لَقَد بَلَغَت بِهِم الحِدَّه
فَمن أَيِّنا نَطلُب النَجدَه
They have reached the limit with them,
So from whom shall we seek salvation?
أَلَستَ تَراهُم أُولي غَضبَةٍ
يَعيثونَ بِالوَيلِ في البَلدَه
Do you not see them full of rage
Spreading misery in the country?
فَكُلٌّ يَرى نَفسَهُ سَيِّداً
وَكلٌّ يَرى نَفسَهُ عُمدَه
Each sees himself as master
And each sees himself as pillar
إِذا ما تَرَبَّعَ في جَهلِهِ
عَلى مَقعَدٍ خالَهُ سُدَّه
When he sits arrogantly in his ignorance
On a seat left empty for him
كَريمُهُم كَاللَئيمِ بِهِم
فَما فاضِلٌ سَيِّدٌ عبدَه
The noble among them is like the wicked
So neither virtuous nor master is his servant
أَضاعوا الرشادَ وَما نَفعُ مَن
أَضاعَ بِثَورَتِهِ رُشدَه
They lost integrity and he who
Lost his sanity with his rebellion
يَقولونَ نَحنَ عمادُ البِلادِ
وَما هيأوا لِلوَفا عُدَّه
They say we are pillars of the country
Yet prepared no equipment for loyalty
كَأَنَّ البِلادَ لَدى حاجَةٍ
إِلى كذبٍ وَإِلى إِدَّه
As if the country needed
Lies and pettiness
وَرُبَّ كَبيرٍ بِلبنانِهِ
يَعفِّرُ في حَمأةٍ خَدّه
Many a bigwig in Lebanon
Wallows in dust dirtying his cheek
تُرى عِندَهُ خَدماً وَقصوراً
وَلَستَ تَرى شَرفاً عِندَه
You see servants and palaces with him
Yet no honor do you see
يَتيهِ اِفتِخاراً بِأَجدادِهِ
كَأَنَّ الوَرى جَهِلوا جَدَّه
Boasting vainly of his ancestors
As if people don’t know his ancestors
يُحاوِلُ إِخفاءَ ما يَنطَوي
عَلَيهِ فَتَفضَحُهُ السَجدَه
He tries to hide his flaws
Exposed by prostration
ذَليلٌ وَفي بُردِهِ الكِبرِياءُ
فَيا لَيتَ ما لَبِسَ البُردَه
Wretched yet arrogance clothes him
Would that he never wore clothes
وَيا لَيتَ مَن وَلدت طَرحَتهُ
وَلمّا تُدنِّس بِهِ مَهدَه
Would that she who birthed him had tossed him
And not sullied his cradle
وَلكِنَّها قِردَةٌ وَلَدَتهُ
أَلا تَلِدُ القِردَ القِردَه
But she is a monkey who birthed him
Does a monkey not birth a monkey?
بَني وَطَني نَحنُ في حاجَةٍ
إِلى نُصَراءَ أَولي شِدَّه
My people we need
Champions of determination
يضحّونَ بِالأَنفُسِ الغالِياتِ
لِأَجلِ التَضامُن وَالوُحدَه
Who sacrifice their souls
For solidarity and unity
وَفي سُبُلِ الحَقِّ يَأتَلِفون
وَيَعتَنِقون الحِجى وَحدَه
And for truth come together
And embrace right as one
إِذا أُشكِلَت عقدةٌ في البِلادِ
خفّوا لحلِّ ذهِ العِقدَه
When a knot forms in the country
Work to untie this knot
إِلى مَ تَظلون في رَقدَةٍ
وَلا تُبعَثونَ من الرَقدَه
Why do you remain asleep
And not wake from slumber?
إِذا قامَ بَينَكُم مُصلِحٌ
يَقومُ جَميعُكُم ضِدَّه
When a reformer stands among you
You all stand against him
فَلا تَدعوا ظُفُرَ المستَبِدِّ
يحكُّ لِلبنانِكُم جِلدَه
So allow not the tyrant’s rule
To flay your skin
وَصيحوا بِهِ رُدَّ ما قَد
سَرَقتَ لنا خُلُقاً رُدَّه
Shout for the return of what
He stole of our morals, return it
هدَمتَ لَنا صَرحَ أَخلاقِنا
فَأَينَ تَبيتُ تُرى بَعدَه
You destroyed our moral edifice
Where will you sleep now?
وَشَيَّدتَ مَعبِدَ إِفكٍ فَهُدَّ
أَساسَ مشيِّدِهِ هُدَّه
And built a temple of deceit, so fell
The foundations its builder laid
لَقَد رثَّ ثَوبٌ خَلَعتَ عَلَينا
وَنَحن نَميلُ إِلى الجِدَّه
An old garment you dressed us in
Yet we yearn for new
فَعَهدُ الغُموضِ مَضى وَتَصَدّى
لَهُ عَهدُنا ناقِضاً عَهدَه
The era of ambiguity has passed
Ours annuls its era
لَقَد حانَ أَن يُصلِتَ النورُ حداً
كَما اِستَلَّ سَيفُ الدُجى حَدَّه
The time has come for light to set a limit
As the sword of darkness drew its limit
لَقَد كادَ يصدَأُ في غِمدِهِ
حُسامٌ يَرى قَبرَهُ غَمدَه
A sword lay rusting in its sheath
Seeing its sheath as its grave
هَديتُ رِفاقي إِلى موردي
فَضلَّوا وَما طَلَبوا وِردَه
I guided my friends to my spring
But they strayed and sought no drink
وَما موردي العذبُ إِلا السَلامُ
يُذيبُ لِشارِبهِ كِيدَه
My sweet spring is but peace
Melting the schemer's schemes
رِفاقي وَإِن فَرَّقَتنا الخطوبُ
سَيَحفَظُ قَلبي لَكم حَمدَه
My friends, though misfortunes parted us
My heart will keep its praise of you
سيرشُقُكُم بِالأَزاهِرِ مَهما
نكَرتُم عَلى وَدّه وَدَّه
It will shower you with flowers though
You denied affection and love
سَيَذكُرُكُم بِالجَميلِ إِذا ما
نَأى وَأَرادَ القَضا بُعدَه
It will remember your kindness if
Fate desired your absence
سَيَصفَحُ عَن كُلِّ أَشواكِكُم
فَشوكَتُكُم عِندَهُ وَردَه
It will forgive all your thorns
For to it your thorns are roses
