أرى الطفلَ الذي كوَّنتَ منهُ

بما علَّمتَهُ الرَّجُلَِ الجديدا

I see the child from whom you fashioned,

through all you taught him, the new man—

فتىً للدهر أخلاقاً وعلماً

كلا عِلْمَيه منكَ بأن يسودا

a young man for the times, in character and learning;

both of these come from you, so that he may lead.

أتدري اليوم والخمسون مرَّتْ

وما تركتْ يداك بها جهودا

Do you know—now that fifty years have passed,

your hands sparing no effort throughout them—

بأنك قد نفعتَ وكان حقّاً

علينا أن نُقيم لذاك عيدا

that you have brought benefit, and that it was only right

for us to make of this a celebration?

إذا لم تدرِ أنتَ فنحن أدرى

بأنكَ خالقٌ وطناً جديدا

If you do not know it, we know better:

you are creating a new homeland.