1. The night has subsided, so let the rising star emerge from its lair,
And let whoever dislikes it become hostile and vicious.

2. And in the negligence of people sleeping in their beds,
The beasts of the jungle prowled and bared their teeth.

3. For the jungle is but a dwelling for the lurking wolf,
To hunt the lambs of the protected or to deceive.

4. So oh my country, its protectors have become lax,
May God support you against your brutal adversary.

5. May God be with you in this horror that I have experienced
With your terrified arms in the night pleading.

6. And oh nation whose homelands have been torn apart
While enmity and division spread among them at night.

7. Its lion has slept in its den
So the treacherous beasts plundered it.

8. How can he maintain control
When terrors have overwhelmed him in the darkness?

9. He saw his crumbling palace beneath the rubble
And its fleeting wreckage demolished by the cannons.

10. Around him are his slain and wounded soldiers
And beneath them are those devastated homes.

11. And enemy invaders cutting off his route
While tempting motives descend upon them.

12. And each of them has a goal in the night’s slumber
That drives him to betrayal and wickedness.

13. The one carrying fangs and claws prowling
With which the venomous hands have sharpened.

14. Wondrous are my people in their rags
Over a homeland with grieving hearts.

15. The forces of a treacherous enemy have surrounded it
With which the Aqsa Mosque they have violated.

16. And it contains no defenders against the chaos
Which terrorizes the helpless in the dark of night.

17. They came bearing vile death with weapons
Aiming their claws, shedding blood.

18. In their eyes are fire, hatred, and sorrow
For those they suddenly attacked with calamity.

19. With an army of riffraff from every faith
Wicked thieves among them plundering and ransacking.

20. Their positions there define their crime
So who will defend its holiness, not objecting?

21. Anguish has called me and tears of sorrow have flowed
And adversities have pulled at my heart.

22. Ordeals, terrors, captives, tears
And my murder and the death of its soldiers.

23. So who will save me from this destruction and what has happened
To my family, home, and hearts with anguish?

24. And who will drive back the shameless enemy with strength
And deter his goal and make the forest cower?

25. Souls stripped bare by misery, anxiety, and discontent
And horrified by its terror, unable to find rest.

26. Will they protect homes or defend mosques
While we sleep, resigned and destroyed?

27. Or will the one grasping the throne obstinately
Sleep in disgrace and satisfied with silence?

28. Rulers of nations torn apart by grudges
With nothing to unite them on the battlefield.

29. They have been distracted from their people
While struggling with hatred through the night.