هددوناthreaten us بالقيدwith shackles أوor بالسلاحwith weapons
هددونا بالقيد أو بالسلاح
واهدرواand bellow بالزئيرwith roaring أوor بالنباحwith barking
واهدروا بالزئير أو بالنباح
Threaten us with shackles or with weapons.
They threatened us with shackles or with arms
And bellow with roars or with barks.
And roared with snarls or with barks
وكلواand devour جوعناour hunger وسيرواand march علىover أشـtorn remains (first part)
وكلوا جوعنا وسيروا على أشـ
ـلائناour torn remains (continuation) الحمرblood-red، كالخيولlike horses… الجماحunbridled
ـلائنا الحمر، كالخيول... الجماح
And devour our hunger, and march over our torn
They devoured our hunger and walked on our
remains, blood-red, like unbridled horses.
Red embers, like horses...galloping
واقرعواand beat فوقناabove us الطبولthe drums وغطواand cover
واقرعوا فوقنا الطبول وغطوا
خزيكمyour disgrace بالتصنعwith pretense الفضاحshame-revealing
خزيكم بالتصنع الفضاح
And beat the drums above us, and cover
They beat drums over us and covered
your disgrace with pretense that lays it bare.
Their shame with pretended decency
هددوناthreaten us لنwill not ينثنيfalter الزحفthe advance حتىuntil
هددونا لن ينثني الزحف حتى
يزحفadvances الفجرdawn منfrom جميعall النواحيdirections
يزحف الفجر من جميع النواحي
Threaten us: the advance will not falter until
They threatened, the march will not stop until
dawn advances from every quarter.
Dawn creeps from all sides
قسماًI swear لنwill not نعودwe return حتىuntil تراناit sees us
قسماً لن نعود حتى ترانا
رايةbanner النصرof victory فيin النهارthe day الضاحيradiant
راية النصر في النهار الضاحي
I swear: we shall not return until we are seen
I swear we will not stop until we see
by the banner of victory in the radiant day.
The banner of victory in the shining day
خوفوناfrighten us بالموتwith death: إناwe indeed استهناwe made light
خوفونا بالموت: إنا استهنا
فيin الصراعthe struggle الكريمnoble بالأرواحof lives
في الصراع الكريم بالأرواح
Frighten us with death: we have made light
They scared us with death: We undervalued
of our lives in the noble struggle.
Our precious souls in the noble struggle
قدindeed ألفناwe grew accustomed to الردىdeath كماjust as تألفgrow accustomed to الغاthe forests (first part)
قد ألفنا الردى كما تألف الغا
باتforests (continuation) عصفravaging الخريفof autumn بالأدواحof the great trees
بات عصف الخريف بالأدواح
We have grown used to death, as forests grow used
We grew accustomed to misery as the
to autumn's ravaging of great trees.
Nights grow used to the autumn winds
واحتقرناand we scorned قطعsevering الرؤوسheads وأدمand became addicted (first part)
واحتقرنا قطع الرؤوس وأدم
ناwe (verb ending) المناياdeath فيin حانةthe tavern السفاحof the slaughterer
نا المنايا في حانة السفاح
And we have scorned beheadings, and grown addicted
We scorned beheading and bloodied
to death in the slaughterer's tavern.
Death in the tavern of the killer
فاحفرواso dig دربناour path قبوراًgraves فإناfor we indeed
فاحفروا دربنا قبوراً فإنا
سوفshall نمضيwe go on للدفنto burial أوor للنجاحto success
سوف نمضي للدفن أو للنجاح
So dig graves along our path, for we
So dig our path with graves, for we
shall go on, to burial or to success.
Will march on either to burial or success
نحنwe شعبa people أعياbaffled خيالthe imagination المناياof death
نحن شعب أعيا خيال المنايا
وتحدىand defied يدthe hand الزمانof time الماحيall-erasing
وتحدى يد الزمان الماحي
We are a people who have baffled death's imagination
We are a people exhausted by imagining death
and defied the hand of all-erasing time.
And challenged the erasing hand of time
كلماwhenever أدمتbloodied الطغاةthe tyrants جناحاًa wing
كلما أدمت الطغاة جناحاً
منهof it أدمىit bloodied نحورهاtheir throats بجناحwith a wing
منه أدمى نحورها بجناح
Whenever tyrants bloodied a wing
Whenever the tyrants bloodied a wing
of this people, it bloodied their throats with a wing.
