1. إلهي ! وفي جَنْبيّ خَفْقَةُ وامِقٍ

    وإنِّيَ أوَّابٌ إِليكَ و خَائِفُ

    My God! Within my breast is a lover's heartbeat,

    And I turn ever back to You, in fear.

  2. وَفي الدَّار أَهْوالٌ تَمورُ و فِتْنةٌ

    تَدُورُ ودَمْعٌ بين ذلكَ نازِفُ

    And in the land, horrors seethe, and strife

    Swirls, while tears stream amid it all.

  3. ودَفْقُ دماءٍ والضَّحَايا تَنَاثَرَتْ

    زَلازِلُ جُنّتْ حَوْلَنَا وَرَواجِفُ

    And blood gushes, and victims lie scattered;

    Earthquakes have gone mad around us, and tremors.

  4. تَصَدَّعَ بُنَيانٌ فأهْوَى وهذِه

    أَعَاصِيرُ مازَالَت به وعَواصِفُ

    A structure split and collapsed, and these

    Are whirlwinds and storms still raging against it.

  5. تهافَتَتِ الدُّنْيا عَلَينَا فَأَقْبَلِتْ

    حُشودٌ تَوَالتْ في الدّيار زَوَاحِفُ

    The world rushed upon us, and there came

    Successive hosts, advancing through the lands.

  6. كأنَّهُمُ مَالَوا إلى قَصْعَةٍ لَهْمُ

    فَضجّتْ لها أحشادُهم والطوائفُ

    As though they bent toward a bowl of their own,

    So their throngs and bands clamored for it.

  7. وحُوشٌ عَلَى أنْيَابِها المَوْتُ مُقْبِلٌ

    وكُلُّ فُؤادٍ دُونَ ذلك وَاجفُ

    Beasts, with death advancing on their fangs,

    And every heart trembling in the face of it.

  8. كَأَنّ الرّدَى بَيْن المخالِبِ رَابضٌ

    فإن وثَبَتْ فالمَوتُ ماضٍ وخاطفُ

    As though death crouches between their claws;

    And if they spring, death advances and snatches away.

  9. إلهي ! وهذي أُمَّتي مَزَّق الهَوى

    قُوَاها وغَشّاهَا هِوىً وزخارفُ

    My God! This is my nation; caprice has torn

    Its strength apart, and passion and finery have veiled it.

  10. يقود خُطاها في الدَّياجير تائهٌ

    ويَدْفَعُها بَين الأعاصير واكفُ

    One astray guides its steps through the darkness,

    And a sinner drives it amid the whirlwinds.

  11. فُهُنَّا وداستْنَا زُحُوفٌ ومُرِّغِتْ

    جِباهٌ وأهوى في الوُحول غُطارفُ

    So we were abased; armies trampled us, and in the dust were rubbed

    Foreheads, while noblemen plunged into the mire.

  12. ومالوا على أَعرَاضِنا فاستباحها

    لِئامٌ فَلمْ يلقَوا كُماةً تُخَالفُ

    And they assailed our honor; it was violated

    By vile men, who met no champions to resist.

  13. فكم مِنْ فَتَاةٍ مَزَّقَ القَهْرُ سِتْرَها

    وروَّعها في النائِبات الكواشِفُ

    How many a young woman's veil has oppression torn,

    And amid calamities, stripping horrors terrified her.

  14. هُناكَ على " البُوسْنا " دَواهٍ وفتنةٌ

    وفي أَرْض " كشميرٍ " لظىً و قذائِفُ

    There in Bosnia are calamities and strife,

    And in the land of Kashmir, blazing fire and shells.

  15. وهذي فِلسْطِينُ المُدَمّاةُ وَيْلَنا

    يَغِيبُ تَلِيدُ المجْدِ مِنْها وطارفُ

    And here is bloodied Palestine—woe to us!

    Its inherited glory disappears, and its newly won glory too.

  16. تَغيبُ وراءَ الأفق مِنْها مَعَالِمٌ

    نَديُّ ظِلالٍ مِنْ رُباها ووارفُ

    Its landmarks disappear beyond the horizon,

    The dew-fresh and spreading shade of its hills.

