1. بيننا ابطال الروس عن ال

    كربات تصدُّ وترتدُّ

    Among us, Russia's heroes, from the

    Carpathians, are repelled and retreat.

  2. ترتدُّ مدافعة وعليها

    الضغط يزيد ويشتدُّ

    They retreat while resisting, and upon them

    The pressure increases and intensifies.

  3. يشتدُّ وفي بولندا يد ال

    ألمان تطول وتمتدُّ

    It intensifies; and in Poland the hand of the

    Germans grows longer and extends.

  4. تمتدُّ وفي التنكيل بها

    ما أجدى السعيُ ولا الجهدُ

    It extends; and in punishing it,

    Neither striving nor effort has availed.

  5. سلَّ الايطاليون لها

    صمصاماً أظمأهُ الغمدُ

    The Italians drew for it

    A keen sword the scabbard had made thirsty.

  6. قطعوا حبل الجرمان وفي

    أن يتبعوا الحلفا جدوا

    They severed the Germans' cord, and in

    Following the Allies they strove earnestly.

  7. والحرب على النمسا شهروا

    فذكت واشتدَّ لها وقدُ

    And they declared war upon Austria;

    It blazed, and its fire grew fiercer.

  8. واجتازوا حدّ الايسنزو

    بعزائم ليس لها حدُّ

    And they crossed the Isonzo boundary

    With resolves that knew no bounds;

  9. بكتائب فوق بيارقها

    كتبت النصر أو اللحد

    With battalions on whose banners

    Was inscribed: 'Victory or the grave.'

  10. كالسيل أنصبت جارفةً

    وطمت لا يوقفها سدُّ

    Like a torrent they poured down, sweeping away,

    And surged; no dam could stop them.

  11. وتنزت تبغي آطاماً

    يتهيبُ جانبها الاسدُ

    And bounded upward, seeking strongholds

    Whose flanks even the lion dreads.

  12. وغدت تتوقلُ في قننٍ

    ما بعد تعاليها بعدُ

    And began scaling peaks

    Beyond whose towering height there is no beyond.

  13. عنها ينصاعُ الفكرُ عياً

    والطرف كليلاً يرتدُّ

    From them thought turns away, helpless,

    And the gaze recoils, weary.

  14. لو حلق نسرٌ يقصدها

    لارتدّ وأعجزه القصدُ

    If a vulture soared, intent on reaching them,

    It would turn back, defeated by the attempt.

  15. فيها المتنِصت يسمع حو

    ل العرش ملائكهُ تشدو

    There the attentive listener hears, around

    The Throne, His angels singing.

  16. والراصدُ للافلاك بلا

    منظارٍ يمكنهُ الرصدُ

    And the observer of the heavenly spheres, without

    A telescope, can make his observations.

  17. هذي لتسوُّرها الايطا

    ليون عزائمهم شدُّوا

    To scale these, the Italians

    Strengthened their resolves.

  18. فرأوا قدام طلائعهم

    عقبات أسهلها نجدُ

    And saw before their vanguard

    Obstacles whose easiest was a highland.

  19. وجيوش النمسا زادتها

    تحصيناص ليس لهُ ندُّ

    And Austria's armies had added to them

    Fortification without equal.

  20. فيكون مهاجمُها هدَفاً

    لمخاطرَ أيسرها الصدُّ

    Their attacker thus becomes a target

    For dangers, the mildest of which is repulse;

  21. لمدافعَ تقذف من فمها

    برقاً يتخللهُ رعدُ

    For cannons that hurl from their mouths

    Lightning interwoven with thunder,

  22. وسيول قنابل ان لطمت

    طوداً يندكُّ وينقدُّ

    And torrents of bombs: if they strike

    A mighty mountain, it crumbles and splits apart.

  23. وركام الثلح تحيط بها

    كالجيد يطوقهُ العقدُ

    And heaps of snow surround them,

    Like a neck encircled by a necklace;

  24. ورياحُ جليد حاصبةٌ

    بَرَداً كرصاص يعتدُّ

    And winds of ice pelt down

    Hail like bullets held ready.

  25. هذي إِن ينجُ مهاجمها

    من نارٍ يهرأهُ البرد

    These—if their assailant escapes

    From fire, the cold ravages him.

  26. اما الايطاليون فما

    رهبوا الأخطار ولا ارتدُّوا

    As for the Italians, they neither

    Feared the dangers nor turned back.

  27. واذ اقتحمت ابطالهم ال

    أطواد قواعدها هدُّوا

    And when their heroes stormed the

    Mighty mountains, they shattered their foundations.

  28. وعليها استولوا لم يدفع

    عنها التحصين ولا الجندُ

    And took possession of them; they were not defended

    By fortifications or troops.

  29. ولسوف تظل بسالتهم

    أثراً يحتاط به المجدُ

    And surely their valor shall remain

    A lasting trace encompassed by glory.

  30. وبها يبقى ذكر الايطا

    ليين يفوح لهُ ندُّ

    And through it the Italians' renown endures,

    As fragrant incense wafts in its honor.