1. بِالَّذي أَجراكِ يا ريحَ الخُزامى

    بَلِّغي البُسفورَ عَن مِصرَ السَلاما

    By Him who set you blowing, O lavender breeze,

    carry greetings from Egypt to the Bosporus.

  2. وَاِقطِفي مِن كُلِّ رَوضٍ زَهرَةً

    وَاِجعَليها لِتَحايانا كِماما

    And pluck a blossom from every garden,

    and make them sheaths for our greetings.

  3. وَاِنشُري رَيّاكِ في ذاكَ الحِمى

    وَاِلثِمي الأَرضَ إِذا جِئتِ الإِماما

    And spread your fragrance through that sanctuary,

    and kiss the earth when you reach the Imam.

  4. مَلِكٌ لِلشَرقِ في أَيّامِهِ

    هِمَّةُ الغَربِ نُهوضاً وَاِعتِزاما

    The East has a king; in his days,

    it has the West's zeal for rising and firm resolve.

  5. أَيُّها القائِمُ بِالأَمرِ لَقَد

    قُمتَ في الناسِ فَأَحسَنتَ القِياما

    O you who govern affairs, you have indeed

    risen among the people and fulfilled your charge well.

  6. جَرِّدِ الرَأيَ فَكَم رَأيٍ إِذا

    سُلَّ مِن غِمدِ النُهى فَلَّ الحُساما

    Unsheathe thought, for many a thought, when

    drawn from reason's scabbard, has blunted the sword.

  7. وَاِبعَثِ الأُسطولَ تَرمي دونَهُ

    قُوَّةُ اللَهِ وَراءً وَأَماما

    And send forth the fleet; in its defense,

    God's might strikes behind and before.

  8. يَكلَأُ الشَرقَ وَيَرعى بُقعَةً

    رَفَعَ اللَهُ بِها البَيتَ الحَراما

    It guards the East and watches over a land

    where God raised the Sacred House,

  9. وَثُغوراً هِيَ أَبهى مَنظَراً

    مِن ثُغورِ الغيدِ يُبدينَ اِبتِساما

    and ports more beautiful to behold

    than the mouths of graceful women as they smile.

  10. خَصَّها اللَهُ بِأُفقٍ مُشرِقٍ

    ضَمَّ في اللَألاءِ مِصراً وَالشَآما

    God favored them with a radiant horizon,

    embracing Egypt and al-Sham in its brilliance.

  11. حَيِّ يا مَشرِقُ أُسطولَ الأُلى

    ضَرَبوا الدَهرَ بِسَوطٍ فَاِستَقاما

    Salute, O East, the fleet of those

    who struck Time with a whip, and it straightened.

  12. مَلَكوا البَرَّ فَلَمّا لَم يَسَع

    مَجدَهُم نالوا مِنَ البَحرِ المَراما

    They ruled the land; then, when it could not contain

    their glory, they won their aim from the sea,

  13. بِجَوارٍ مُنشَآتٍ كَالدُمى

    أَينَما سارَت صَبا البَحرُ وَهاما

    with lofty ships like figurines:

    wherever they sailed, the sea fell in love and grew lovesick.

  14. كُلَّما أَوفَت عَلى أَمواجِهِ

    سَجَدَ المَوجُ خُشوعاً وَاِحتِشاما

    Whenever they towered over its waves,

    the waves bowed down in reverence and awe.

  15. كانَ بِالبَحرِ إِلَيها ظَمَأٌ

    وَعَجيبٌ يَشتَكي البَحرُ الأُواما

    The sea felt a thirst for them,

    and strange it is that the sea should complain of burning thirst.

  16. فَهيَ في السِلمِ جَوارٍ تُجتَلى

    تَبهَرُ العَينَ رُواءً وَنِظاما

    In peace, then, they are maidens unveiled,

    dazzling the eye with beauty and order.

  17. وَهيَ في الحَربِ قَضاءٌ سابِحٌ

    يَدَعُ الحِصنَ تِلالاً وَرِجاما

    And in war they are doom afloat,

    leaving the fortress in mounds and heaps of stone.

  18. ما نُجومُ الرَجمِ مِن أَبراجِها

    إِثرَ عِفريتٍ مِنَ الجِنِّ تَرامى

    No stoning stars from their celestial towers,

    pursuing a demon of the jinn as it darts away,

  19. مِن مَراميها بِأَنكى مَوقِعاً

    لا وَلا أَقوى مِراساً وَعُراما

    do greater harm on impact than these ships' missiles—

    no, nor are they stronger in combat and fury.

  20. وَهيَ بُركانٌ إِذا ما هاجَها

    هائِجُ الشَرِّ عِداءً وَخِصاما

    And they are a volcano whenever they are roused

    by a fomenter of evil, in hostility and strife.

