1. يا أُختَ آلِ فِراسٍ إِنَّني رَجُلٌ

    مِن مَعشَرٍ لَهُمُ في المَجدِ بُنيانُ

    O sister of the house of Firas, I am a man

    From a people with an edifice of glory.

  2. إِن كُنتِ سائِلَةً وَالحَقُّ مَغضَبَةٌ

    فَالأَسدُ نَسبَتُنا وَالماءُ غَسّانُ

    If you are asking—and truth arouses anger—

    Then al-Asd is our lineage, and Ghassan our water.

  3. ثُمُّ الأُنوفِ لَهُم مَجدٌ وَمَكرَمَةٌ

    كانَت لَهُم كَجِبالِ الطَودِ أَركانُ

    Lofty-nosed [probable reading], they possess glory and honor;

    Their pillars were like the mountains of a mighty massif.