1. Tell those who refuse to listen to the truth
This is how tyranny is uprooted, utterly uprooted

2. This is how the oppressed rise up, until
The oppressor leaves, or shows compliance

3. A story that history relates clearly
With a clear meaning, telling it in sequence

4. How many predators pounced, but one
Brave lion scared them with its arrow

5. How many oppressors we saw, deluded by
A false victory, until they transgressed all bounds

6. Lost in their intoxication, not hearing the plea
Of one who asks God to defend what is right

7. When God shook them we saw
Their smug faces grow even more arrogant

8. The wretch realized that injustice is a fire
That consumes tyranny, however far it spreads

9. O weak ones of the earth, do not accept oppression
From men who wear masks over you

10. They are wolves and beasts of prey, how can life be good
For those ruled by wolves and beasts?

11. I do not call for violence, for that
Causes cracks in the palace walls

12. Rather, I call for taking a stand for truth
That rejects the ruler who lords it over us

13. Green Tunisia, if my poetry calls you
Do not silence my voice, for that is what I can do

14. We have not been neglectful, for we live in lands
That serve Islam, how precious are these lands

15. Our banners have fluttered in security until
They became rays of light in the dark age

16. But we have not forgotten any Muslim people
Whose oppression has given them headaches

17. To help the oppressed is a duty - he who falls
Short of it will taste defeat and confusion

18. Green Tunisia, injustice is a night
That will surely end, however long it lasts

19. For this is the way of this universe, no matter
How excessive the oppressor and forceful his attack

20. When the oppressed rise up to protect
Their land from those who buy delusions and sell them

21. And return the people from a journey of delusions
Where all those who embarked on it were lost

22. If only those lost in heedlessness would wake
To see the palace of desire crumbling

23. It is justice - can the aggressor understand
That destroying justice does not build castles?

24. It is justice that gives people relief from those
Who filled the earth with disputes and conflicts

25. It is justice -so whoever establishes justice
Can sail the stormy seas with raised sails

26. Green Tunisia, truth is a fruitful branch
That can be harvested if you stretch out your hand

27. The magnificent Zaytuna will remain
Your supreme symbol - make it taller still