1. لأَميننا النَكَديِّ نَجلٌ طيبٌ

    وَكذلك الاغصانُ تتبع اصلَها

    Our Amin al-Nakadi has a fine son;

    and likewise the branches follow their root.

  2. وافى عشيرَتَهُ الكَريمةَ عارِفاً

    بالطبع عُنصُرُها فينشأُ مثلَها

    He came to his noble clan, knowing

    its lineage by instinct, and so he grows to resemble it.

  3. هيَ دَوحةُ المَجد القَديمةُ وَالَّتي

    يَوماً على لبنانَ أَلقَت ظلَّها

    It is the ancient spreading tree of glory, which

    once cast its shade over Lebanon.

  4. يا حَبَّذا منها لَهُ اصلٌ كَما

    منهُ نؤَرِّخُ حبَّذا غصنٌ لَها

    Oh, how fine a root he has in it, just as

    in him—we mark the date—it has so fine a branch!