1. يا أرضَ بيروتَ بُشرَانا وبُشراكِ

    لقد أتى اليومَ مَوْلانا ومَوْلاكِ

    O land of Beirut, glad tidings for us and for you!

    Indeed, today our lord and yours has come.

  2. من أرضِنا رحمةُ الله الكريمِ أتى

    مع فَيْضِ رحمتهِ من عُلْوِ أفلاكِ

    From our land has come the mercy of God the Generous,

    with the outpouring of His mercy from the heights of the celestial spheres.

  3. قد فتحَ الخِصْبُ عينَ الزَّهرِ حاكِيةً

    زُهْرَ النُّجومِ وكانَ الفضلُ للحاكي

    Fertility has opened the flowers' eye, imitating

    the radiant stars—and the imitator proved superior.

  4. فليسَ من نائحٍ غيرَ الحَمامِ ولا

    غيرَ السَّحائِبِ في أقطارنا باكِ

    So none mourns but the doves, nor

    does any weep in our lands but the clouds.

  5. زارَ الوزيرُ حِماكِ اليومَ منعطِفاً

    وحَلَّ كالرُّوحِ في جسمٍ فأحياكِ

    The minister visited your domain today in kindness,

    and settled like the soul in a body, reviving you.

  6. الرَّاشِدُ الماجدُ المرفوعُ مَنصِبُهُ

    والصَّائِبُ الحُكمِ عن عِلمٍ وإدراكِ

    The rightly guided, the illustrious, whose rank is exalted,

    and sound in judgment through knowledge and insight.

  7. هذا الذي تَظلِمُ الأموالَ راحتُهُ

    وعدلُهُ يُنصِفُ المَظلومَ والشَّاكي

    This is he whose palm does injustice to wealth,

    while his justice grants redress to the wronged and the complainant.

  8. ماضي الحُسامِ بسيفِ اللهِ منتقمٌ

    من كلِّ طاغٍ شديدِ البأسِ فتَّاكِ

    Keen of blade, with God's sword he takes vengeance

    on every tyrant, fierce in battle and murderous.

  9. ذكاؤُهُ مثلَ نورِ الشَّمسِ مُتَّقِدٌ

    وذكرُهُ مِثلُ عَرْفِ العَنبَرِ الذَّاكي

    His intelligence blazes like the light of the sun,

    and his renown is like the scent of fragrant ambergris.

  10. رحيبُ صَدْرٍ تضيعُ النَّائباتُ بهِ

    كالبحرِ يَسبَحُ فيه بعضُ أسماكِ

    His breast is broad; calamities are lost within it,

    like the sea, in which some fish swim.

  11. إذا التَقتهُ خُطوبُ الدَّهرِ عابِسةً

    لاقَى الخُطوبَ بوجهٍ مِنهُ ضَحَّاكِ

    When time's calamities confront him with a frown,

    he meets those calamities with a laughing face.

  12. يَرعَى الأهالي كأولادٍ مكرَّمَةٍ

    لهُ ويحَمي أراضيها كأملاكِ

    He tends the people like cherished children

    of his, and protects their lands as his own estates.

  13. وللصديقِ التِفاتٌ مِن صَداقَتِهِ

    إلاّ لدَى حُكمِ تسريحٍ وإمساكِ

    And he shows a friend the consideration friendship brings,

    except when ruling on dismissal and retention.

  14. يا أرضَ سُوريَّةَ المسعودَ طالِعُها

    حَمْداً وشُكراً فإنَّ اللهَ أعطاكِ

    O land of Syria, whose rising star is blessed,

    give praise and thanks, for God has bestowed His gifts on you.

  15. ويا عشائرُ باسمِ الله مَنزِلُكم

    ويا قوافِلُ باسمِ اللهِ مَجراكِ

    And O tribes, in God's name be your dwelling,

    and O caravans, in God's name be your passage.