  17. تطير قُلوبُ المؤمنين لِسَاحِها

    فَتنْهضُ لِلّقيا رُبى ومشارفُ

    Believers' hearts fly to its grounds,

    So hills and heights rise to meet them.

  18. وللمَسجدِ الأَقْصَى حَنينٌ ولهفةٌ

    تجيشُ بهَا أشْواقُنَا والعَواطِفُ

    And for Al-Aqsa Mosque there is longing and yearning:

    Our longings and emotions surge with it.

  19. وفي كُلِّ أرْضٍ فِتْنَةٌ بعد فِتْنَةٍ

    ويَومٌ عَبُوسُ الشَرِّ والهَوْل كَاسِفُ

    And in every land, strife after strife,

    And a gloomy day, scowling with evil and terror.

  20. وَقَدْ كُشِفَتْ عَوْراتُنا وتَقَطّعَتْ

    عُرَانا وهانَتْ سَاحَةٌ ومَوَاقِفُ

    And our vulnerabilities have been exposed, and severed are

    Our bonds; arena and stances have been abased.

  21. تَمُّر بِنَا الأحْداثُ حَتَّى كَأَنَّها

    أَحَاديثُ لَهْوٍ تَنْطَوي وَسَوالِفُ

    Events pass us by, until they seem

    Idle talk that fades away, and tales of the past.

  22. إِلهي ! فَمَنْ لِلْمُسْلِمينَ وَقَدْ غَفَوْا

    وما أَيَقظَتْهُمْ آيةٌ وَمَصَاحِفُ

    My God! Who will help the Muslims, now that they have dozed,

    And neither a verse nor copies of the Qur'an have awakened them?

  23. إِلهي ! أَعِنَّا واسْكُب النُّور بَيْننا

    بأَفْئدَةٍ ضَاقَت عَلَيْها المَصَارفُ

    My God! Help us, and pour light among us,

    Into hearts whose avenues have grown narrow.

  24. وأَلِّفْ قُلوباً فَرَّق الحِقْدُ بَينها

    وقَدْ يَجْمعُ الأضْدَادَ يوماً تآلفُ

    And unite hearts that hatred has set apart,

    And harmony may one day unite opposites.

  25. وَهَبْنَا يَقِيناً في القُلوبِ لَعَلَّنَا

    نَهُبُّ إلى سَاحَاتنا ونُشارِفُ

    And grant us certainty in our hearts, that perhaps we

    May spring toward our fields and draw near.

  26. وأَنْزل عَلَيْنا رَحْمةً تغسل الذي

    نَهُمُّ به من مأثَمٍ ونُقَارفُ

    And send down upon us mercy that washes away what

    We contemplate of sin and commit.

  27. ونَنْزعُ عَنْ آثامِنا ، عَلَّ تَوْبةً

    يُفيقُ بِهَا لاَهٍ عن الأمْرِ عازِفُ

    And we renounce our sins; perhaps repentance

    Will rouse one heedless of the cause and turning away.

  28. فَتدْفُقُ في المَيْدَان مِنّا جَحافِلٌ

    يَمُوجُ بِهَا شَاكي السّلاحِ وعاطِفُ

    Then armies from among us will pour into the field,

    Within them surge fully armed men and charging fighters.

  29. ونَحْمِلُ للدّنيا رسَالةَ ربِّنا

    نُخاصِمُ في هَدْيٍ لها ونُعَاطِفُ

    And we carry our Lord's message to the world,

    We contend for it with guidance, and show affection.

  30. ونَمْضي بِهَا صَفّاً كَأَنَّ جُنودَه

    قواعدُ بُنيانٍ ، فَداعٍ وزَاحفُ

    And we march with it in a rank, as though its soldiers

    Were a building's foundations—callers and advancing fighters.

  31. فَتنزلُ نَصْراً يا إلهي ورَحْمةً

    إِذا صَحَّ عَزْمٌ في الميادين عاكِفُ

    Then You send down victory, O my God, and mercy,

    When resolve is sound and steadfast in the fields.