1. قد سخَّرَ البرقَ الذي راحاتُهُ

    في أرضِنا سُحُبٌ ونائلُهُ مَطَرْ

    He has harnessed lightning—he whose palms

    are clouds in our land, and whose bounty is rain.

  2. بَرْقٌ سَرَى مِن غيرِ رَعدٍ مُخبراً

    مَعَ صمتِهِ بأقلَّ مِن لمحِ البَصَرْ

    Lightning traveled without thunder, bearing news,

    despite its silence, in less than the blink of an eye.

  3. كلَ الطَّريقَ فكان أوَّلُ مُضغةٍ

    بيروتَ والأُخرَى دِمشقَ على الأثَرْ

    It devoured the road: its first mouthful was

    Beirut, and the other was Damascus, close behind.

  4. لو كانَ بينَ الشَّمسِ والقمرِ استَوَى

    يوماً لكانت تُدرِكُ الشمسُ القمرْ

    Had it been set up between the sun and the moon

    one day, the sun would have caught up with the moon.

  5. جادَ الفؤادُ بنصبِهِ ليَتمَّ ما

    يَسعَى به في الأرضِ مِن نفع البَشَرْ

    Fuad generously provided for its erection, to fulfill what

    he seeks through it on earth for humankind's benefit.

  6. أعطَى الهَنا للنَّاسِ مَن مولاهُ قد

    أعطاهُ في تأريخهِ أهنَى الظَفَرْ

    He gave joy to the people, he whose lord has

    given him, in its chronogram, 'the happiest triumph.'