وعز الرغيف وضاقت سبيل ال

حياة على أمة كامله

Bread became dear and the path of life narrowed

For an entire nation

فاني التفت رأيت بنيها

جياعاً يموتون في السابله

So I turned and saw its children

Hungry, dying in the cornfields

وفي كل باب ترى سارقاً

وفي كل باب ترى سائله

And at every door you see a thief

And at every door you see a beggar

ألبنان لست ببيت الأُباة

ولا وطن الأمة الباسله

Lebanon, you are not the home of nobility

Nor the nation of the valiant

ظلمت وبت صبوراً ذليلاً

قتلت وبست اليد القاتله

You were wronged and became patiently humiliated

You were killed but clothed the murderous hand

وقد غال فيك الأثيم البريء

وما اغتال فيك فتى غائله

The wicked and the innocent have become confused in you

And no courageous youth has been killed in you unjustly

اتاك جمال يجر عليك ال

رزايا بأثقالها نازله

Jamal came to you dragging

Misfortunes with their heavy burdens

وعاد سليماً وذي وصمةٌ

بعرضك ما هي بالزائله

And Salim returned unharmed, though branded

With a stain on your honor that will not fade