رُبَّ بَيتٍ كَأَنَّهُ مَتنُ سَهمٍ

رُبَّ بَيتٍ كَأَنَّهُ مَتنُ سَهمٍ

سَوفَ نَأتيهِ مِن قُرى بَيروتِ

سَوفَ نَأتيهِ مِن قُرى بَيروتِ

Many a house, as though it were an arrow's shaft,

Many a house is like the shaft of an arrow

We shall come to it from the villages of Beirut,

We shall come to it from the villages of Beirut

مِن بِلادٍ لَيسَت لَنا بِبِلادٍ

مِن بِلادٍ لَيسَت لَنا بِبِلادٍ

كُلَّما جِئتُ نَحوَها حُيّيتِ

كُلَّما جِئتُ نَحوَها حُيّيتِ

From lands that are not our own.

From lands that are not our lands

Whenever I came toward them—greetings to you,

Whenever I came towards it I was greeted

أُمَّ سَلّامِ لا بَرِحتِ بِخَيرٍ

أُمَّ سَلّامِ لا بَرِحتِ بِخَيرٍ

ثُمَّ لا زِلتِ جَنَّتي ما حَييتِ

ثُمَّ لا زِلتِ جَنَّتي ما حَييتِ

O Umm Sallam! May you always fare well,

O mother of Salaam, you have not ceased being well

Then may you remain my paradise as long as you live.

Then you have not ceased being my paradise as long as I lived

طَرَباً نَحوَكُم وَشَوقاً وَتوقاً

طَرَباً نَحوَكُم وَشَوقاً وَتوقاً

لادِّكاريكُمُ وَطيبِ المَبيتِ

لادِّكاريكُمُ وَطيبِ المَبيتِ

With rapture toward you, and longing and yearning,

Yearning and longing and craving towards you

At my remembrance of you and the sweetness of the night's lodging,

Remembering you and the goodness of the night's rest

حَيثُما كُنتُ مِن بِلادٍ وَسِرتُم

حَيثُما كُنتُ مِن بِلادٍ وَسِرتُم

فَوقاكِ الإِلهُ ما قَد خَشيتِ

فَوقاكِ الإِلهُ ما قَد خَشيتِ

Wherever I was among the lands, and wherever you traveled,

Wherever I was from lands and you traveled

So may God protect you from what you have feared.

May God protect you from what you feared