1. تمادى, وماذا لو تمادى وأسرف

    وأوغل في هدم البيوت وجرّفا ؟

    He went too far—and what if he went still further and exceeded all bounds,

    And plunged deeper into demolishing houses and razed them?

  2. تمادى, وماذا لو تمادى مكابر

    وحطّم أقصانا الحبيب وأتلفا ؟

    He went too far—and what if an obstinate man went still further,

    And shattered our beloved al-Aqsa and laid it waste?

  3. وشرّد آلافاً من القدس جهرةً

    وجمّع أشتات البغاةِ وألّفا؟

    And openly drove thousands out of Jerusalem,

    And gathered the scattered bands of aggressors and united them?

  4. وأسكن شُذّاذ اليهود ديارن

    وساق إلى الأقصى الجنود وكثّفا ؟

    And settled Jewish outcasts in our homes,

    And drove the soldiers to al-Aqsa and massed them there?

  5. وماذا لو استعدى علينا لصوصه

    ولاحق أبناء الهدى وتخطّفا ؟

    And what if he incited his thieves against us,

    And pursued the sons of guidance and snatched them away?

  6. وماذا لو استاق النساء أمامه

    وبالغ في ترويعهنّ وعنّفا ؟

    And what if he drove the women before him,

    And went to extremes in terrifying them and treated them harshly?

  7. وماذا لو اغتال الرجال بغدره

    وموسادِه الباغي علينا وأسرفا ؟

    And what if he assassinated the men through his treachery

    And through his Mossad, which assails us, and exceeded all bounds?

  8. تمادى, وماذا لو أقام كيانه

    على جثث الموتى الكرام وأرجفا ؟

    He went too far—and what if he established his entity

    Upon the corpses of the noble dead, and spread alarm?

  9. وحطّم أحلام الصفاء ولم يدع

    لهم حُلُماً عذباً إذا طار رفرفا ؟

    And shattered dreams of serenity and did not leave

    Them a sweet dream that would flutter when it took flight?

  10. تمادى عدوّ الله في القدس وانتهى

    إلى آخر المشوار فيه وطوّفا

    God's enemy went too far in Jerusalem and reached

    The journey's end there, and roamed all around.

  11. تمادى وما زالت وساوس أمتي

    تُريها عَصَا المحتلِّ غصناً مُهَفْهَفَا

    He went too far, yet my nation's delusions still

    Show her the occupier's staff as a slender, graceful branch.

  12. وتبني لها فوق السراب حصونه

    وفوق غبار الريح سُوقاً ومَصِرفا

    And build his fortresses for her atop the mirage,

    And atop the wind's dust, a market and a bank.

  13. كأنّ عــدوّ الله ما جرّ ثوبه

    على أرضها كِبراً وجــــــــار وعنّفا

    As though God's enemy had not dragged his robe

    Across her land in arrogance, acted unjustly, and dealt harshly,

  14. وغيـرّ آثـاراً وأخفـى معالم

    وزوّر تاريخ البلاد وحـرّفا

    And altered monuments and concealed landmarks,

    And falsified the country's history and distorted it.

  15. تمادى عدوّ الله يا أمّة الهدى

    وأعطاكِ آلافَ الوعود وأخْلَفَا

    God's enemy went too far, O nation of guidance,

    And gave you thousands of promises and broke them.

  16. فكيف تركتِ السّيف يَعْلك غِمده

    وصيّرتِه عند الخنوع " مُوظفّا ؟

    So how did you leave the sword chewing its sheath,

    And make it an employee in submission's service?

  17. وكيف غدا بالكذب قولكِ مفعم

    وعقلك بالأوهام أضحى مغلّفا

    And how has your speech become filled with falsehood,

    And your mind become wrapped in illusions?

  18. ستبقين إن لم تطرُدي الوهم كالذي

    تعثّر في حبل الهوى وتخلّفا

    You will remain, unless you banish illusion, like one

    Who stumbled over the rope of desire and fell behind.

  19. وما قيمة الإنسان في الأرض, إن غد

    لساناً بلا صدقٍ وقَلْبَاً مُجَوَّفا ؟؟

    And what is a human being worth on earth if he becomes

    A tongue without truth and a hollow heart?