1. Time is awake though events are asleep,
Why then are you slumbering, O noblest of nations?

2. Perhaps you are weary from the battles of life,
While the lions sleep in their dens.

3. You opened the door then turned away satisfied,
Yet victory intercepts empires with obstacles.

4. Rouse yourselves and us to glory in an age,
Where he who was no wolf was among the sheep.

5. This age calls out to you through its events,
O nation of the sword, become a nation of the pen!

6. For the sword demolishes in a moment what the dawn built slowly,
Yet the structure of knowledge is never demolished.

7. He who had no protecting wisdom died in peace,
And war made equals of the fool and the wise.

8. Knowledge has become the pillar of those who possess it,
He whose pillar is not wisdom will never stand.

9. People don the ample robes of the wealthy as amusement,
While we wear the tight dress of poverty.

10. O Turkish youth, may God preserve your ambition,
And protect you, and guide you to the righteous guide.

11. You are tomorrow's kingdom and Islam's continuity,
Never divorcing the glory of tomorrow or its smile.

12. Egypt embraces you in her innermost conscience,
Proclaiming her ardent love openly, without blame.

13. For we, however near or far our country,
Are neighbors in the letter ‘d’ or home and sanctuary.

14. Let alone the Eastern tie of ancestry,
More binding still the tie of Islam and womb.

15. The languages of nations are reconciled among us,
Yet the ‘d’ sound in our midst remains unreconciled.

16. So bring us closer to it and to you,
For it is the firmest of ties and pacts.

17. And all of us, if we take the path of prosperity,
Are hands that work and feet walking together.

18. So let not Turkey be the lad nor that old crone,
But let it be Turkey with the steps of old.

19. For its sword is its sword in every battlefield,
And its justice has adorned Islam with blessings.