تلك القضيّةُ هل لها ميعادُ

تلك القضيّةُ هل لها ميعادُ

شرطُ القضيَّةِ أن يطولَ جِهادُ

شرطُ القضيَّةِ أن يطولَ جِهادُ

That cause—does it have an appointed time?

That cause—does it have an appointed time?

The cause requires that its struggle be long.

The cause requires that the struggle be long.

كم للشُّعوبِ قضيّةٌ من دُونها

كم للشُّعوبِ قضيّةٌ من دُونها

تمضِي القُرونُ وتنقضي الآمادُ

تمضِي القُرونُ وتنقضي الآمادُ

How many causes have peoples, short of whose fulfillment

How many causes nations have, before whose fulfillment

centuries pass and ages expire.

Centuries pass and ages run their course!

هل دَانَ للهِمَمِ الرَّواكدِ مَطْلَبٌ

هل دَانَ للهِمَمِ الرَّواكدِ مَطْلَبٌ

أم صَحَّ للأُمَمِ الضِّعافِ مُرادُ

أم صَحَّ للأُمَمِ الضِّعافِ مُرادُ

Has any goal ever yielded to stagnant resolve,

Has any goal yielded to dormant resolve,

or any wish come true for weak nations?

Or any wish come true for feeble nations?

لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الحقَّ صَيْحَة عاجزٍ

لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الحقَّ صَيْحَة عاجزٍ

الحقُّ عَزمٌ صادقٌ وجلادُ

الحقُّ عَزمٌ صادقٌ وجلادُ

Never suppose that right is a helpless man’s cry;

Do not think justice a helpless man's cry;

right is sincere resolve and endurance in combat.

Justice is earnest resolve and combat.

صُوني فلسطينُ الذِّمارَ وجَاهِدي

صُوني فلسطينُ الذِّمارَ وجَاهِدي

ما للحياةِ سوى الجهادِ عِمادُ

ما للحياةِ سوى الجهادِ عِمادُ

Guard your inviolable honor, Palestine, and strive;

Defend all you hold sacred, Palestine, and struggle;

life has no pillar but struggle.

Life has no support but struggle.

صُونِي ذِمارَكِ إنّه لكِ موقفٌ

صُونِي ذِمارَكِ إنّه لكِ موقفٌ

فَصْلٌ ويومٌ مِنكِ ليس يُعادُ

فَصْلٌ ويومٌ مِنكِ ليس يُعادُ

Guard your honor: this is, for you, a stand

Guard what you hold sacred: this is your stand,

decisive—a day of yours that shall not return.

A decisive one, and a day of yours that will not return.

هو آخرُ الأيّامِ إمّا مَطْلَعٌ

هو آخرُ الأيّامِ إمّا مَطْلَعٌ

عالٍ وإمّا مَصْرَعٌ وحِدادُ

عالٍ وإمّا مَصْرَعٌ وحِدادُ

It is the last of days: either a dawn

It is the last of days: either a rising

rising high, or a death-ground and mourning.

On high, or a fatal fall and mourning.

طَغَتِ الخطوبُ عليكِ لا مُتوقِّدٌ

طَغَتِ الخطوبُ عليكِ لا مُتوقِّدٌ

يَخْبُو ولا مُتَمَرِّدٌ ينقادُ

يَخْبُو ولا مُتَمَرِّدٌ ينقادُ

Calamities have surged over you: no blazing spirit

Calamities have overwhelmed you: nothing blazing

dies down, and no rebel submits.

Dies down, and no rebel submits.

وتَحَيَّفتْ فيكِ الحياةَ حوادثٌ

وتَحَيَّفتْ فيكِ الحياةَ حوادثٌ

مرّت بها مِئةٌ عليكِ شِدادُ

مرّت بها مِئةٌ عليكِ شِدادُ

Events have ravaged the life within you;

And calamities have gnawed at the life within you—

a hundred harsh trials have swept through it and over you.

A hundred have passed through it, grievous for you.

الكَسْبُ عُطِّلَ والمتاجِرُ طُلِّقَتْ

الكَسْبُ عُطِّلَ والمتاجِرُ طُلِّقَتْ

فالعيشُ ضَنْكٌ والحياةُ كسادُ

فالعيشُ ضَنْكٌ والحياةُ كسادُ

Earning stands idle and the marketplaces are deserted;

Earning has been halted, and the shops cast off;

living is straitened, and life lies stagnant.

So living is straitened, and life lies stagnant.

نِعمَ الجهادُ لمن يضنُّ بِحقّهِ

نِعمَ الجهادُ لمن يضنُّ بِحقّهِ

لو كان للشّعبِ المُجاهدِ زادُ

لو كان للشّعبِ المُجاهدِ زادُ

Blessed is the struggle of one who will not yield his right—

Noble is struggle for one who jealously guards his right—

if only the struggling people had provisions.

