عرفتُ فيك النبل يا شاعِري

عرفتُ فيك النبل يا شاعِري

فَهل لِإِخوانِك أَن يعرفوك

فَهل لِإِخوانِك أَن يعرفوك

I recognized nobility in you, my poet.

I knew your nobility, oh my poet

Will your brothers, then, recognize you?

So, should your brethren get to know you?

جاهَدتَ جُهد البَطل الصابِر

جاهَدتَ جُهد البَطل الصابِر

فَهَل لعشاقك أَن يعضدوك

فَهَل لعشاقك أَن يعضدوك

You strove with a steadfast hero's effort.

You struggled with the effort of the patient hero

Will those who love you, then, support you?

So, should your lovers support you?

كَتَبتَ بِالدَمع نَشيدَ الإِخاء

كَتَبتَ بِالدَمع نَشيدَ الإِخاء

وَبِالدمِ الطاهِرِ ما سجلا

وَبِالدمِ الطاهِرِ ما سجلا

You wrote in tears the hymn of brotherhood,

You wrote the anthem of brotherhood with tears

and in pure blood what was inscribed.

And with the pure blood what was recorded

فَإِن هُمُ خانوكَ خانوا الإِباء

فَإِن هُمُ خانوكَ خانوا الإِباء

وَإِن أَجابوكَ أَجابوا العلى

وَإِن أَجابوكَ أَجابوا العلى

For if they betray you, they betray proud dignity;

So if they betrayed you, they betrayed the fatherhood

and if they answer you, they answer the sublime.

And if they answered you, they answered the most high

أَنتَ سَليلُ الصِدق نبت الشَرف

أَنتَ سَليلُ الصِدق نبت الشَرف

في قَلبِك الخافِق قَلب البِلاد

في قَلبِك الخافِق قَلب البِلاد

You are the scion of truth, the sprout of honor.

You are the scion of honesty, the growth of honor

In your beating heart is the heart of the land.

In your beating heart, the heart of the countries

كَم خُلق في مَوطِني من خزف

كَم خُلق في مَوطِني من خزف

تحطمه الغاي وَكَم مِن فُؤاد

تحطمه الغاي وَكَم مِن فُؤاد

How many in my homeland were fashioned from earthenware,

How much counterfeit was created in my homeland

which [unclear word] shatters—and how many hearts!

Broken by estrangement, and how many hearts

يا منصلاً أَغمَدت عَهداً طَويل

يا منصلاً أَغمَدت عَهداً طَويل

عارَ عَلى الأُمة أَن تَغمَدك

عارَ عَلى الأُمة أَن تَغمَدك

O blade, sheathed for a long age,

O you who sheathed your sword for a long time

it is a disgrace for the nation to sheath you.

It’s a disgrace for the nation to sheath you

إِخرج فَقَد آنَ أَوانُ الصَليل

إِخرج فَقَد آنَ أَوانُ الصَليل

وَحقّ لِلإِخلاصِ أَن يعضُدَك

وَحقّ لِلإِخلاصِ أَن يعضُدَك

Come forth, for the hour of clashing steel has come,

Come out, for the time for the clanging of swords has come

and sincerity ought to stand by you.

And it is the right of loyalty to support you