نَفْدِيكِ بِالأَرْوَاحِ وَالأَجْسَادِ

إَنْ كَان قوْلٌ فَادِياً لِبِلاَدِ

I will ransom you with my soul and body

If a word redeems the countries

أَمَّا إِذَا اسْتَنْجَزْتِ وَعْدَكِ فَاعْذِرِي

يَا أُمُّ قَلِّ الْبِرُّ فِي الأَوْلاَدِ

But if you break your promise, excuse me

O mother of few good sons

جمَعتْ علَيْكِ الحَادِثَاتُ جُمُوعَهَا

وَبَنُوكِ مَا شَاءَ الشِّقاقُ بَدَادِ

Misfortunes gathered against you

And your sons did as discord wished

إِنَّ الدِّيَارَ وَهَكَذَا مُنَّاعُهَا

لَغَنِيمَةٌ لِلْمُسْتَبِيحِ الْعَادِي

Homelands and their forts

Are prey for the attacking enemy

هَذِي حقِيقَةُ حَالِنا فَتَبَيَّنوا

مِنْ ذِكْرِ أَدْنَاهَا بَعِيدَ مُرَادِي

This is the truth of our state, so realize

From the least I mentioned, my purpose is remote

أَوجَزتُ فِي وَصْفِي وَتحْتَ أَقلِّهِ

بَثٌ إِلَى حَدِّ الأَسَى متَمَادِي

I summarized in my description, yet beneath it

Is an overflowing sadness

إِنْ تُبْصِرُوا الْغَيْمَ الرَّقِيقَ فَفِيهِ مَا

يَخْفَى مِنَ الإِبْرِاقِ وَالإِرْعادِ

If you see the delicate cloud, within it is

Hidden flashes and thunder

أَوْ تسْمَعُوا نوْحَ الحَمَامْ فَدُونَه

آلاَمُ دَامِيَةٍ مِنَ الأَكْبَادِ

Or if you hear the moaning of a dove, underneath

Are lasting sorrows from hearts

الِي أُثِيرُ شُجونَكُمْ بِشِكَايتِي

وَمَرَامُكُمْ أَنْ تَسْمَعوا إَنْشَادِي

I rouse your passions with my complaint

And you wish to hear my recital

أَلذِّكرُ يَنْفَعُنَا غَدَاةَ نَشَاطِنَا

لِنُدِيلَ إِصْلاَحاً مِنَ الإِفْسَادِ

Does remembering benefit us on the morn of our vigor

That we may make amends for corruption?

يَا يَوْمنا إِنْ كُنْتَ مُفْتَتَحاً لِمَا

نَرْجُو فإِنَّك أَبْهَجُ الأَعْيَادِ

O our day, if you begin what

We hope, you are the most joyous celebration

هَذِي عَزَائِمنَا جَلْوْنَاهَا وَقَدْ

خَلُصَتْ مِنَ الشَّهوَاتِ وَالأَحقَادِ

Freed from desires and hates

Flashing swords gleamed

لاَحَتْ سَوَاطِعَ مرْهَفَاتٍ كَالظُّبى

برَقَتْ مجَرَّدَةً مِنَ الأَغْمادِ

Bared of their sheaths

Fulfilling the wishes tasked with

أَشْفَى الأَمَانِيِّ الَّتِي وُكِلت بِهَا

تَقْرِيبُنَا وَتمَزقِ الحسادِ

Drawing us close and tearing the envious

Shall we lag grouped in the crowds

أَنَظَلُّ جَمْعاً فِي الْجموع مُؤخَّراً

وَالْفَرْدُ مِنَّا أَوَّلُ الأَفْرَادِ

While the individual among us leads?

Shall each free person of us rule

أَيَكُونُ مِنَّا كُلُّ حرٍ سَائِدٍ

وَسَوَادُنَا يَبْقَى أَذَلَّ سَوَادِ

While our masses remain the lowest of the low?

Shall joining strength elude us? And by joining it

أَيَفوتُنَا ضَمُّ الْقُوَى وَبِضَمِّها

نَعْتَدُّ لِلدُّنْيَا أَشَدَّ عَتادِ

We ready ourselves for life's firmest support?

Our home is the cradle of advancement, and it pains it

مَهْدُ الرُّقِيِّ دِيَارُنا وَيَسُوءُهَا

أَلاَّ تَعِزَّ بِطَارِفٍ وَتِلاَدِ

That it gains no honor or newborns

It was generous, neither stingy with prosperity, nor

جَادَتْ فَمَا بَخِلَتْ بِعَافِيَةٍ وَلاَ

بِنُهى وَلاَ بِشَجَاعَةٍ وَسَدَادِ

With guidance, nor with courage and integrity

That homeland, do you remember its beauty

تِلْك الديَارُ أَتَذْكُرُونَ جَمَالهَا

بيْنَ السُّهولِ الخضْرِ وَالأَطْوَادِ

Among the green plains and hills?

Do your dreams restore it? Do your fancies in waking and sleep?

أَترُدُّهَا أَحْلاَمُكُم أَترُودُهَا

أَوْهَامُكُمْ فِي يَقْظَةٍ وَرُقَادِ

As for me, despite the passage of my exile from it

My love for it remains everlasting

أَمَّا أَنا فَعَلَى تَقَادُمِ هِجْرَتِي

عَنهَا وِدادِي لا يَزَالُ ودَادِي

Its Lebanon, its Damascus, its Bekaa

Its countryside, and the sea are the delight of my heart

لُبْنَانُهَا وَدِمَشْقُهَا وَبِقَاعهَا

وَضِياعُهَا وَالْبَحْرُ طَيَّ فُؤَادِي