If only the struggling people had provisions!

في نُصرةِ الآجامِ يُحتَملُ الأَذَى

في نُصرةِ الآجامِ يُحتَملُ الأَذَى

ولها تَجُوعُ وتَشْبَعُ الآسادُ

ولها تَجُوعُ وتَشْبَعُ الآسادُ

To defend the thickets, suffering is borne;

In defense of the thickets, suffering is borne,

for their sake lions hunger, and lions feed their fill.

And for their sake the lions hunger and eat their fill.

هِمَمُ النُّسورِ النَّاهِضينَ دَوائبٌ

هِمَمُ النُّسورِ النَّاهِضينَ دَوائبٌ

ومخالبُ الأُسْدِ الغِضابِ حِدادُ

ومخالبُ الأُسْدِ الغِضابِ حِدادُ

The aspirations of soaring eagles are tireless,

The resolve of soaring eagles is tireless,

and the claws of angry lions are sharp steel.

And the claws of angry lions are sharp.

عَرَبٌ إذا غَضِبوا لأمرٍ طارقٍ

عَرَبٌ إذا غَضِبوا لأمرٍ طارقٍ

غَضِبَتْ على بيضِ الظُّبى الأغمادُ

غَضِبَتْ على بيضِ الظُّبى الأغمادُ

Arabs—when angered by a sudden crisis,

Arabs—when angered by some sudden event,

the scabbards rage against the gleaming blades of the wrathful.

The scabbards rage against the bright sword-edges.

وتفزّعَ الآباءُ في أجداثِهم

وتفزّعَ الآباءُ في أجداثِهم

وتطلَّعتْ مِن ذُعرها الأَجدادُ

وتطلَّعتْ مِن ذُعرها الأَجدادُ

Fathers start in terror within their graves,

And fathers startle in their graves,

and forefathers look up in alarm.

And forefathers peer out in their dread.

واهْتاجتِ الجُرْدُ العِتاقُ وأَقْبلتْ

واهْتاجتِ الجُرْدُ العِتاقُ وأَقْبلتْ

صُوَرُ المنايا ما لهنَّ عِدادُ

صُوَرُ المنايا ما لهنَّ عِدادُ

The noble, sleek steeds surge and charge forward,

And the sleek, noble steeds are roused, and onward come

and forms of death approach beyond all counting.

Forms of death beyond all counting.

وجَرَى الدّمُ المسفوحُ يَشْهَدُ أنَّهم

وجَرَى الدّمُ المسفوحُ يَشْهَدُ أنَّهم

سُئِلوا الجزيلَ مِن الفِداءِ فجادوا

سُئِلوا الجزيلَ مِن الفِداءِ فجادوا

Spilled blood flows, bearing witness that they

And the spilled blood runs, bearing witness that they

were asked for a mighty ransom and gave freely.

Were asked for a great sacrifice, and gave generously.

جُودوا حماةَ القُدسِ ما بِكِرَامِكُمْ

جُودوا حماةَ القُدسِ ما بِكِرَامِكُمْ

بُخلٌ ولا للمَكْرُماتِ نَفادُ

بُخلٌ ولا للمَكْرُماتِ نَفادُ

Give freely, guardians of Jerusalem: among your noble men

Be generous, defenders of Jerusalem: your noble ones have no

there is no stinginess, nor can noble deeds be exhausted.

Stinginess, nor do noble deeds have an end.

ذُودوا العَدُوَّ عنِ البلادِ وناضِلوا

ذُودوا العَدُوَّ عنِ البلادِ وناضِلوا

إنّ العدوَّ عن البلادِ يُذادُ

إنّ العدوَّ عن البلادِ يُذادُ

Drive the enemy from the land and fight;

Drive the enemy from the land, and fight;

for driving the enemy from the land is what is sought.

Indeed, the enemy is driven from the land.

اللهُ أكبرُ يا خلائفَ يَعْرُبٍ

اللهُ أكبرُ يا خلائفَ يَعْرُبٍ

أتَضيعُ أوطانٌ لكم وبلادُ

أتَضيعُ أوطانٌ لكم وبلادُ

God is greatest, heirs of Ya‘rub!

God is greatest, O heirs of Ya'rub!

Shall homelands and countries of yours be lost?

Are your homelands and lands to be lost?

صُنْتُم ودائعَ ربّكم ما رَاعَكُمْ

صُنْتُم ودائعَ ربّكم ما رَاعَكُمْ

في الحقِّ طُغيانٌ ولا اسْتبدادُ

في الحقِّ طُغيانٌ ولا اسْتبدادُ

You safeguarded your Lord’s trusts, undaunted

You guarded your Lord's trusts; you were not daunted

by tyranny or despotism where right was concerned.

In defending justice by tyranny or despotism.

