يا شاعِرَ الحُسنِ هَذي رَوعَةُ العيدِ

يا شاعِرَ الحُسنِ هَذي رَوعَةُ العيدِ

فَاِستَنجِدِ الوَحي وَاِهتُف بِالأَناشيدِ

فَاِستَنجِدِ الوَحي وَاِهتُف بِالأَناشيدِ

O poet of beauty, this is the splendor of the festival.

O poet of beauty, here is the splendor of the festival,

So summon inspiration and sing out in songs.

So summon your inspiration and chant the anthems.

هَذا النَعيمُ الَّذي كُنتَ تُنشِدُهُ

هَذا النَعيمُ الَّذي كُنتَ تُنشِدُهُ

لا تَلهُ عَنهُ بِشَئي غَيرِ مَوجودِ

لا تَلهُ عَنهُ بِشَئي غَيرِ مَوجودِ

This is the bliss that you used to seek.

This is the bliss that you have long sought;

Do not be distracted from it by something nonexistent.

Do not be distracted from it by things that do not exist.

مَحاسِنُ الصَيفِ في سَهل وَفي جَبَلٍ

مَحاسِنُ الصَيفِ في سَهل وَفي جَبَلٍ

وَنَشوَةُ الصَيفِ حَتّى في الجَلاميدِ

وَنَشوَةُ الصَيفِ حَتّى في الجَلاميدِ

Summer’s beauties lie in plain and mountain,

The beauties of summer are in every plain and upon every mountain,

And summer’s rapture even in the boulders.

And the ecstasy of summer stirs even the solid boulders.

وَلَستَ تُبصِرُ وَجهاً غَيرَ مُؤتَلِقٍ

وَلَستَ تُبصِرُ وَجهاً غَيرَ مُؤتَلِقٍ

وَلَستَ تَسمَعُ إِلّا صَوتَ غِرّيدِ

وَلَستَ تَسمَعُ إِلّا صَوتَ غِرّيدِ

You see no face that is not radiant,

You see no face that is not radiant,

And hear nothing but a sweet singer’s voice.

And you hear nothing but the voice of the warbler.

قُم حَدِّثِ الناسَ عَن لُبنانَ كَيفَ نَجا

قُم حَدِّثِ الناسَ عَن لُبنانَ كَيفَ نَجا

مِنَ الطُغاةِ العُتاةِ البيض وَالسودِ

مِنَ الطُغاةِ العُتاةِ البيض وَالسودِ

Rise, tell the people how Lebanon escaped

Rise and tell the people how Lebanon has escaped

The ruthless tyrants, white and black.

From the insolent tyrants, both white and black;

وَكَيفَ حَشَّت دِمَشقُ بَعدَ مِحنَتِها

وَكَيفَ حَشَّت دِمَشقُ بَعدَ مِحنَتِها

وَاِستَرجَعَت كُلَّ مَسلوب وَمَفقودِ

وَاِستَرجَعَت كُلَّ مَسلوب وَمَفقودِ

And how Damascus blazed up after her ordeal,

And how Damascus has blossomed after its ordeal,

And recovered all that was plundered and lost.

And reclaimed all that was stolen and lost.

فَاليَومَ لا أَجنَبِيٌّ يَسَتَبِدُّ بِنا

فَاليَومَ لا أَجنَبِيٌّ يَسَتَبِدُّ بِنا

وَيَستَخِفُ بِنا اِستِخفافَ عِربيدِ

وَيَستَخِفُ بِنا اِستِخفافَ عِربيدِ

For today no foreigner tyrannizes over us

For today no foreigner tyrannizes us,

And treats us with a drunken bully’s contempt.

Nor scorns us with the insolence of a drunkard.

يا أَرزُ صَفِّق وَيا أَبنائُهُ اِبتَهِجوا

يا أَرزُ صَفِّق وَيا أَبنائُهُ اِبتَهِجوا

قَد أَصبَحَ السِربُ في أَمنٍ مِنَ السَيِّدِ

قَد أَصبَحَ السِربُ في أَمنٍ مِنَ السَيِّدِ

O cedar, clap; and you, its sons, rejoice!

O Cedars, clap your hands, and O children of the Cedars, rejoice!

The flock is now safe from the master.

The flock is now safe from the master.

ما بُلبُلٌ كانَ مَسجوناً فَأَطلَقَهُ

ما بُلبُلٌ كانَ مَسجوناً فَأَطلَقَهُ

سَحّانُهُ بَعدَ تعذيب وَتَنكيدِ

سَحّانُهُ بَعدَ تعذيب وَتَنكيدِ

No nightingale that was imprisoned, then freed

No nightingale, once imprisoned and then set free

By its jailer after torment and distress,

By its jailer after torture and torment,

فَراحَ يَطوي الفَضاءَ الرَحبَ مُنطَلِقاً

فَراحَ يَطوي الفَضاءَ الرَحبَ مُنطَلِقاً

إِلى الرُبى وَالسَواقي وَالأَماليدِ

إِلى الرُبى وَالسَواقي وَالأَماليدِ

And sped across the spacious sky, flying free,

Then went traversing the vast expanse in flight,

Toward the hills, the watercourses, and the tender boughs,

To the hills, the streams, and the tender boughs,

إِلى المُروجِ يُصلي في مَسارِحِها

إِلى المُروجِ يُصلي في مَسارِحِها

إِلى الكُرومِ يُغني لِلعَناقيدِ

إِلى الكُرومِ يُغني لِلعَناقيدِ

Toward the meadows, praying in their open pastures,

To the meadows, praying within their open stages,

Toward the vineyards, singing to the grape clusters,

To the vineyards, singing to the clusters—

مِنّي بِأَسعَدَ نَفساً قَد نَزِلَت عَلى

مِنّي بِأَسعَدَ نَفساً قَد نَزِلَت عَلى

قَومي الصَناديدِ أَبناءَ الصَناديدِ

قَومي الصَناديدِ أَبناءَ الصَناديدِ

Is happier in spirit than I, now that I have alighted among

Is happier in soul than I, having settled among

My valiant people, sons of valiant men.

My stalwart people, the sons of stalwart ancestors.

سَماءُ لُبنانَ بِشرٌ في مَلامِحِم

سَماءُ لُبنانَ بِشرٌ في مَلامِحِم

وَفَجرُهُ في ثُغورِ الخُرَّدِ الغيدِ

وَفَجرُهُ في ثُغورِ الخُرَّدِ الغيدِ

Lebanon’s sky is gladness in their faces,

The sky of Lebanon is a joy reflected in their features,

And its dawn is in the smiles of shy, graceful maidens.

And its dawn shines in the smiles of the graceful maidens.

إِن تَسكُنوا الطَودَ صارَ الطَودُ قُبلَتَنا

إِن تَسكُنوا الطَودَ صارَ الطَودُ قُبلَتَنا

أَو تَهبِطوا البيدَ لَم نَعشَق سِوى البيدِ

أَو تَهبِطوا البيدَ لَم نَعشَق سِوى البيدِ

If you dwell on the mountain, the mountain becomes our direction of prayer;

If you dwell on the mountain peak, the peak becomes our sanctuary,

Or if you descend into the deserts, we shall love nothing but the deserts.

And if you descend to the desert, we shall love nothing but the desert.