هبrose فيat الفجرdawn هبوبthe blowing of العاصفاتtempests
هب في الفجر هبوب العاصفات
قدرa destiny حطمshattered أبوابthe gates of الطغاةthe tyrants
قدر حطم أبواب الطغاة
At dawn there rose, as tempests rise,
The winds of dawn blew in the storm
It blew at dawn, the blowing of the storms
A destiny that shattered the tyrants' gates.
Fate shattered the doors of tyrants
A destiny that smashed the tyrants' gates
قدرa destiny منfrom سدةthe throne of اللهGod سعىset forth
قدر من سدة الله سعى
يزرعplanting الزيتونolive trees فيin الأرضthe earth المواتbarren
يزرع الزيتون في الأرض الموات
A destiny that set forth from God's throne,
Fate from the throne of God hastened
A destiny that strove from the threshold of God
Planting olive trees in the barren earth.
To plant olive trees in barren lands
Planting olives in the deadened earth
ياOh لهاfor it منof قبضةa fist فيat حدهاits edge
يا لها من قبضة في حدها
يكمنlurks الموتdeath وand أسبابthe means of الحياةlife
يكمن الموت و أسباب الحياة
Oh, what a fist—at its edge
Oh, what a grip it has in its limit
Oh, what a fist! In its sharp edge
Lurk death and the means of life!
Lurks death and the causes of life
Lies death and the causes of life
حررتit freed أعناقهاits/their necks منfrom نيرهاits/their yoke
حررت أعناقها من نيرها
وand أنارتit shone فيin اللياليthe nights المظلماتdark
و أنارت في الليالي المظلمات
It freed their necks from their yoke,
It freed their necks from its yoke
It liberated necks from their yoke
And shone in the dark nights.
And illuminated the dark nights
And lit up the dark, gloomy nights
ياO كريماgenerous one ماnot رأيناwe have seen مثلهhis like
يا كريما ما رأينا مثله
منamong كريمa generous person ياO نجيconfidant of المكرماتnoble deeds
من كريم يا نجي المكرمات
O generous one, whose like we have never seen
Oh generous, we have not seen the like of him
O generous one, the like of whom we have not seen
Among the generous, O confidant of noble deeds!
A generous one, oh saver of the venerated
Among the noble, O confidant of virtues
لمdid not تلحshine لولاكwithout you فيin ذاكthat الدجىdarkness
لم تلح لولاك في ذاك الدجى
شمسناour sun أوor تهوfall أصنامthe idols of البغاةthe oppressors
شمسنا أو تهو أصنام البغاة
Without you, in that darkness, there would not have shone
Our sun would not have risen in that gloom
Without you, our sun would not have loomed in that darkness
Our sun, nor would the oppressors' idols have fallen.
Were it not for you, or the idols of tyrants dispersed
Nor would the idols of the oppressors tumble down
ياO أباfather of الأحرارthe free ياO رافعهاyou who raise it
يا أبا الأحرار يا رافعها
رابةa banner (apparent typo for راية) تزهوgleams proudly علىon شطthe bank of الفراتthe Euphrates
رابة تزهو على شط الفرات
O father of the free, O you who raise it—
Oh father of the free, oh raiser of
O father of the free, O raiser of it high
A banner gleaming proudly on the bank of the Euphrates.
A banner fluttering over the Euphrates
A banner boasting on the Euphrates' bank
دمlive on لشعبfor a people عاشlived منsince تموزهits Tammuz (July)
دم لشعب عاش من تموزه
فيin نعيمbliss فوقabove أشلاءthe dismembered remains of الطغاةthe tyrants
في نعيم فوق أشلاء الطغاة
Live on for a people who have lived since their Tammuz,
Blood for a people who since July
Live long for a people who lived from their July
In bliss above the tyrants' dismembered remains.
Lived in prosperity over the corpses of tyrants
In bliss above the scattered remains of tyrants
Sol 6.1