ياO راقصينdancers علىupon دمblood الصحراءthe desert
يا راقصين على دم الصحراء
قدindeed آنhas come يومthe day الثورةthe revolution الحمراءred
قد آن يوم الثورة الحمراء
O dancers upon the desert's blood,
O dancers on the blood of the desert
O dancers upon the blood of the desert,
The day of the red revolution has come.
The day of the red revolution has come
The day of the red revolution has arrived.
تلكthat الشرارةspark بعدafter حينa time تنجليwill unfold
تلك الشرارة بعد حين تنجلي
عنto reveal زاخرa surging mass بالنارwith fire والأضواءand lights
عن زاخر بالنار والأضواء
That spark, after a time, will unfold
That spark will soon shine
That spark shall clear away after a time,
To reveal a surge brimming with fire and lights.
Full of fire and lights
Revealing a flood of fire and lights.
اليومtoday يحطمshatters كلevery شعبpeople ثائرin revolt
اليوم يحطم كل شعب ثائر
سودblack القيودthe chains بضحكةwith a laugh استهزاءscorn
سود القيود بضحكة استهزاء
Today every people in revolt shatters
Today every rebel people break
Today, every revolting people shatters
The black chains with a laugh of scorn.
The black shackles with a mocking laugh
The black shackles with a laugh of mockery.
ويدand a hand يفرflees البغيtyranny منfrom هزاتهاits movements
ويد يفر البغي من هزاتها
حمراءred ضرجهاstained it دمblood الشهداءthe martyrs
حمراء ضرجها دم الشهداء
And a hand, from whose movements tyranny flees,
And a hand that makes the tyrants shake with its blows
And a hand from whose tremors tyranny flees,
Red, stained by the martyrs' blood,
Red, stained with the blood of martyrs
Red, stained by the blood of the martyrs.
فضتsmashed فمthe mouth المستعمرينthe colonizers بلطمةwith a slap
فضت فم المستعمرين بلطمة
لاnot غيرnon- قاتلةlethal ولاnor شلاءpalsied
لا غير قاتلة ولا شلاء
Has smashed the colonizers' mouth with a slap,
It slapped the mouths of the colonizers with a blow
That smashed the colonizers' mouth with a blow,
Neither harmless nor palsied.
Neither killing nor paralyzing
Neither non-lethal nor paralyzed.
واليومand today يصرخcries out كلevery حرfreeman غاضبangry
واليوم يصرخ كل حر غاضب
فيin وجهthe face كلevery مهوسcrazed الآراءopinions
في وجه كل مهوس الآراء
And today every angry freeman cries
And today every angry free man cries out
And today, every angry free man screams
In the face of everyone with crazed opinions:
In the face of every crazed opinion
In the face of every maniac of opinions:
تلكthose الواطنthe homelands (probable reading) أينwhere عنهاaway from them أهلهاtheir people
تلك الواطن أين عنها أهلها
فتروحso you go تعرضهاyou offer them علىto الغرباءthe strangers
فتروح تعرضها على الغرباء
Those homelands—where have their people gone,
That nation, where are its people from it
Those homelands—where are their people gone,
That you go offering them to strangers?
So it goes to offer it to strangers
That you go offering them to strangers?
والقدسand Jerusalem ماwhat للقدسwith Jerusalem يمشيwalks فوقهاover her
والقدس ما للقدس يمشي فوقها
صهيونZion بينamid الدمعtears والأشلاءand severed limbs
صهيون بين الدمع والأشلاء
And Jerusalem—what ails Jerusalem? Upon her walks
And Jerusalem, what about Jerusalem, Zion walks over it
And Jerusalem—what ails Jerusalem, that walking upon her
Zion, amid tears and severed limbs.
Between tears and victims
Is Zion, amidst the tears and scattered remains?
ماnot هتلرHitler السفاحthe butcher أقسىcrueler مديةknife
ما هتلر السفاح أقسى مدية
يومon the day الوغىbattle منthan هتلرHitler الحلفاءthe Allies
يوم الوغى من هتلر الحلفاء
Hitler the butcher is no crueler with his knife
Hitler the butcher was not harsher
Hitler the butcher was not crueler with the blade
On the day of battle than the Allies' Hitler.
On the day of turmoil than the Allied Hitler
On the day of battle, than the Hitler of the Allies.
ياO أختsister يعربYa'rub لنwill not تزاليyou cease to be حرةfree
يا أخت يعرب لن تزالي حرة
بينamid الدمthe blood المسفوكshed والأعداءand the enemies
بين الدم المسفوك والأعداء
O sister of Ya'rub, you shall never cease to be free
O Arab sister you will remain free
O sister of Ya'rub, you shall remain free,
Amid shed blood and enemies.
Between spilled blood and enemies
Amidst the spilled blood and the enemies.
ثارتblood debts (probable reading) أهلكyour people فيin دماناour blood تلتظيblaze
ثارت أهلك في دمانا تلتظي
هيهاتnever! ليسthere is not لهنfor them منany اطفاءextinguishing
هيهات ليس لهن من اطفاء
Your people's blood debts blaze within our blood;
Your people revolted in our blood raging
The vengeances of your kin blaze in our blood;
Never! There is no quenching them,
Alas, they have no extinguishing
Impossible! For them there is no extinguishing,
حتىuntil يضمenfolds ثرىsoil الجزيرةthe Peninsula أهلهاits people
حتى يضم ثرى الجزيرة أهلها
أوor يلبسونthey wear مطارفbordered cloaks العلياءglory
أو يلبسون مطارف العلياء
Until the Peninsula's soil enfolds its people,
Until the land of the peninsula embraces its people
Until the soil of the Peninsula embraces its kin,
Or they don the cloaks of glory.
Or they wear the headdress of highness
Or they don the mantles of glory.
Sol 6.1