1. سر أيها الشعب سيرا

    إلى العلى غير هائب

    March on, O people, march,

    toward the heights, unafraid.

  2. فسيف عزمك ماض

    ونهج حقك لاحب

    For the sword of your resolve is sharp,

    and the path of your rights is clear.

  3. لا تخضعن لأمر

    يكون ضربة لازب

    Do not submit to a condition

    that becomes an inescapable necessity.

  4. وانظر بمرآة فكر

    فيها رسوم العواقب

    And look into a mirror of thought;

    in it are the outlines of consequences.

  5. واعمل لنفسك واجهد

    جهد الصبور المواضب

    And work for yourself, and strive

    with the effort of the patient, persevering one.

  6. فراحة النفس تجنى

    ثمارها بالمتاعب

    For the soul's repose is won,

    its fruits reaped through hardships.

  7. تلقى زمامك طوعاً

    إلى أكف الجواذب

    You willingly cast your reins

    into the hands of those who pull them,

  8. وتشرب الماء رنقاً

    والماء عذب المشارب

    and drink murky water,

    though the water is sweet to drink.

  9. وكيف تنعم عيناً

    ما بين عين وحاجب

    And how can your eye be at ease

    in the space between an eye and a brow?

  10. وهل يناسب وجه

    الحبيب عين المراقب

    And does the face

    of the beloved suit the watcher's eye?

  11. ارادة الشعب اقوى

    عزا وامنع جانب

    The people's will is stronger

    in might, and its flank more impregnable.

  12. فما يفل شباها

    ولا تكل المضارب

    So nothing blunts its sharp edges,

    nor do its striking edges grow dull.

  13. ما غولب الشعب إلا

    وأصبح الشعب غالب

    Never have the people been challenged

    without the people emerging victorious.

  14. مع الخواطي سهم

    مسدد الرمي صائب

    Among the errant arrows is an arrow,

    well aimed, hitting the mark.

  15. وسوف يأتيك يوم

    تنال فيه المآرب

    And a day will come to you

    when you attain your aims.

  16. تاريخ عصرك اضحى

    مجموعة من غرائب

    The history of your age has become

    a collection of oddities.

  17. وللسياسة قامت

    مسارح وملاعب

    And for politics have arisen

    theaters and playgrounds,

  18. كأنها لم تؤسس

    على اصول التجارب

    as though it had not been founded

    on the principles of experience.

  19. اليوم يظهر شكل

    لأمس غير مناسب

    Today a form appears

    ill-suited to yesterday,

  20. وليس يلبث حتى

    يأتي غد بالعجائب

    and it scarcely lingers before

    tomorrow comes with wonders.

  21. ومبدأ وضعوه

    قد جشموه المصاعب

    And a principle they laid down—

    they have burdened it with hardships.

  22. ومحو تلك المبادي

    من الأماني الكواذب

    And erasing those principles

    is among the false hopes.

  23. ينمو الشعور ويسمو

    فماله من مغالب

    Awareness grows and rises,

    so none can overcome it.

  24. ما للسياسة قلب

    يسر عتبى لعاتب

    Politics has no heart

    that harbors reconciliation for a reproacher.

  25. تبني وتنقض نقضاً

    ما شيدت من مطالب

    It builds, and utterly tears down

    the aspirations it has raised.

  26. لون يحول وصبغ

    تنضوه وفرة خاضب

    A color that changes, and a dye

    shed by the locks of one who dyes them.