تلك الذّخائرُ ما لكم من بَعْدِها

تلك الذّخائرُ ما لكم من بَعْدِها

في المُؤمِنينَ الصّادقينَ عَتادُ

في المُؤمِنينَ الصّادقينَ عَتادُ

Those are the treasures; beyond them, what resources have you

Those treasures—beyond them, you have no

among sincere believers, ready as your strength?

Resources among the sincere believers.

تلك الذّخائر يَأْنَفُ الإسلامُ أن

تلك الذّخائر يَأْنَفُ الإسلامُ أن

تُؤذَى كرائِمُها وتأبى الضَّادُ

تُؤذَى كرائِمُها وتأبى الضَّادُ

Those treasures—Islam scorns that

Those treasures—Islam refuses to allow

their precious things be harmed, and the tongue of Ḍād refuses.

Their precious ones to be harmed, and so does the tongue of ḍād.

إنّا لَنَذْكُرها جَوازِعَ جُفَّلاً

إنّا لَنَذْكُرها جَوازِعَ جُفَّلاً

فَتَبِيتُ تَجْفُلُ حَوْلَها الأكبادُ

فَتَبِيتُ تَجْفُلُ حَوْلَها الأكبادُ

Truly, we remember them in anguish and alarm,

Indeed, we remember them, distraught and panic-stricken,

and our hearts spend the night trembling around them.

So hearts spend the night shuddering around them.

أَبَنِي العُمومةِ ما سَهِرْتُمْ وَحْدَكم

أَبَنِي العُمومةِ ما سَهِرْتُمْ وَحْدَكم

مصرُ الشّقيقةُ لوعةٌ وسُهادُ

مصرُ الشّقيقةُ لوعةٌ وسُهادُ

O kinsmen, you have not kept vigil alone;

O cousins, you have not kept vigil alone;

sister Egypt, too, is all anguish and sleeplessness.

Your sister Egypt is burning grief and sleepless vigil.

إن سَاءَكُمْ ألا تَزالَ هُمومُكم

إن سَاءَكُمْ ألا تَزالَ هُمومُكم

تَتْرَى فتلك همومُنا تَزدادُ

تَتْرَى فتلك همومُنا تَزدادُ

If it grieves you that your cares still come

If it pains you that your worries never cease

one after another, then ours too increase.

To follow one another, then ours too increase.

لَيْتَ الأُلىَ نَصَبُوا المَصائِدَ جمَّةً

لَيْتَ الأُلىَ نَصَبُوا المَصائِدَ جمَّةً

سَألوا عنِ العَنْقاءِ كيفَ تُصادُ

سَألوا عنِ العَنْقاءِ كيفَ تُصادُ

If only those who set so many snares

Would that those who laid so many snares

had asked how the phoenix could be caught.

Had asked about the phoenix: how can it be caught?

يا قومُ تلك شريعةٌ ما سَنَّها

يا قومُ تلك شريعةٌ ما سَنَّها

من قبلُ ذبّاحٌ ولا جَلَّادُ

من قبلُ ذبّاحٌ ولا جَلَّادُ

O people, this is a law no butcher

O people, that is a law never enacted

or executioner had ever laid down before.

Before by any slaughterer or executioner.

بلفورُ أنزلها وَباءَ بإثْمِها

بلفورُ أنزلها وَباءَ بإثْمِها

والظُّلمُ إثمٌ كلُّه وفسادُ

والظُّلمُ إثمٌ كلُّه وفسادُ

Balfour brought it down and incurred its sin;

Balfour imposed it and incurred its sin;

oppression is wholly sin and corruption.

And oppression is all sin and corruption.

هلّا تبيَّنَ وهو يقضِي أَمرَه

هلّا تبيَّنَ وهو يقضِي أَمرَه

أَيُباعُ شعبٌ أم يُباعُ جَمادُ

أَيُباعُ شعبٌ أم يُباعُ جَمادُ

Could he not have seen clearly while deciding her fate:

Why did he not discern, as he decided his course:

is a people sold, or is lifeless matter sold?

Is a people being sold, or lifeless matter?

شَرُّ الخلائِقِ مَن يَسوسُ فلا يَرى

شَرُّ الخلائِقِ مَن يَسوسُ فلا يَرى

أنّ السياسةَ حِكْمةٌ وسَدادُ

أنّ السياسةَ حِكْمةٌ وسَدادُ

Worst of all creatures is one who governs yet cannot see

Worst of all creatures is he who governs yet does not see

that statecraft is wisdom and sound judgment.

That statesmanship is wisdom and sound judgment.

لا تُنكروا الدَّمَ في المَصارع يلتقي

لا تُنكروا الدَّمَ في المَصارع يلتقي

إنّ الرّجالَ بمثل ذلكَ سادوا

إنّ الرّجالَ بمثل ذلكَ سادوا

Do not condemn the blood that mingles on the battlefields;

Do not think it strange that blood mingles on fields of death;

for by such means men rose to greatness.

For through such things men have attained mastery.