يَا أُمَّةً طَمَّاحَةً، فِي صَدْرِهَا

يَا أُمَّةً طَمَّاحَةً، فِي صَدْرِهَا

يَغْلِي الشبابُ ويُخفِقُ الإقدامُ

يَغْلِي الشبابُ ويُخفِقُ الإقدامُ

O aspiring nation, in whose breast

O ambitious nation, in whose heart

Youth seethes and daring throbs,

The youth seethe and courage throbs,

مَا بَيْنَ لُبْنَانٍ وَشَاطِئِ سُورِيا

مَا بَيْنَ لُبْنَانٍ وَشَاطِئِ سُورِيا

وَالأَرْضُ قَحْطٌ وَالرِّمَالُ عِقامُ

وَالأَرْضُ قَحْطٌ وَالرِّمَالُ عِقامُ

Between Lebanon and Syria's shore,

Between Lebanon and Syria's coast,

While the land is drought-stricken and the sands barren,

The land is barren, the sands desolate,

عَمَّا يُفَتِّشُ نَاظِرٌ لَكِ نَيِّرٌ

عَمَّا يُفَتِّشُ نَاظِرٌ لَكِ نَيِّرٌ

مِنْ وَطْأَةِ الحُمَّى عَلَيْهِ ظَلَامُ

مِنْ وَطْأَةِ الحُمَّى عَلَيْهِ ظَلَامُ

What does your radiant eye seek,

No keen-eyed searcher can detect for you

Darkened by the weight of fever?

A glimmer through the shroud of fever,

لِلَّهِ صُورٌ وَهْيَ تَسْبَحُ فِي الضِّيَا

لِلَّهِ صُورٌ وَهْيَ تَسْبَحُ فِي الضِّيَا

وَالبَحْرُ يَلْمَعُ مَوْجُهُ البَسَّامُ

وَالبَحْرُ يَلْمَعُ مَوْجُهُ البَسَّامُ

How wondrous is Tyre, swimming in the light,

God has images which chant His praise at dawn,

And the sea's smiling waves gleam.

And the sea flashes its billowy scimitar,

فِي زُرْقَةِ الشطِّ الجميلِ تَأَلَّقَتْ

فِي زُرْقَةِ الشطِّ الجميلِ تَأَلَّقَتْ

بيضاءَ تخفُقُ فَوْقَهَا الأَعْلَامُ

بيضاءَ تخفُقُ فَوْقَهَا الأَعْلَامُ

In the blue of the lovely shore she shone,

On the blue bay's beauty white sails flutter,

White, with flags fluttering above her.

Above them standards wave,

وَهُناكَ أشْرِعَةٌ لَهُنَّ تموُّجٌ

وَهُناكَ أشْرِعَةٌ لَهُنَّ تموُّجٌ

وَصَدى مَجَاذِيفٍ لَهُنَّ صِدَامُ

وَصَدى مَجَاذِيفٍ لَهُنَّ صِدَامُ

And there are sails that ripple,

The ships have swelling canvas,

And the echo of oars as they clash.

And the splash of oars makes an orchestra of sound,

سُفُنٌ مِنَ الأَرْزِ المَتِينِ يُعِدُّهَا

سُفُنٌ مِنَ الأَرْزِ المَتِينِ يُعِدُّهَا

مُسْتَعْرِضًا أَحْمَالَهَا حِيرامُ

مُسْتَعْرِضًا أَحْمَالَهَا حِيرامُ

Ships of sturdy cedar he makes ready,

Ships of sturdy cedar, their lordly burdens

Hiram, surveying their cargoes,

piled up by Hiram,

بِالصَّوْلَجَانِ الأَسْوَدِ اللمَّاعِ مِنْ

بِالصَّوْلَجَانِ الأَسْوَدِ اللمَّاعِ مِنْ

دُرَرٍ لَهُنَّ تَوَهُّجٌ وَنِظَامُ

دُرَرٍ لَهُنَّ تَوَهُّجٌ وَنِظَامُ

With the black scepter, gleaming with

With ebony decks inlaid

Pearls, glowing in ordered array.

With pearls and gems in a dazzling pattern,

مِنْ عَسْجَدٍ فِيهَا وَبَرفيرٍ وَمِن

مِنْ عَسْجَدٍ فِيهَا وَبَرفيرٍ وَمِن

خَزٍّ وَمِنْ غَالِي العَقِيقِ رُكَامُ

خَزٍّ وَمِنْ غَالِي العَقِيقِ رُكَامُ

Within them, gold and porphyry, and

With fragrant wood and ivory and gems

Silk cloth and precious agate lie in heaps.

Of chrysolite and chrysoprase in heaps.

سِيرُوا فَملقارٌ يُبَارِك مَنْ جَلَوْا

سِيرُوا فَملقارٌ يُبَارِك مَنْ جَلَوْا

وَالشَّوقُ خلفٌ وَالرَّجاءُ أَمَامُ

وَالشَّوقُ خلفٌ وَالرَّجاءُ أَمَامُ

Go forth, for Melqart blesses those who departed,

Sail on! Maqar blesses him who sails,

With longing behind and hope ahead.

Yearning astern, hope ahead.

مِنْ أَرْضِ صيدونٍ وَمِنْ آرادُسٍ

مِنْ أَرْضِ صيدونٍ وَمِنْ آرادُسٍ

وَجُبَيلَ قَدْ شَدُّوا الحِبَالَ وَقَامُوا

وَجُبَيلَ قَدْ شَدُّوا الحِبَالَ وَقَامُوا

From the land of Sidon and from Aradus,

From the land of Sidon and of Arados,

And Byblos, they drew the ropes taut and set forth,

Gebal's warriors have tightened their ropes

لِيُوَسِّعُوا سُبُلَ الحَيَاةِ وَيَنْشُرُوا

لِيُوَسِّعُوا سُبُلَ الحَيَاةِ وَيَنْشُرُوا

عَلَمَ الحَضَارَةِ وَالشُّعُوبُ نِيَامُ

عَلَمَ الحَضَارَةِ وَالشُّعُوبُ نِيَامُ

To broaden the paths of life and unfurl

To spread the ways of life and plant

The banner of civilization while the peoples lay asleep.

The ensign of culture while the peoples slumber.