1. إذَا مَا رَوْضَةُ الآدَابِ بَاهَتْ

    بِغَالِي الدَّوْحِ بَاهَيْنَا بِنَخْلَهْ

    When the garden of letters boasts

    of its treasured spreading trees, we boast of Nakhla—the palm.

  2. أَمِيرُ الشِّعْرُ مَا أَسْنَاهُ تَاجاً

    حَلِيتَ بِهِ وَمَا أَحْلَى مَحَلَّهْ

    “Prince of Poetry”—how splendid a crown it is!

    You were adorned with it, and how lovely its place!

  3. يَدَا لُبْنَانَ حُبّاً صَاغَتَاهُ

    لِمَنْ أَضْفَى عَلَى الأَكْوَانِ ظِلَّهْ

    Lebanon’s two hands fashioned it with love

    for him who spread his shade over all creation.

  4. فَإِنْ تَبْعَدْ وَلَمْ نَشْهَدْ فَمِنَّا

    لِمَثْوَاكَ التَّحِيَّةُ وَالتَّجِلَّهْ

    So if you are far away and we are not there, from us

    come greetings and reverence to your resting place.

  5. وَإِنْ نَبْغِ الْعَزَاءَ جلا أَمِينٌ

    لَنَا الْفَرْعَ الزَّكِيَّ يُعِيدُ أَصْلَهْ

    And if we seek consolation, Amin reveals

    to us the noble branch that restores its root.