1. هذا فتىً منا وتلك عروسه

    من امةٍ فاق الكرام كرامها

    This is a young man of ours, and that is his bride,

    From a nation whose noble folk surpassed the noble.

  2.  هو نفحة ارزية لاقت بنفـ

    سجة مفتحة لها أكمامها

    He is a breath of cedar that met

    A violet with its calyxes open wide.

  3. جمع التجانس بالأريج الطيبين

    فتم فيه مرامه ومرامها

    Kindred fragrance united the two sweet ones,

    Thus in it his wish and hers were fulfilled.

  4. وتحققت احلامه لشبابه

    وتحققت لشبابها احلامها

    And his dreams for his youth came true,

    And for her youth her dreams came true.

  5. يا أرض واشنطون هذي أرضنا

    حاكى خزامك بالعبير خزامها

    O land of Washington, this is our land;

    Its lavender matched yours in fragrance.

  6. يا مهد اكرم أمةٍ نشرت على

    هام السهى خفاقةً أعلامها

    O cradle of the noblest nation, which unfurled above

    The heights of Suha its fluttering banners:

  7. صاهرتها بكريمةٍ اخوالها

    خير الكرام ومثلهم أعمامها

    You became its kin by marriage through a noblewoman whose maternal uncles

    Are the best of the noble, and her paternal uncles are their equals.

  8. يا ليتك الدنيا فتصبح جنةً

    ويعم فيها يسرها وسلامها

    If only you were the world, that it might become a paradise,

    And its prosperity and peace might spread throughout it.