الشعب يهتف بالعرب

أين الحماة أولو الحسب

The people cry out to the Arabs:

Where are the defenders, men of ancestral honor?

أين الأولى بسيوفهم

تطغى الوغى وبها تشب

Where are those through whose swords

battle rages and bursts into flame?

الواردون على المكا

رم صفو ماء لم يشب

Who draw from noble deeds

pure water that has never been tainted;

والمنتضون عزائماً

تفري شباهن القضب

and unsheathe resolves

whose edges cleave swords;

قوم إذا شبت وغى

ترمي وتقذف باللهب

a people who, when war flares up,

hurling and spewing flame,

خاضوا الحمام كأن في

خوض الحمام لهم ارب

plunge into death, as though in

plunging into death lay their desire.

من كل اشوس ما دعا

داعي الوغى الا وثب

Each a fierce warrior: no sooner does

battle's caller summon him than he springs up.

يستعذب الموت الزؤا

م كأنه صفو الضرب

He finds deadly death sweet,

as though it were pure white honey;

نشوان من فيض النجيع

كأنه بنت العنب

intoxicated by the flood of gore,

as though it were the daughter of the grape.

ويميل من شوق إلى

رعد المدافع والصخب

And he leans in longing toward

the thunder of cannons and the din,

فكأن اسحاق انبرى

يشدو فمال من الطرب

as though Ishaq had stepped forward

to sing, making him sway in rapture.

يا اسرة المجد الذي

فوق السها مد الطنب

O family of glory that

has stretched its tent-rope above Suha,

مجد بنشر اريحه

لف الليالي والحقب

a glory whose spreading fragrance

has enveloped the nights and the ages.

الدين ينتدب الحماة

ومثلكم من ينتدب

Religion calls upon its defenders,

and men like you are those it calls.

أنتم بنوه ورهطه

وإذا انتميتم فهو أب

You are its sons and its clan,

and when you claim descent, it is your father.

بكم استقام بناؤه

حتى سما أعلى الرتب

Through you its edifice stood firm,

until it rose to the highest ranks.

قوموا بواجب دينكم

ان القيام لكم وجب

Rise to fulfill your duty to your religion;

indeed, you are bound to rise.

ان تنصروا دين الهدى

فالنصر فيكم والغلب

If you uphold the religion of guidance,

then victory and triumph lie with you.

حاشاكم ان تخذلوا

شرع النبي المنتخب

Far be it from you to forsake

the law of the chosen Prophet.

حاشاكم ان تسمحوا

لبلادكم ان تغتصب

Far be it from you to allow

your lands to be seized.

أوطانكم وهي المنيعة

أوشكت ان تستلب

Your homelands, though impregnable,

are on the verge of being stolen.

لاخير فيمن لا يقا

تل دون دين أو حسب

There is no good in one who does not

fight in defense of faith or honor.

خير الشرايع شرعكم

وكتابكم خير الكتب

Your law is the best of religious laws,

and your scripture the best of books.

مستعصمين بوحدة

دينية لم تنشعب

Holding fast to a unity

of faith that has never split apart.

ضل الأولى طلبوا بها

بدلا لقد خاب الطلب

Astray went those who sought in its place

a substitute; their quest indeed failed.

فتمزقوا أيدي سبا

رهن الفجائع والنكب

So they scattered utterly, like Saba,

hostage to calamities and disasters.

يا أيها الثغر الذي

ما فاته حسن الشنب

O frontier, which

has never lacked the beauty of gleaming teeth,

سيجيئك النصر الذي

ترجو فتبسم عن كثب

to you will come the victory that

you hope for; then smile before long.

وتفوز فوزاً والعدى

بالويل ترجع والحرب

And you shall triumph, while the foes

return with woe and ruin.

ما أنت الا الغاب وا

لأسد الضراغم لم تغب

You are nothing but a forest, and

the fierce lions have not vanished.

نهدت إليك كتائب

ردي بأمثال السحب

Battalions have surged toward you,

of death, in masses like clouds,

من آل عدنان الكرام

ويعرب البيض النجب

from the noble descendants of Adnan

and Ya'rub, the fair and highborn.

ما ساورتهم رهبة

في الحرب مذ خلق الرهب

No dread has ever assailed them

in battle since dread was created.

فقلوبهم زبر الحديد

ومجدهم سبك الذهب

For their hearts are blocks of iron,

and their glory is cast gold.

الخيل يا فرسانها

خلقت عرابا للعرب

Horses, O you who ride them,

were created purebred for the Arabs.

مثل الصقور على نسو

ر سيرها فيهم خبب

Like falcons upon eagles,

their gait among them is a trot.

يحملن اساد الوغى

والسمر غابهم الاشب

They bear the lions of battle,

and tawny spears are their tangled forest.

اني نذير الانكليز

فيومهم منا اقترب

I am a warner to the English:

for their day at our hands has drawn near.

يوم بفيض دم الطلى

وجه البسيطة يختضب

A day when a flood of blood from throats

will dye the face of the earth.

شمس الضحى بدخانه

وهي المضيئة تحتجب

The midmorning sun, amid its smoke—

luminous though it is—will be veiled.

في لندن زحل بدا

والمشتري عنها غرب

In London, Saturn has appeared,

and Jupiter has set, leaving it.

قد ا صبحت غرض الخطو

ب فما عسى تجدي الخطب

Indeed, it has become the target of calamities;

what use, then, can speeches be?

يترقبون ربيعهم

بئس الربيع المرتقب

They await their spring;

wretched is the spring awaited!

وبأرض مصر جيشنا

سيذيقهم كأس العطب

And on the soil of Egypt, our army

will make them taste the cup of ruin.

يا أرض مصر رحبي

بالجيش ترحيب المحب

O land of Egypt, welcome

the army with a lover's welcome.

سيطهرون ثراك

من دنس العدو المغتصب

They shall cleanse your soil

of the stain of the usurping enemy.

واستبشري قفقاسيا

بالروح من ذاك الوصب

And rejoice, Caucasia,

in relief from that affliction.

طلع الهلال بسعده

فسينجلي ليل الكرب

The crescent has risen with its good fortune;

so the night of anguish will clear away.