  21. جَبَلَ النارِ لَقَد رُعتَ الوَرى

    أَنتَ في حالَيكَ لا تَرعى ذِماما

    O mountain of fire, you have indeed terrified humankind!

    In both your states you honor no covenant.

  22. أَنتَ في البَرِّ بَلاءٌ فَإِذا

    رَكِبَ البَحرَ غَدا مَوتاً زُؤاما

    You are a scourge on land; but when

    it rides the sea, it becomes a swift and terrible death.

  23. فَاِتَّقوا الطَودَ مَكيناً راسِياً

    وَاِتَّقوا الطَودَ إِذا ما الطَودُ عاما

    So beware the mountain, firmly set and rooted,

    and beware the mountain when that mountain floats.

  24. حَمَلَت حَرباً فَكانَت حِقبَةً

    نُذُراً لِلمَوتِ تَجتاحُ الأَناما

    They carried war and were, for a time,

    harbingers of death, sweeping humankind away.

  25. خافَها العالَمُ حَتّى أَصبَحَت

    رُسُلاً تَحمِلُ أَمناً وَسَلاما

    The world feared them until they became

    messengers bearing safety and peace.

  26. بُعِثَ المَشرِقُ مِن مَرقَدِهِ

    بَعدَ حينٍ جَلَّ مَن يُحيي العِظاما

    The East was resurrected from its resting-place

    after a time—exalted is He who brings bones to life!

  27. أَيُّها الشَرقِيُّ شَمِّر لا تَنَم

    وَاِنفُضِ العَجزَ فَإِنَّ الجِدَّ قاما

    O Easterner, gird yourself; do not sleep,

    and shake off weakness, for earnest effort has risen.

  28. وَاِمتَطِ العَزمَ جَواداً لِلعُلا

    وَاِجعَلِ الحِكمَةَ لِلعَزمِ زِماما

    And mount resolve as a steed toward the heights,

    and make wisdom the bridle of resolve.

  29. وَإِذا حاوَلتَ في الأُفقِ مُنىً

    فَاِركَبِ البَرقَ وَلا تَرضَ الغَماما

    And if you pursue ambitions on the horizon,

    then ride the lightning, and do not settle for the clouds.

  30. لا تَضِق ذَرعاً بِما قالَ العِدا

    رُبَّ ذي لُبٍّ عَنِ الحَقِّ تَعامى

    Do not be dismayed by what the foes said;

    many a man of sense has feigned blindness to the truth.

  31. سابِقِ الغَربِيَّ وَاِسبِق وَاِعتَصِم

    بِالمُروءاتِ وَبِالبَأسِ اِعتِصاما

    Race the Westerner, outstrip him, and hold fast

    to noble virtues and valor, steadfastly.

  32. جانِبِ الأَطماعَ وَاِنهَج نَهجَهُ

    وَاِجعَلِ الرَحمَةَ وَالتَقوى لِزاما

    Shun greedy ambitions, and follow his path,

    and make mercy and piety binding.

  33. طَلَبوا مِن عِلمِهِم أَن يُعجِزوا

    قادِرَ المَوتِ وَأَن يَثنوا الحِماما

    They asked their science to thwart

    the master of death, and to turn doom aside.

  34. وَأَرادوا مِنهُ أَن يَرفَعَهُم

    فَوقَ هامِ الشُهبِ في الغَيبِ مَقاما

    And they wished it to raise them

    to a station in the unseen, above the heads of meteors.

  35. قُتِلَ الإِنسانُ ما أَكفَرَهُ

    طاوَلَ الخالِقَ في الكَونِ وَسامى

    May man perish! How ungrateful he is!

    He vied with the Creator in the cosmos and strove to match His loftiness.

  36. أَحرَجَ الغَيبَ إِلى أَن بَزَّهُ

    سِرَّهُ بَزّاً وَلَم يَخشَ اِنتِقاما

    He pressed the unseen until he wrested from it

    its secret by force, and feared no retribution.

  37. قُوَّةَ الرَحمَنِ زيدينا قُوىً

    وَأَفيضي في بَني الشَرقِ الوِئاما

    O power of the All-Merciful, increase our strength,

    and pour harmony among the sons of the East.

  38. أَفرِغي مِن كُلِّ صَدرٍ حِقدَهُ

    إِملَإِ التاريخَ وَالدُنيا كَلاما

    Empty every breast of its rancor;

    fill history and the world with words.

  39. أَسأَلُ اللَهَ الَّذي أَلهَمَنا

    خِدمَةَ الأَوطانِ شَيخاً وَغُلاما

    I ask God, who inspired us

    to serve our homelands, old and young,

  40. أَن أَرى في البَحرِ وَالبَرِّ لَنا

    في الوَغى أَندادَ طوجو وَأُياما

    that I may see, for us, on sea and land,

    in battle, peers of Togo and Oyama.