1. قَصْرُ الجَزِيرَةِ يَا دِيَارَكِ مُزْدَهٍ

    يَا نَائِباً عَنْ حِبْرِ أَحْبَارِ الهُدَى

    Al-Jazira Palace—O, your dwellings!—is resplendent.

    O deputy of the sage of sages of guidance,

  2. يَا سَيِّداً فِي أُمَّةٍ أَنْهَضْتَهَا

    فَعَرِفْتَ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ فِيهَا سَيِّدَا

    O leader in a nation you have uplifted,

    You thus knew how to be a leader within it.

  3. أُنْظُرْ فَمَا هَذِي الْمَفَاخِرُ وَالْحُلَى

    إِلاَّ مَظَاهِرَ لِلْمَآثِرِ وَالنَّدَى

    Look, for these glories and adornments are nothing

    But outward signs of noble deeds and generosity.

  4. إِبْدَاعُ فَنٍّ فِيهِ فُوْتٌ لِلْنُّهَى

    يُحْيِي النُّفُوسَ وَفِيهِ رِيُّ لِلْصَّدَى

    An artistic creation beyond the reach of reason

    Revives souls, and in it lies the quenching of thirst.

  5. وَإِمَارَةُ الأَسْمَاءِ إِنْ هِي أُيِّدَتْ

    بِإِمَارَةِ الأَفْعَالِ كَانَتْ أَمْجَدَا

    And lordship in name, if it is upheld

    By lordship in deeds, becomes more glorious.

  6. شَرَفاً مُمَثِّلِ شَمْسَ لُبْنَانَ الَّتِي

    أَهْدَتْ إِلَيْنَا مِنْ سَنَاهَا فَرْقَدَا

    Honor to you, representative of Lebanon's sun, which

    Bestowed upon us, from its radiance, a Farqad star.

  7. إِرْفَعْ تَجَلَّتِنَا إِلى عَلْيَائِهَا

    وَاسْلَمْ وَيَسْلَمُ دَاعِيانَا سَرْمَدَا

    Raise our homage to its lofty heights,

    And may you be safe, and may our two hosts be safe forever.