We bloodied their necks with a wing
أتعبit wearied السجنthe prison والقيودand the shackles ولمand did not يتعبgrow weary
أتعب السجن والقيود ولم يتعب
وأغفىand dozed off سجانهits jailer وهوwhile it صاحيawake
وأغفى سجانه وهو صاحي
It wearied prison and shackles, but did not weary,
Prison and shackles made me not tired
and its jailer dozed while it stayed awake.
And kept my jailer awake while I slept
ساهرwakeful كالنجومlike the stars يستولدbrings to birth الفجرdawn
ساهر كالنجوم يستولد الفجر
ويوميand beckons إليهto it بالأجراحwith wounds
ويومي إليه بالأجراح
Wakeful as the stars, it brings dawn to birth
Wakeful like the stars, bringing forth the dawn
and beckons to it with wounds.
And guiding it with my wounds
أيهاO you العابثونwho toy بالشعبwith the people زيدواincrease
أيها العابثون بالشعب زيدوا
ليلناour night واملأوهand fill it بالأشباحwith phantoms
ليلنا واملأوه بالأشباح
You who toy with the people, lengthen
O you who toy with the people, extend
our night, and fill it with phantoms.
Our night and fill it with ghosts
لغمواlay mines in دربناour path: ومدواand prolong دجاناour darkness
لغموا دربنا: ومدوا دجانا
واطفئواand extinguish الشهبthe shooting stars وانتظارand the anticipation الصباحof morning
واطفئوا الشهب وانتظار الصباح
Mine our path, and prolong our darkness,
Mine our path: Stretch out our darkness
and extinguish the shooting stars and the anticipation of morning.
And extinguish the embers and wait for dawn
سوفshall نمشيwe walk علىupon الجراحاتthe wounds حتىuntil
سوف نمشي على الجراحات حتى
نشعلwe kindle الفجرdawn منfrom لهيبthe blaze الجراحof wounds
نشعل الفجر من لهيب الجراح
We shall walk upon the wounds until
We will walk on wounds until
we kindle dawn from the blaze of wounds.
We ignite the dawn from the blaze of wounds
فاستبيحواso shed at will دماءناour blood تتوردturns rose-red
فاستبيحوا دماءنا تتورد
وجنةthe cheek الصبحof morning بالدمwith blood المستباحshed at will
وجنة الصبح بالدم المستباح
So shed our blood at will; rose-red will grow
So desecrate our blood until it flows
the cheek of morning with blood shed at will.
And the dawn's garden flows with violated blood
إنماonly تنبتbrings forth الكراماتhonors أرضٌa land
إنما تنبت الكرامات أرضٌ
“سمدتfertilized تربهاits soil” عظامthe bones الأضاحيof sacrificial victims
“سمدت تربها” عظام الأضاحي
Honors sprout only in a land
Only virtues grow on land
whose soil the bones of sacrificial victims have fertilized.
"Fertilized" with the bones of martyrs
ودماءand the blood الشهيدof the martyr أنضرthe freshest غارٍlaurel
ودماء الشهيد أنضر غارٍ
فيon جبينthe brow البطولةof heroism اللماحgleaming
في جبين البطولة اللماح
And the martyr's blood is the freshest laurel
And the blood of martyr is the greenest cave
on heroism's gleaming brow.
In the forehead of glorious heroism
وجراحاتناand our wounds علىon الأفقthe horizon أبهىthe loveliest
وجراحاتنا على الأفق أبهى
شفقٍtwilight لامٍgleaming (uncertain form) وأزهىand the most splendid وشاحsash
شفقٍ لامٍ وأزهى وشاح
And our wounds upon the horizon are the loveliest
Our wounds on the horizon are more radiant
gleaming twilight, and the most splendid sash.
