طرابلس الغرب لي وطن

طرابلس الغرب لي وطن

أعزُّ بلاد وأكرم حي

أعزُّ بلاد وأكرم حي

Tripoli of the West is my homeland,

Tripoli is my beloved homeland

The dearest of lands and the noblest abode.

The most precious and honorable city

ولكن شرقيها شاقني

ولكن شرقيها شاقني

وما شاقني فيه غير ظبي

وما شاقني فيه غير ظبي

Yet its eastern counterpart stirred my longing,

But its eastern side pained me

And nothing there stirred my longing but a gazelle.

And what pained me in it was nothing but a gazelle

ظبي ولكنهم صحفوه

ظبي ولكنهم صحفوه

بنقص البناء فسموه بي

بنقص البناء فسموه بي

A gazelle—but they miswrote the word,

A gazelle, but they defamed it

Shortening its form, they called him Bey.

With lacking construction, so they called it Bey

تنبأ بالحسن في فترة

تنبأ بالحسن في فترة

فآمنت لما تجلَّى علي

فآمنت لما تجلَّى علي

He claimed prophethood through beauty in a prophetless interval,

It foretold beauty in a period

So I believed when he revealed himself to me.

So I believed when it was revealed to Ali

وإن لم أكن مؤمنا بالذي

وإن لم أكن مؤمنا بالذي

أشاهد من آيه فبأي

أشاهد من آيه فبأي

And if I do not believe in what

And even if I was not a believer in what

I behold of his signs, then in what shall I believe?

I witnessed from its miracle, so what?

أنست بخديه نار الهدى

أنست بخديه نار الهدى

فنزهت في نورها مقلتي

فنزهت في نورها مقلتي

In his cheeks I discerned the fire of guidance,

I forgot the fire of guidance with his cheeks

And in its light I delighted my eyes.

So I took delight in its light with my eyelids

وهمت ولا غرو في حسنه

وهمت ولا غرو في حسنه

وهل خلق الحسن إلا لكي

وهل خلق الحسن إلا لكي

And I was mad with love for his beauty—no wonder;

And I admired, without wonder at his beauty

And was beauty created for anything but to sear?

Was beauty created for anything but you?

وجدت بروحي ولا منة

وجدت بروحي ولا منة

عليه وأخرجتها من يدي

عليه وأخرجتها من يدي

And I gave my soul, laying no obligation

I found in my soul, without a favor

Upon him, and released it from my hands.

Upon him, and brought it out from my hand