follows you after your departure

14. And the light of eloquence in our time
Is like the light with which your lamp shone

15. This grandson revived you
Saving you from the shadows of death

16. We found in him your fathers in truth
And found in him your behest and guidance

17. And found him in politics inclining
To your course he emulates and seeks

18. For you o son of the audacious a covenant on
A people with their livers safeguard your covenant

19. People of Lebanon whose lives you sacrificed
To make the cedars flourish your sacrifice

20. You conquered hearts until we saw
The free yield to you enslaved by affection

21. A true leader you are but you shun
Vanity and hold fast to your ascetic ways

22. A burden you carry but you lead
The youth of Lebanon as lions lead their cubs

23. Podiums flaunt you proudly
Would that you alone were the parliament