1. ألبنان هذا أم جبال أسبانيا

    أم الشوق للأوطان أحيا الأمانيا

    Is this Lebanon, or the mountains of Spain?

    Or has longing for homelands rekindled hopes?

  2. فيا بياض أيام تلتها حنادس

    تناولت قطرينا بعيدا ودانيا

    And oh, the brightness of days followed by pitch-dark nights

    That overtook our two lands, the distant and the near!

  3. ويا شبها في الطبع والوضع أننا

    لعود ليالينا نعدّ الثوانيا

    And oh, the likeness in nature and circumstance—that we

    Count the seconds until our nights return!

  4. أتى الأمويون الشام وكله

    عمار بواديه تفوق المغانيا

    The Umayyads came to the Levant, and all of it was

    Flourishing, its open country surpassing the settlements.

  5. فشادوا به ملكا فخيما فجاءهم

    من الدهر أن الملك ما ليس فانيا

    So they built there a splendid kingdom; then there came to them

    From Time the lesson that dominion is what does not perish.

  6. وقد غادروه والغراب محلق

    وللبوم تنعاب يدك المبانيا

    And they had left it, while the raven soared overhead,

    And the owls' hooting brought the buildings down.

  7. وأمّوا بلادا رادها قبل طارق

    بهم ليلة ذلّت وعزّت ثمانيا

    And they headed for lands that Tariq had explored earlier;

    Through them it was humbled for one night, and mighty for eight,

  8. إلى أن قضى الله بتشتيت شملهم

    فعادوا كما جاءوا بريئا وجانيا

    Until God decreed the sundering of their unity.

    So they returned as they had come, innocent and guilty alike.