1. ما بالُ بَيروتَ فَوقَ النَّجمِ قَد صَعَدت

    بِزينَةِ الفَخرِ في بِشْرٍ وفي جذَلِ

    Why has Beirut risen above the star,

    adorned with pride, in gladness and delight?

  2. قالَت وَحُقَّ لَها قَد صِرْتُ مَنزِلةً

    إِذ حَلَّني اليومَ بَدرُ المجدِ وَهوَ عَلي

    She said—and rightly so—“I have become an abode,

    for today the full moon of glory has alighted in me—and he is Ali.”