مَكانَكَ يا غَرب فَسَوفَ تحاسب

مَكانَكَ يا غَرب فَسَوفَ تحاسب

لَدى عادل يدري الخَفايا وَيحسب

لَدى عادل يدري الخَفايا وَيحسب

Stay where you are, O West, for you will be called to account

O West, your place will be held to account

before a just one who knows the hidden things and keeps account.

Before a just judge who knows secrets and reckons

وَلا تجرحن يا غرب للشرق خاطِرا

وَلا تجرحن يا غرب للشرق خاطِرا

فَفي كل يوم للزمان تقلب

فَفي كل يوم للزمان تقلب

And do not wound the East's heart, O West,

And do not, O West, hurt the East in spirit

for time turns anew each day.

For time overturns in each day

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الأَرض تخرج نبتها

أَلَم تَرَ أَنَّ الأَرض تخرج نبتها

جَميلا فَتَطويه الرياح فَيجدب

جَميلا فَتَطويه الرياح فَيجدب

Have you not seen that the earth brings forth its growth,

Have you not seen that the earth brings forth her vegetation

beautiful, then the winds fold it away and barrenness follows?

Beautifully then the winds fold it and it withers

وَلكنها تأبى الاهانة هَكَذا

وَلكنها تأبى الاهانة هَكَذا

فَتخرج نبتا بمده وتحارب

فَتخرج نبتا بمده وتحارب

Yet it refuses humiliation in this way:

But it refuses humiliation in this way

so it brings forth growth, spreading it out, and fights.

So it brings forth growth again and resists

حسبناك لما كنت في المهد منبعا

حسبناك لما كنت في المهد منبعا

لحرية الاقطار ان هي توهب

لحرية الاقطار ان هي توهب

We deemed you, when you were in the cradle, a fountainhead

You sufficed us when you were a fountain in the cradle

for the freedom of the lands, if it were to be bestowed.

Of freedom for countries, if they are granted

خدمناك في تلك الوغى وَتسربلت

خدمناك في تلك الوغى وَتسربلت

ثياب البَرايا من دم وَهُوَ ساكِب

ثياب البَرايا من دم وَهُوَ ساكِب

We served you in that battle, and cloaked were

We served you in that turmoil and you wore

the garments of humankind in blood as it poured forth.

The clothes of innocence, from blood while it pours

وَما عندنا فيها كَما هي ناقة

وَما عندنا فيها كَما هي ناقة

وَلا جمل نسعى له وهو هارب

وَلا جمل نسعى له وهو هارب

And in it, as things stood, we had no she-camel,

And we have in it nothing, as it is, a she-camel

nor a he-camel to pursue as it fled.

Nor a camel we hasten to while it escapes

وَلكننا جئناك لما وَعدتنا

وَلكننا جئناك لما وَعدتنا

وَقلنا معاذ اللَه ان كنت تكذب

وَقلنا معاذ اللَه ان كنت تكذب

But we came to you when you promised us,

But we came to you when you promised us

and said, 'God protect us if you were lying.'

And we said, may God forbid you were lying

كَفانا وَقَد صرنا عراقا وَغرنا

كَفانا وَقَد صرنا عراقا وَغرنا

خَيال لعاب الشَمس وَالغر لاعب

خَيال لعاب الشَمس وَالغر لاعب

We have had enough! We have become bare bones, and were deceived by

Enough of us, we have become Iraq and our minds

the phantom of the sun's spittle, while the gullible one plays.

Deceived by mirage, playing tricks of the sun

وَقَد سالَ غسلين اللحوم عَلى الثرى

وَقَد سالَ غسلين اللحوم عَلى الثرى

وَقَد غمه لما تقادم طحلب

وَقَد غمه لما تقادم طحلب

And the putrid washings of flesh have flowed upon the soil,

The washing of the dead has flowed on the ground

and moss has covered it as time wore on.

And it has drowned in grief as moss grew

فَهَذاك موجوع وَهَذا كَما تَرى

فَهَذاك موجوع وَهَذا كَما تَرى

وَكلهما مندوب حظ وَنادب

وَكلهما مندوب حظ وَنادب

So that one is in pain, and this one, as you see,

This one is hurt and that one, as you see

and both are mourned for their lot and themselves lament.

