1. قم حيِّ ذيَّاك العلم

    علَمَ الشجاعةِ والكرَم

    Rise and salute that flag,

    The flag of courage and generosity.

  2. حيِّ المغاوير الأُلى

    بلغوا به أسمى القمم

    Salute the valiant warriors who

    Reached the loftiest peaks with it,

  3. الراقدين وذكرهم

    في كل أرضٍ كالهرَم

    Those at rest, whose memory

    In every land is like a pyramid.

  4. إذ ثار ثائرهم على

    استبدادِ فردٍ قد ظلَم

    When their fury flared against

    The tyranny of one man who had done wrong,

  5. فتدفقوا متآزرين

    كأَنَّهم موج الخِضَم

    They surged forth, supporting one another,

    As though they were the waves of the vast sea.

  6. لا عدَّةٌ إِلا الصدور

    ولا سلاحَ سوى الهمَم

    No equipment but their breasts,

    And no weapon but their resolve.

  7. كسروا القيودَ وهدَّموا

    جسرَ المظالم فانهدَم

    They broke the chains and demolished

    The bridge of oppression, and it collapsed.

  8. وتناولوا استقلالهم

    من شدقِ قاذفةِ الحمَم

    And they wrested their independence

    From the maw of the lava-hurler.

  9. لِلّه ما أقوى الضعيفَ

    إِذا تضافرَ والتَأَم

    God, how strong the weak are

    When they join forces and unite!

  10. ما نال شعبٌ حقَّهُ

    من ظالمٍ إِلا بدم

    No people has won its rights

    From an oppressor except through blood.

  11. شرفاً لعيدِكِ يا فرنسا

    أنه عيدُ الأمم

    What an honor for your festival, O France,

    To be the festival of nations!

  12. عيدُ الفداء الحقّ

    بل عيدُ البطولة والشمَم

    The festival of true self-sacrifice—

    Nay, the festival of heroism and noble pride.