Than any glowing sunset and more adorning than any robe
قدindeed أجبناwe answered صوتthe voice المروءاتof noble virtues لماwhen
قد أجبنا صوت المروءات لما
عربدran riot الظالمthe tyrant النيدdefiant (uncertain reading) الإباحيlicentious
عربد الظالم النيد الإباحي
We answered the voice of noble virtues when
We heeded the call of dignity when
the defiant, licentious tyrant ran riot,
The unjust tyrant reveled in vileness
وابتنىand built القصرthe palace منfrom ضلوعthe ribs الملاthe millions (first part)
وابتنى القصر من ضلوع الملا
يينmillions (continuation)، وجوعand the hunger الأجيرof the wage-earner والفلاحand the peasant
يين، وجوع الأجير والفلاح
and built the palace from the ribs of
And built a palace from the ribs of the oppressed
millions, and the hunger of the wage-earner and the peasant.
And the hunger of the laborer and peasant
فخلعناso we tore out عنfrom صدرهhis breast قلبthe heart “شمSamson (first part)
فخلعنا عن صدره قلب “شم
شونSamson (continuation)” وعنand from وجههhis face قناعthe mask “سجاحSajah”
شون” وعن وجهه قناع “سجاح”
So we tore from his breast the heart of
So we tore out from his chest the heart of "Greed"
Samson, and from his face the mask of Sajah.
And from his face the mask of "Tyranny"
نحنwe سرناmarched علىover الدماءblood إليهtoward him
نحن سرنا على الدماء إليه
وعلىand over النارfire والقناand spears والصفاحand sword-blades
وعلى النار والقنا والصفاح
We marched toward him over blood,
We marched to him over blood
and over fire, spears, and sword-blades.
And over fire, spears and swords
وانطلقناand we charged علىat المناياdeath كأناas though we
وانطلقنا على المنايا كأنا
نتمنىwe yearn for الحتوفdeaths فيin كلevery ساحfield
نتمنى الحتوف في كل ساح
And we charged at death as though
And we rushed to our deaths as if
we longed for doom in every field.
We wished for death at every moment
لمdid not ترنحmake sway مصباحناour lamp أيany ريحwind
لم ترنح مصباحنا أي ريح
دمناour blood الزيتthe oil فيin فمthe mouth المصباحof the lamp
دمنا الزيت في فم المصباح
No wind made our lamp sway;
No wind shook our lamp; our blood was
our blood is the oil in the lamp's mouth.
The oil in the mouth of the lamp
نحنwe شعبa people خضناwe waded through إلىtoward الفجرdawn هولاًa horror
نحن شعب خضنا إلى الفجر هولاً
فاغراًgaping فيin الطريقthe road كالتمساحlike a crocodile
فاغراً في الطريق كالتمساح
We are a people who waded toward dawn through a horror
We are a people who plunged into dawn an awesome
gaping in the road like a crocodile.
Jaw gaping on the road like a crocodile
وعبرناand we crossed ليلاًa night كألسنةlike the tongues الحياتof snakes
وعبرنا ليلاً كألسنة الحيات
والدربand the road عاصفٌraging بالتلاحيwith mutual recrimination
والدرب عاصفٌ بالتلاحي
And we crossed a night like the tongues of snakes,
And crossed the night like snakes' tongues
while the road raged with mutual recrimination.
While the path stormed with waves
وتفشتand spread دماؤناour blood فيthrough الروابيthe hills
وتفشت دماؤنا في الروابي
السمرbrown، كالعطرlike perfume فيin مهبthe place of blowing الرياحof the winds
السمر، كالعطر في مهب الرياح
And our blood spread through the hills—
And our blood gushed in the dark meadows
the brown hills—like perfume where the winds blow.
Like perfume blown in the winds
بينناbetween us والمرامand the goal خطوةa stride عزمٍof resolve
بيننا والمرام خطوة عزمٍ
واثبٍleaping كالضحىlike bright morning شبابyouthfulness الطماحof aspiration
واثبٍ كالضحى شباب الطماح
Between us and the goal lies one stride of resolve,
Between us and our goal is one resolute
leaping like bright morning, youthful in its aspiration.
Step, leaping like the dawn, ambitious
قسماًI swear لمdid not نقفwe stop عنfrom السيرmarching حتىuntil
قسماً لم نقف عن السير حتى
نضفرwe braid الغارlaurel جبينthe brow الكفاحof struggle
نضفر الغار جبين الكفاح
I swear: we did not stop marching until
I swear we will not stop marching until
we braided laurel onto the brow of struggle.
We braid dawn the brow of struggle
Sol 6.1