ذوقوا حَلاوَةَ فَقدِها وَتَعَلَّموا

ذوقوا حَلاوَةَ فَقدِها وَتَعَلَّموا

أَنَّ الأَسِنَّةَ بَعدَ ذلِكَ شُرَّعُ

أَنَّ الأَسِنَّةَ بَعدَ ذلِكَ شُرَّعُ

Taste the sweetness of losing it, and learn

Taste the sweetness of loss and learn

that after that the spearheads are leveled.

That tongues thereafter are loosed

فَإِذا وَفيتُم فَهيَ خَيرُ بِلادِكُم

فَإِذا وَفيتُم فَهيَ خَيرُ بِلادِكُم

وَإِذا غَدَرتُم فَهيَ سمٌّ مُنقَعُ

وَإِذا غَدَرتُم فَهيَ سمٌّ مُنقَعُ

So if you keep faith, it is the best of your lands;

So if you fulfill, it is the best of your countries

and if you betray, it is deadly poison.

And if you betray, it is steeped poison