لبني المنجِّم فطنَةٌ لَهَبِيَّه

وَمَحاسِن عَجميَّةٌ عرَبِيَّه

My bright Lebanese has the insight of flame

And foreign beauty with an Arab's fame

ما زِلتُ أَمدَحُهُم وَأَنشُرُ فَضلَهُم

حَتّى اِتُّهِمتُ بِشِدَّة العصَبِيَّه

I've praised them still and spread their merit wide

Till charged with over-zealous partisanship