يا أيها الموتى ويا من خُلدوا

يا أيها الموتى ويا من خُلدوا

في الموت حين الحُّى رهنُ تبابهِ

في الموت حين الحُّى رهنُ تبابهِ

O dead ones, and O you who were made immortal

O you who are dead and you who are immortalized

In death, while the living are hostage to their ruin.

In death while the living are hostage to its calamity,

لم يبلغ الغدرُ المشينُ منالهُ

لم يبلغ الغدرُ المشينُ منالهُ

منكم ولكن نالَ من أربابه

منكم ولكن نالَ من أربابه

Shameful treachery did not attain its aim

The vile betrayal did not reach you,

Against you, but struck its own masters instead.

But it reached those around you.

هي قصَّةُ الوحشِ الضرير وما دَرَى

هي قصَّةُ الوحشِ الضرير وما دَرَى

بطشَ الزَّمانِ بِظفرهِ وبنابه

بطشَ الزَّمانِ بِظفرهِ وبنابه

It is the tale of the blind beast, which did not know

It is the story of the blind beast, unaware

Time's onslaught, with its claw and fang.

Of the tyranny of time with its claws and fangs.

دوَّى وزمجرَ وهو غيرُ محاذرٍ

دوَّى وزمجرَ وهو غيرُ محاذرٍ

يقظٍ فهيأ كهفهُ لخرابه

يقظٍ فهيأ كهفهُ لخرابه

It thundered and growled, neither wary

It roared and howled heedlessly,

Nor alert, and so prepared its cave for its own ruin.

Awake, so it prepared its cave for ruin.

يُحيى الضحايا الذكرياتِ وإنها

يُحيى الضحايا الذكرياتِ وإنها

لأجل من ذكرٍ ومن أنصابِه

لأجل من ذكرٍ ومن أنصابِه

The victims revive memories, and they

It brings to life past victims, though they

Are surely nobler than remembrance and its monuments,

Are greater than any memory or monument.

لأجل من معنىً نُمجِّدُ يومَه

لأجل من معنىً نُمجِّدُ يومَه

وأَعُّز من حُبٍّ لدى أحبابِه

وأَعُّز من حُبٍّ لدى أحبابِه

Nobler than an ideal whose day we glorify,

For the sake of meaning we glorify the day,

And dearer than love among its devotees.

And the most precious love in the hearts of loved ones.

اليومَ قدَّسهُ الألى رزئوا به

اليومَ قدَّسهُ الألى رزئوا به

من قَبلُ واحتشدوا لدى محرابه

من قَبلُ واحتشدوا لدى محرابه

This day was hallowed by those who had been bereaved by it

This day was sanctified by those who were hurt by it before

Before, and who gathered at its shrine.

And gathered at its altar.

وَرَنت له أممٌ بدمعةِ حائرٍ

وَرَنت له أممٌ بدمعةِ حائرٍ

وِجلٍ تُحسُّ مصابها بمصابِه

وِجلٍ تُحسُّ مصابها بمصابِه

And nations gazed toward it with the tear of one bewildered,

Nations cried for it with wandering tears

Fearful, sensing their own affliction in its affliction.

And awe, feeling its wound as their own.

فالغدرُ ما برحَ المسيطرَ ضارباً

فالغدرُ ما برحَ المسيطرَ ضارباً

بالعدلِ لا يُعنى بغيرِ طلابِهِ

بالعدلِ لا يُعنى بغيرِ طلابِهِ

For treachery still holds sway, striking

Betrayal persists, the dominant one, striking

At justice, caring only for its own aims,

Justice, concerned with nothing but its own interests,

مُتبختراً متشدقاً بجميعِ ما

مُتبختراً متشدقاً بجميعِ ما

جَعل السلامِ خُرافَةً للنابهِ

جَعل السلامِ خُرافَةً للنابهِ

Swaggering and blustering about all that

Arrogant and impudent with all it has made

Made peace a fable to the discerning.

Of peace an illusion to be torn apart by its fangs.

فليحذر الأحرارُ وليتكاتفوا

فليحذر الأحرارُ وليتكاتفوا

فالعدلُ غيرَ الظلم رغمَ خضابه

فالعدلُ غيرَ الظلم رغمَ خضابه

So let the free beware, and let them stand together;

So the free must beware and stand united,

For justice differs from oppression, despite its coloring.

For justice is unlike injustice, despite its disguises.

والناسُ مهما خُودعوا لن يرضخوا

والناسُ مهما خُودعوا لن يرضخوا

للعسفِ والجبروت يومَ حِسابِه

للعسفِ والجبروت يومَ حِسابِه

And people, however much deceived, will not submit

And no matter how the people are deceived, they will not yield

To oppression and tyranny on the day of its reckoning.

To tyranny and arrogance on the day they are brought to account.