1. حبَّذا لو يصومُ منّا زعيمٌ

    مثلُ غَنْدي عسى يُفيدُ صيامُهْ

    If only a leader among us would fast,

    like Gandhi—perhaps his fasting would do some good.

  2. لا يَصُمْ عن طعامه في فلسطي

    نَ يموت الزعيمُ لولا طعامُهْ

    Let him not fast from his food in Palestine—

    without his food, the leader would die.

  3. لِيَصُمْ عنْ مبيعِه الأرضَ يحفظْ

    بقعةً تستريحُ فيها عظامُهْ

    Let him fast from selling the land, and preserve

    a plot where his bones may rest.

  4. باركَ الله في حريصٍ على الأر

    ضِ غيور ينْهى إليها اهتمامُهْ

    God bless a man protective of the land,

    zealous, whose concern is directed toward it.

  5. هم حماةُ البلادِ مِن كلَّ سوءٍ

    وهُمُ معْقِلُ الحمى ودِعامُهْ

    They are the homeland's guardians against all harm,

    and they are the homeland's stronghold and pillar.

  6. نهجوا منهجَ القويَّ وصفُّوا

    لجهادٍ منصورةٌ أعلاُمهْ

    They followed the path of the strong and formed ranks

    for a struggle whose banners are victorious.

  7. إنما عُدَّةُ الضعيفِ احتجاجٌ

    لمُ يُجاوِزْ حدَّ السطورِ احتدامُهْ

    The weak man's only resource is protest,

    whose fury has never passed the bounds of written lines.

  8. كلَّ يومٍ حزبٌ وحُلْمٌ فحدَّث

    عنْ ضعيفٍ سلاُحهُ أحلاُمهْ

    Every day, a party and a dream—so speak

    of a weak man whose weapon is his dreams.

  9. مغرم بالبلادِ صَب ولكنْ

    بسوى القول لا يفيضُ غرامُهْ

    Enamored of the homeland, lovesick—yet

    his passion overflows in nothing but words.

  10. بَطلٌ إن علا المنابرَ كرّارٌ

    سريعٌ عند الفَعالِ انهزامُهْ

    A hero when he mounts the pulpits, ever charging;

    when deeds are called for, his rout is swift.

  11. آزروا القائمينَ بالعمل الصا

    لح إنَّ الأبيّ هذا مقامُهْ

    Support those engaged in righteous work;

    indeed, this is the noble-hearted man's place.

  12. آزِروهم بالمال فالأرضُ صن

    دوقٌ لمالِكم بل قِوامُهْ

    Support them with money, for land is a coffer

    for your wealth—rather, its very mainstay.

  13. اشتروا الأرض تشتريكم من الضي

    مِ وآتٍ مسودَّةٌ أيامُهْ

    Buy the land; it will buy your freedom from oppression

    and from a future whose days are dark.