1. O nations of Arabia, your day has come, so realize,
And rise to your place, and advance,

2. Events call out to you urgently,
Dispelling slumber from drowsy peoples,

3. So leave your beds, and cast off your worries,
And take the path to the greatest station,

4. Gather your strength, and unite as one,
In an Arab unity that protects the banner and finds protection,

5. Do not prefer a life of humiliation, and avoid
The morals of the weak and the ways of those resigned,

6. This is the path for every proud people,
Raising its banner high for Arab solidarity,

7. And if you seek true friends, the best of them,
Are those who support you when events attack,

8. Who tend to the pact if others renounce it
And go on beneficently as if no sin was made

9. Who judge fairly, not overstepping the bounds
And if an unjust tyrant rebels, no injustice is made,

10. The East has its sanctity, so whoever toys with it
Meets disgrace, and he who protects it gains,

11. And if Arabia does not guard its glories,
Then who will guard it, and to whom does the critic complain?

12. This is an age whose people understand
Only the speech of fire or the tongue of blood,

13. The languages of both worlds have multiplied, yet this
Is clearest in tongue and mouth for explanation,

14. Worldly power, so whoever wins it
Wins the world of the victor who dominates,

15. And justice is mostly only discussed
In songs of the guilty and claims of the criminal.

16. O nations of Arabia where are you, for the flood
Of harm has burst its banks in tumultuous waves!

17. This is the deluge: if you cower before it
It will overwhelm you, but if you confront it, you will be saved

18. So rise up, hesitation will not avail, and remember
The revivals of your forefathers in ancient times,

19. Excellent is their path to life,
So follow their traces and take their road,

20. They supported realms with languages and built
A glory without their swords that was not supported

21. Thrones crumble at the mention of them as though
Struck by lightning bolts hurled from the clouds,

22. They defeated the forces and attained their goals
Among conquerors with a power that was not defeated,

23. O nations of Arabia there is no survival for one who retreats
Seeking survival, no life for one who shrinks back!

24. What is in breaking apart into discordant factions but that
Which has sapped your weakened, divided power?

25. Be as one, for splitting up has never ceased
To be a sign of destined, sealed doom,

26. For building, when cohesive, stands firm
Does not shake from weakness or collapse.

27. And for threatened weakness, weakness is strength
Advancing to repel the strength of the attacker.

28. The East watches where its people go
And fears the swooping eagles' violence,

29. And pleads with its heedless sons
Fearing for them the remorse of the regretful.

30. O nations of Arabia, strive as your fathers strove to compose
What of your scattered necklace remained unstrung

31. You can rule under your banner which once
The world fluttered under, so rule and submit!