نعم ذاك وجد الصب لا وجد دونه

نعم ذاك وجد الصب لا وجد دونه

وذيا لك الوادي كما تعهدونه

وذيا لك الوادي كما تعهدونه

Yes, that is the lover's ardor—no lesser ardor.

Yes, that youth found no solace but her

And yonder little valley is as you remember it.

She is the valley's adornment as you have promised

فان جدتم بالقرب غنت طيوره

فان جدتم بالقرب غنت طيوره

ولا ارز الا ارزه تشهدونه

ولا ارز الا ارزه تشهدونه

So, if you graciously draw near, its birds will sing.

If you find the birds singing nearby

And no cedars but its own will you behold.

And nothing but its rice that you witness

ويخضر اعلاه ويزهر سفحه

ويخضر اعلاه ويزهر سفحه

ولله ذاك الماء إذ تردونه

ولله ذاك الماء إذ تردونه

And its heights grow green, and its lower slopes bloom.

It grows green above and its slopes blossom

And, by God, how fine that water is when you come to drink!

By God, that water when you fetch it

ويا حبذا ابكاره رغبوقه

ويا حبذا ابكاره رغبوقه

ويا حبذا إذ انتم مسعدونه

ويا حبذا إذ انتم مسعدونه

And oh, how delightful its morning and evening draughts!

How wonderful its mornings, its evenings

And oh, how delightful when you gladden it!

How wonderful when you are made happy by it

فحب بسوق الغرب مغنى لشملنا

فحب بسوق الغرب مغنى لشملنا

وكل الذي يرضيكم تجدونه

وكل الذي يرضيكم تجدونه

So, how lovely a home in Souk al-Gharb for our company!

So the love of Sowq al-Gharb is the joy of our gathering

And all that pleases you, you will find.

And whatever pleases you, you will find

فبحر مديد يحسر الطرف دونه

فبحر مديد يحسر الطرف دونه

وبحر طويل رحتم تنشدونه

وبحر طويل رحتم تنشدونه

For there is a vast sea; the gaze tires before spanning it.

An endless sea that tires the eyes without it

And a 'long' sea of verse that you have begun to recite.

An endless sea you went seeking

وما صيف لبنان خفي عليكم

وما صيف لبنان خفي عليكم

ولا بعد سوق الغرب ما تقصدونه

ولا بعد سوق الغرب ما تقصدونه

And Lebanon's summer is no secret to you.

The summer of Lebanon is no secret to you

Nor is what you seek beyond Souk al-Gharb.

Nor is Sowq al-Gharb, your intended destination

هو الوقت فانهب من زمانك خيره

هو الوقت فانهب من زمانك خيره

فقد يك آت رحت ترجوه دونه

فقد يك آت رحت ترجوه دونه

Now is the time: seize the best of your days.

It is time, so take the best of your days

For the future you have been hoping for may fall short of this.

For the time you hoped for may come without them