يقولون في بيروت أنتم بنعمةٍ

يقولون في بيروت أنتم بنعمةٍ

تبيعونهم تُرْباً فيعطونكم تبرا

تبيعونهم تُرْباً فيعطونكم تبرا

In Beirut they say, “You are blessed:

In Beirut they say you are blessed

you sell them soil, and they give you gold.”

You sell them dust and they give you gold

شقيقتنا مهلاً متى كان نعمةً

شقيقتنا مهلاً متى كان نعمةً

هلاكُ أُلوف الناس في واحدٍ أثرى

هلاكُ أُلوف الناس في واحدٍ أثرى

Our sister, wait! When was it a blessing

Our sister, wait, when was it a blessing

for thousands of people to be ruined so one man grows rich?

The death of thousands so one grows rich

وباذلُ هذا المال يعلم أنَّه

وباذلُ هذا المال يعلم أنَّه

يسِّلم باليمنى إلى يده اليسرى

يسِّلم باليمنى إلى يده اليسرى

And the man who pays this money knows that he

And the one who pays this price knows

passes it with his right hand to his left.

He hands over with his right hand to his left

على أنها أوطاننا ما كنوزُهم

على أنها أوطاننا ما كنوزُهم

وأمواُلهم حتى تُساوَى بها قَدْرا

وأمواُلهم حتى تُساوَى بها قَدْرا

Besides, these are our homelands—what are their treasures

As if it were our homelands, what are their treasures

and their wealth, that they should be equated with our lands in worth?

And wealth even worth being equaled

ولو كان قومي أهلَ بأسٍ ونخوةٍ

ولو كان قومي أهلَ بأسٍ ونخوةٍ

إذن أصبحتْ للطامعين بها قبرا

إذن أصبحتْ للطامعين بها قبرا

And if my people had valor and chivalry,

If my people were truly valiant and noble

then our lands would become a grave for those who covet them.

Then for the greedy they would become graves

ولكنهم قد آثروا السهلَ مركباً

ولكنهم قد آثروا السهلَ مركباً

تسيِّره الأَهواءُ واجتنبوا الوعرا

تسيِّره الأَهواءُ واجتنبوا الوعرا

But they have chosen the easy way as their mount,

But they chose what is easy as their vessel

which whims steer, and have shunned the rugged way.

Led by passions, avoiding hardship

وما حسرتي إلاَّ على متعفِّف

وما حسرتي إلاَّ على متعفِّف

يقومُ لوجه الله بالنهضة الكبرى

يقومُ لوجه الله بالنهضة الكبرى

And my sorrow is only for a man of integrity

My sorrow is not but for one with integrity

who undertakes the great revival for God's sake.

Who rises for God in the great awakening