1. بيروت إِذ أَلقت زمامها

    Beirut, when she yielded her reins,

  2. مصرٌ أتاها ذو المراحم يوسفُ

    Was Egypt, to which Yusuf, the merciful, had come.

  3. فاملك عواطفها بحكمتك التي

    So rule her affections with your wisdom, which

  4. اشتهرت ورقَّتك التي بك تُعرَفُ

    Has won renown, and your gentleness, known through you.

  5. ملكُ القلوب وذاك قلبي شاهدٌ

    Rule over hearts—and my heart bears witness to that—

  6. لأَجلُّ من ملكِ الرقابِ وأَشرفُ

    Is indeed loftier than rule over necks, and nobler.