1. I and the star are both awake
Though I alone am filled with sorrow

2. I care not, for glory is my goal
I've joined my laments and left behind youth

3. For the sake of glory we sacrificed
Our own souls, though dear the price

4. Naught but the people and their freedom
Have become my faith and creed

5. We belong to the sublime, and to us belongs the sublime
Though the turns of fate cast us aside

6. We knew benevolence and justice
And established these traditions

7. From our homelands came the lightning
And from our hands sprang wondrous harmony

8. Our lofty minarets raised up
The flag of justice, opening the cities

9. We broke the back of Khosrow and returned Caesar
To his short reach, devoid of glory

10. We Arabs built the edifice of our glory
With towering columns in the earth

11. They called our patriot ruler a criminal
And provoked the people against us

12. He stirred the people and enticed them
Never missing a sight or homeland

13. If you count me a criminal among you
Then I am the benefactor of the nation

14. My flaws put me in your disfavor
While my merits raise me in its eyes

15. My words are done and so is my sword
My principles stand firm, unbetrayed

16. I am not saddened by prison, but thank it
For acquainting me with my brethren

17. Among men who broke their oath
And returned good with evil

18. They showed their hidden spite
Their hatred obvious to all

19. Woe to them for resenting
One of pure heart and noble in public

20. If people today denounce those we planted
We will have after, thanks from those grafted

21. The fruits of our revolution
Are the shame of traitors and misguided

22. Many who by our toil live prosperously
As we live in adversity

23. O you who dwell safely in the shade
You are not made for shade or roses

24. Along the torrent's path you build a home
Poor soul, builder of a dwelling

25. Only in a palace built by
The sworn and pledged sword do you reside

26. You pull the robe and superiority
Of one slain and shrouded