Both are scarred by fortune and mourning

وَهذا يعب الماء وَالماء آسِن

وَهذا يعب الماء وَالماء آسِن

نَديم إِلى هَذا وَساقَ وَشارب

نَديم إِلى هَذا وَساقَ وَشارب

And this one gulps water, though the water is foul,

And this one sips water while the water is sweet

a drinking companion to this one, a cupbearer and a drinker.

A companion to this one, gave drink and sipped

إِذا كانَ هَذا العصر عصر تنعم

إِذا كانَ هَذا العصر عصر تنعم

فاين مناب الشرق وَالشَرق تاعب

فاين مناب الشرق وَالشَرق تاعب

If this age is an age of ease,

If this is the age of luxury

then where is the East's share, while the East is weary?

Then where is the ease of the East and the East is weary

واني له بالارتقاء كمثله

واني له بالارتقاء كمثله

وَما هُوَ الا بالقيود معذب

وَما هُوَ الا بالقيود معذب

And how can it rise like its counterpart,

And I with rising am like it

when it is only tormented in chains?

Yet it is just in chains and tortured

قَد اِرتَطَم المِسكين وَهو حزيقة

قَد اِرتَطَم المِسكين وَهو حزيقة

من الكون لكن مزقتها الثَعالب

من الكون لكن مزقتها الثَعالب

The poor wretch has crashed; it is a small band

The poor wretch has smashed as he whimpered

within the world, but the foxes have torn it apart.

From the universe, but the foxes tore it apart

يئن لاثقال وَقَد شابَ راسه

يئن لاثقال وَقَد شابَ راسه

وَفي عنفوان العيش ذا الراس شائب

وَفي عنفوان العيش ذا الراس شائب

It groans beneath burdens, and its head has turned gray;

He groans with no burdens as his head grayed

yet in the prime of life, this head is gray.

And in the prime of life that head is graying

كَفى الشرق اتعابا سهام توجع

كَفى الشرق اتعابا سهام توجع

غَوائلها تدمي الصَحيح وَتعطب

غَوائلها تدمي الصَحيح وَتعطب

Arrows that cause pain have wearied the East enough;

Enough of the East's affliction, arrows that hurt

their ravages make the healthy bleed and cripple them.

Their shafts wound the healthy and cripple

وَيَكفيه من تلك البَلايا شَديدها

وَيَكفيه من تلك البَلايا شَديدها

وَقَد نسخت فيه الضياء غياهب

وَقَد نسخت فيه الضياء غياهب

And the harshest of those calamities are enough for it,

And the intense calamities that have befallen him

and deep darkness has blotted out the light within it.

Have erased in him the lights, bringing darkness

هُوَ اليَوم يَرمي للعلا مُتَسائِلا

هُوَ اليَوم يَرمي للعلا مُتَسائِلا

عَلى طرق تهدي له وَتَقرب

عَلى طرق تهدي له وَتَقرب

Today it aims for the heights, asking

Today he aims for the heights, questioning

about paths that guide it and bring it nearer.

On paths that will guide him and bring near

فكن أَيُّها الغرب المُنير زَمامنا

فكن أَيُّها الغرب المُنير زَمامنا

لخير فللقطرين تلك العَواقب

لخير فللقطرين تلك العَواقب

So be, O radiant West, our guiding rein

So be, O enlightened West, our leader

toward good, for both lands share those consequences.

To good, for the lands have those consequences

وَيا شرق قف واتبع صديقك واعتبر

وَيا شرق قف واتبع صديقك واعتبر

فحتام في فرش الشقا تتقلب

فحتام في فرش الشقا تتقلب

And O East, stand up, follow your friend, and take heed:

And O East, stand still and follow your friend and learn

for how long will you toss and turn on beds of misery?

For surely in the carpet of thorns you will toss and turn

وَكبوتك افتحها فَما النوم نافع

وَكبوتك افتحها فَما النوم نافع

وَما هُوَ إِلّا علة وَمَصائب

وَما هُوَ إِلّا علة وَمَصائب

And break out of your stupor, for sleep does no good,

And open your cocoon for sleep brings no benefit

and it is nothing but illness and calamities.

And it is nothing but disease and misfortunes