1. زين الصبا روحي فداك

    لا روحَ أغلى من صباك

    O adornment of youth, my soul be your ransom.

    No soul is more precious than your youth.

  2. كم والهٍ مثلي يرى

    كل الحياة بان براك

    How many an enraptured lover like me sees

    all of life in His having fashioned you.

  3. واذا تنسم نفحةً

    عطريةً كانت شذاك

    And when he breathes in a waft

    of fragrance, it is your scent;

  4. وإذا تبين طلعةً

    ميمونة كانت سناك

    and when he beholds a countenance,

    auspicious, it is your radiance.

  5. فكأن أنوار الأزا

    هر طبنَ قد قبلن فاك

    So it is as though the radiance of the blossoms

    grew sweet, having kissed your mouth;

  6. وكأن ثغر الفجر ضح

    ضح حين لاثمه ضياك

    and as though the mouth of dawn beamed

    when your light kissed it.

  7. يا ابن الألى كادوا بجد

    هم يدوسون السماك

    O son of those who, through their striving, nearly

    trod upon al-Simak,

  8. هذا حماك وليس في

    لبنان اعلى من حماك

    this is your domain, and nothing in

    Lebanon is loftier than your domain.

  9. ما المجد في شيد القصو

    ر ولم تشيدها يداك

    Glory lies not in the raising of palaces

    when your own hands have not built them.

  10. المجد في شرف تقي

    م عليه في الدنيا علاك

    Glory lies in honor—you build

    upon it your eminence in this world:

  11. شرفٌ تراه في ذوي

    ك كما تراه في غناك

    an honor you see in your kin,

    just as you see it in your wealth;

  12. شرف يزين جبين ام

    ك مثلما يعلي اباك

    an honor that adorns your mother's brow,

    just as it exalts your father.

  13. ته يا انيس فانت في

    ذا المجتلى اهل لذاك

    Be proud, Anis, for you are, in

    this scene, worthy of such pride.

  14. واستقبل الأيام يب

    سم ثغرها من مشتهاك

    And welcome the days; smiling

    are their lips because of your heart's desire.

  15. وتلق اطيب نفحةٍ

    نفح الزمان بها مناك

    And receive the sweetest fragrant breath

    with which time has favored your hopes.

  16. هي زهرةٌ ما استلها

    من غصنها إلا هواك

    She is a flower that nothing has plucked

    from her branch except your love;

  17. وغزالة حنت إلى

    قمرٍ فحلت في سماك

    and a sun that yearned for

    a moon, then settled in your sky.

  18. ترنو إليك كأنما

    لا شيء في الدنيا سواك

    She gazes at you as though

    nothing in the world existed but you.

  19. وكأن ربك قد برا

    ك كما ابتغيت لما براك

    And as though your Lord had fashioned

    you as you wished when He fashioned you;

  20. وكأن خالقها برا

    ها طبق ما هو مبتغاك

    and as though her Creator had fashioned

    her in accordance with your desire.

  21. ادركت قسط الليث من

    دنياك فاحمد من حباك

    You have gained the lion's share of

    your life; so praise Him who favored you.

  22. وكفاك يا انطون ان

    ك أنت انت وذا فتاك

    And it is enough for you, Antoun, that

    you are yourself, and this is your son.