إِذا سَحَقَت أَرضَنا القُنبُلَه

إِذا سَحَقَت أَرضَنا القُنبُلَه

كَما يَسحَقُ الحَجَرُ الخَردَلَه

كَما يَسحَقُ الحَجَرُ الخَردَلَه

If the bomb crushes our earth,

If our land is crushed by the bomb

If the bomb crushes our land,

As a stone crushes a mustard seed,

As the stone crushes the mustard seed

Just as a stone crushes a mustard seed,

وَقَوَّضَ مَفعولَها الراسِياتِ

وَقَوَّضَ مَفعولَها الراسِياتِ

فَصارَت غُباراً لَهُ جَلجَلَه

فَصارَت غُباراً لَهُ جَلجَلَه

And its force topples the firmly rooted mountains,

And its impact demolishes the towering structures

And its force undermines the anchored mountains,

So they become dust with a rumbling roar;

Turning them into swirling dust

Turning them into dust with a resounding roar,

وَدَبَّ الفَنا في ذَواتِ الجَناحِ

وَدَبَّ الفَنا في ذَواتِ الجَناحِ

وَغَلغَلَ في النَبتِ فَاِستَأصَلَه

وَغَلغَلَ في النَبتِ فَاِستَأصَلَه

And annihilation creeps into winged creatures,

And decay spreads in winged creatures

And annihilation creeps into the winged creatures,

And spreads through the plants and uproots them,

And churns in the vegetation, uprooting it

And penetrates the vegetation, rooting it out,

وَفي الماشِياتِ وَفي الزاحِفا

وَفي الماشِياتِ وَفي الزاحِفا

تِ عَلَيها إِلى آخِرِ السِلسِلَه

تِ عَلَيها إِلى آخِرِ السِلسِلَه

And into walking creatures, and into crawling ones

And in the animals and the reptiles

And into the walking beasts and the crawling things

Upon it, to the very end of the chain;

In succession to the end of the chain

upon the earth, to the very end of the chain,

فَلا زَهرَ يَأرُجُ في رَوضَةٍ

فَلا زَهرَ يَأرُجُ في رَوضَةٍ

وَلا ديكَ يَصدَحُ في مَزبَلَه

وَلا ديكَ يَصدَحُ في مَزبَلَه

So no blossom gives off fragrance in a garden,

So no flower gives off fragrance in a garden

So no flower yields fragrance in a garden,

And no rooster crows on a dunghill;

And no rooster crows in a dunghill

And no rooster calls out from a dunghill,

وَضاعَ الزَمانُ وَمِقياسُهُ

وَضاعَ الزَمانُ وَمِقياسُهُ

وَأَشبَهَ آخِرُهُ أَوَّلَه

وَأَشبَهَ آخِرُهُ أَوَّلَه

And time and its measure are lost,

And time is lost and its measure

And time is lost, along with its measure,

And its end resembles its beginning;

And its end resembles its beginning

Its end resembling its beginning,

وَلَم يَبقَ حَيٌّ عَلى سَطحِها

وَلَم يَبقَ حَيٌّ عَلى سَطحِها

وَأَصبَحَ عِزريلُ لا شُغلَ لَه

وَأَصبَحَ عِزريلُ لا شُغلَ لَه

And no living being remains on its surface,

And no living thing remains on its surface

And no living thing remains upon its surface,

And Azrael is left with no work to do—

And Azrael has nothing to occupy him

And Azrael is left with no work to do,

فَذَلِكَ خَطبٌ يَهولُ النُفوسَ

فَذَلِكَ خَطبٌ يَهولُ النُفوسَ

تُصَوِّرُهُ قَبلَ أَن تَحمِلَه

تُصَوِّرُهُ قَبلَ أَن تَحمِلَه

Then that is a calamity that terrifies souls

So this is news that horrifies souls

That is a calamity that strikes terror in souls,

As they picture it before they bear it.

Imagining it before bearing it

Imagining it before they must bear it,

وَلَكِنَّ أَمراً يَعزي الجَميعَ

وَلَكِنَّ أَمراً يَعزي الجَميعَ

إِذا سَحَقَت أَرضَنا القُنبُلَه

إِذا سَحَقَت أَرضَنا القُنبُلَه

And yet one thing consoles everyone:

But it's a matter that consoles everyone

Yet one matter offers consolation to all,

If the bomb crushes our earth,

If our land is crushed by the bomb

If the bomb indeed crushes our land:

فَلَن يُدَعَ المَوتُ حَيّاً يَلو

فَلَن يُدَعَ المَوتُ حَيّاً يَلو

مُ سِواهُ عَلى هَذِهِ المَقتَلَه

مُ سِواهُ عَلى هَذِهِ المَقتَلَه

Then death will leave no one alive to blame

For death will not be left alive

That death will not leave a living soul behind

Anyone else for this slaughter.

Except it over this killing field

to blame another for this massacre.