1. مَرحَباً بِالثَقافَة الغَربيه

    تَتَجلى في روحك الشَرقيه

    Welcome to Western culture,

    revealing itself in your Eastern spirit.

  2. مَرحَباً بِالحَكيم محيي المَعري

    مَرحَباً بِالنبوغ وَالعَبقَريه

    Welcome to the sage, reviver of al-Ma'arri;

    welcome to brilliance and genius.

  3. مَرحَباً بِالعَظيم أَكرَم ضَيف

    لِمُلوك الجَزيرة العَربيه

    Welcome to the great man, noblest guest

    of the kings of the Arabian Peninsula.

  4. فَيلَسوف الفَريكةِ الصائب الرَأ

    يِ رَبيب الحُرية الفكريه

    Philosopher of Freikeh, sound in judgment,

    foster-child of intellectual freedom.

  5. لَم يَزدنا قُدومك اليَوم عَلماً

    بِكَ يا صاحب البَنان النَديه

    Your arrival today has added nothing to our knowledge

    of you, O man of generous fingertips.

  6. حَملت هَذِهِ البَنان يَراعاً

    فَبلونا كيفَ القوى السحريه

    These fingertips bore a reed pen,

    so we discovered what magical powers can do.

  7. فاض حَتّى غَدَوت وَالناس مِنهُ

    بِعُيون عَن أَن تَراك غَنيه

    It overflowed, so that when you came, people, through it,

    had eyes with no need to see you.

  8. عَيبُهُ أَنَّهُ لِسان حَسود

    نَثَرَ الفَضل مِنكَ بَينَ البريه

    Its fault is that it is an envious tongue

    that scattered your excellence among humankind.

  9. فيهِ ما شاءَ ذو الحجى وَتَمَنى

    مِن غذاء لَهُ وَمِن أُمنيه

    In it is all a wise man wishes and longs for,

    of nourishment for him, and of hope.

  10. حكمةٌ تَملأ الصُدور ضِياء

    خبرة الدَهر أُمّها وَالرويه

    Wisdom that fills breasts with light,

    whose mother is life's experience and reflection;

  11. وَهُدى جائِرٍ وَسَلوى حَزين

    مِن ضَمير حَيّ وَأَصدَق نيه

    and guidance for the erring, and solace for the grieving,

    from a living conscience and the sincerest intent,

  12. بِبَيان كَأنَّهُ نَفَحاتٌ

    حَمَلتها يَد النَسيم زَكيه

    in eloquence like breaths of air,

    borne fragrant by the breeze's hand.

  13. جئت وَالقَوم يا أَمينُ سَكارى

    وَعَبيدُ المَآرب الشَخصيه

    You came, O Amin, while the people were drunk

    and slaves to personal ambitions.

  14. جئت وَالقَوم ذاهِلون نِيام

    قَد أَضاعو القَضيةَ الوَطنيه

    You came while the people were heedless, asleep,

    having squandered the national cause.

  15. جئت وَالقَوم في فَلسطين نهب

    لِأَيادي المَطامع الأَشعبيه

    You came while the people in Palestine were prey

    to the hands of Ash'ab-like greed.

  16. بَلَدي كانَ قدوة لِفَلسطي

    ن شَديداً دفاعه في القَضيه

    My town was a model for Palestine,

    staunch in its defense of the cause.

  17. كانَ ذا نَخوة وَفيهِ حميه

    أَينَ مِنها حَمية الجاهليه

    It had noble pride, and fervor within it—

    how could pre-Islamic fervor compare with it?

  18. كانَ يَدعى حصنَ البِلاد فَأَضحى

    وَفَلَسطين مِنهُ تَلقى الرَزيه

    It was called the fortress of the land; now

    Palestine suffers calamity from it.

  19. نبِّه القَوم يا أَمين وَسَلهم

    أَينَ باتَت تِلكَ النُفوس الأَبيه

    Rouse the people, O Amin, and ask them:

    Where have those unbowed souls gone?

  20. جَعَلتهم أَهواؤهم ساعة الشد

    دة شَتى القُلوب سود الطَويه

    Their passions, in the hour of hardship, made them

    divided in heart, black in inward intent.

  21. بَينَما أَنتَ بِالجَزيرة تَسعى

    لِوفاق وَوحدة قَوميه

    While you strove in the Peninsula

    for concord and national unity,

  22. وَتَرود القفار وَهِيَ سَعير

    مِن حِجازيةٍ إِلى نَجديه

    and roamed the wastelands, though they were an inferno,

    from the Hijaz to Najd,

  23. دبَّ فينا الشَقاق يا لِبلاد

    أَصبَحت تَحتَ رَحمة الحزبيه

    discord crept among us—alas for a land

    now at the mercy of factionalism!

  24. دَمعة يا أَمين قَد غاض دَمعي

    وَفَلَسطين مِنهُ لَيسَت رَويّه

    A tear, O Amin! My tears have run dry,

    yet Palestine's thirst is not quenched by them.

  25. صَرخة يا أَمين قَد بُحَّ صَوتي

    أَتَراهُم في رَقدة أَبَديه

    A cry, O Amin! My voice has grown hoarse.

    Do you think they lie in an eternal sleep?

  26. بَثَّ فيهُم روحاً جَديداً يَفيقوا

    وَيَروا كَم يَد تَعيث خَفيه

    Breathe a new spirit into them, that they may wake

    and see how many hands wreak havoc unseen.

  27. إِن أَكُن مُسرِفاً بِلَومي فَلومي

    صادر عَن مَحَبتي القَلبيه

    If I am excessive in my reproach, then my reproach

    springs from my heartfelt love.

  28. وَعَزيز عَليَّ أَن تُبصر العَي

    ن فَلسطين وَهِيَ تُعطي هَديه

    And it pains me that the eye should behold

    Palestine being given away as a gift.

  29. وَفلَسطين لَن تَكون ضَحيه

    قَبل أَن تَذهَب النُفوس ضَحيه

    And Palestine shall not be a victim

    before lives are lost in sacrifice.

  30. أَيُّها الفَيلَسوف جئتَ بِخَير

    فَسَلاماً وَراحَةً وَتَحيه

    O philosopher, you have come bringing good;

    so peace, repose, and greetings to you.

  31. دمت حَتّى تشاهد العَرَب طراً

    في ظِلال السَلام وَالحُريه

    May you live to see all the Arabs

    in the shade of peace and freedom.